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TK ArunIndia continues to add renewable power generation capacity without any coherent strategy for its full utilisation, often ordering RE generation to back down to maintain grid stability. A vital deficit is a policy for storing renewable power, which...
Policy UpdateMadhur ThaparIntroductionThe relationship between India’s tribal communities and forest stretches back millennia, it is characterised by a delicate balance where indigenous populations lived off forest resources but protected the ecosystem at the same time. Over time, colonial forest...
TK ArunAirports are local monopolies, for the most part. Who gets to operate them and on what terms matter to the public at large. Sure, there is a regulator, the Aeronautic Economic Regulatory Authority of India to regulate aeronautical...
Anil TrigunayatIn recent years several countries in the Middle East, especially from the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), have weaponised their foreign policies to achieve their perceived geopolitical objectives. It had become evident during and post-Arab Spring in the policies...
Policy UpdateMadhur ThaparSource-https://study.com/academy/lesson/gender-stereotypes-in-the-media.htmlIntroduction: Patriarchy, Popular media, and Gender biasPatriarchy refers to a system of social organisation in which power, authority and privilege are unevenly distributed in favour of men. It works not only through formal institutions like the state,...
TK ARUN Canadian PM’s Davos freedom-from-hegemony speech has been hailed for bold realism; few realise the geopolitical strategy he outlined was called Non-Aligned, from Nehru’s timeBRICS is a coalition of the largest emerging markets, striving to expand the space...
TK ARUN The promise of emerging markets contrasted sharply with unrest in Iran and a reminder of technological fallibility closer to home.Can bad news for the rich world spell good news for the rest, in today’s interdependent world? It...
Yashraj SharmaIndia and the European Union have signed a free trade agreement that both sides have hailed as “the mother of all deals”.The agreement, announced on Tuesday, came together over nearly two decades of intermittent negotiations and during a geoeconomic...
Policy UpdateMallika AmaleOver the last decade, India and Bangladesh, as littoral neighbours in the Bay of Bengal, have sought to revitalise maritime connectivity to deepen bilateral engagement and foster wider regional cooperation. Bilateral trade has increased substantially in recent...
ADITI NARAYANI PASWANWhile the language of reservation and victimhood still endures, the dominant narrative hails Dalits, OBCs, and women as aspirational stakeholders in a Bharatiya Civilisational project.The Strauss-Howe generational theory suggests that every 80 years or so, civilisations undergo...
