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Sonam ChosdonThe two giant powers of Asia, India and China, have a long standing contentious relations. Both countries are attempting to balance the status quo through negotiations and bilateral talks. Given the history of frequent military stand-offs, the undemarcated...
Policy UpdateMadhu SwarajBackgroundLaunched by the Prime Minister in October 2016, the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) was established to foster an ecosystem that supports SC/ST entrepreneurs in fulfilling the mandates of the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises...
Niranjan Krishna KumarFor decades, global policy-making has operated on a “break-fix” model. Technologies were released, industries were deregulated, and governments intervened only when social or environmental crises peaked. While reactive governance and policy-making are required, in the current environment...
Jyoti PooniaNew data and political developments since February reveal the deepening stakes behind the replacement of MGNREGA, cuts to health and environment, and the reduction in LPG subsidies.IntroductionWhen Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026–27, public discourse...
Policy UpdateRajashree Krishna Bharadwaj1. BackgroundDBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, known as India Alliance, is a key public charity advancing biomedical research in India through fellowships and capacity building. This policy update for IMPRI details its structure and trajectory as of...
Viren Naik Education is still the foundation of social progress, but traditional methods that rely on memorization, standardized testing, and rigid systems are no longer enough for today’s challenges. Countries with top education systems are trying new approaches that...
TK ArunTrump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech.At a campaign speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that King Purushottam (Porus, the Greeks called him),...
T K ArunAI will enable new human activity not imagined hitherto, to realise that potential, education must train young minds to develop critical thinking and imaginationIsrael has bombed the 365 sq km of Gaza into death, devastation and rubble....
TK ArunAI sovereignty is not about apps or agents. It rests on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, chip fabrication, political will, and the capital to fund long-term risk.The Artificial Intelligence Impact summit is on in Delhi. There is natural interest in...
T.K. ArunData-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefitThe 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back, and...
