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IMPRI, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.
Rooting For The Best, Do Not Disregard The Rest In Sports
Dhiraj NayyarFor those who don’t become world beaters in sports, a good education would ensure a high standard of life in some other profession.India...
Capitalism Post-Covid
Dhiraj NayyarWill the aftermath of Covid-19 alter global capitalism in a way that the global financial crisis of 2008 did not? Instead of waiting...
India’s Agricultural Export Potential: Prioritise high-value segment
A Amarender ReddyAgricultural exports, if properly supported by infrastructure, institutional backup, packaging, freight transport and connected to the internal production system, can boost agricultural...
The Taliban Return in Afghanistan, Join the Campaign for Uttar Pradesh:...
T K ArunTaliban Redux dominated the week’s headlines, the development was gleefully melded into the campaign already underway for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections...
India’s Unemployment Crisis: One that Predates the Pandemic
Santosh MehrotraIn 2017-18, NSO reported that unemployment reached a 45-year high, and youth unemployment tripled between 2011-12 and 2017-18 to...
Time to End Trial by Media
Shashi Tharoor has been exonerated after torturous suffering of many years and so are many others likely to be after a free and fair trial in Indian courts which over-ambitious screen journalism has at every moment seized, diverted, and obstructed through their ‘TV-Khap Panchayat’ pre-trials. Many channels have learnt this quick selling art and craft in a market of TRPs as they transact on false perceptions of innocence and guilt nonetheless prejudicing the judges from the time of the NDTV telecast of R.K. Anand’s media trial in the famous BMW case of 2009.
Lessons in New Ways to Lead
On August 1, India assumed the presidency of the United Nations security council for the month and promptly got to work on setting the agenda with a focus on three major areas: maritime security, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism. India began its eighth two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UNSC on January 1; this is its first presidency during its 2021-2022 tenure. New Delhi clearly wants to leave a significant imprint of its presidency, as was underlined by the Union external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, when he said that India will always be “a voice of moderation, an advocate of dialogue and a proponent of international law”.
Don’t Ignore Children And Keep Them Out Of Climate Change Conversations
In its sixth assessment report released on August 9, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel (IPCC) on Climate Change has for the first time taken a departure from their conversative language and made a strong assertion, "It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land."
India’s Taliban Challenge
Strengthening our democracy to achieve internal cohesion is what will protect IndiaT K ArunOn the face of it, with the Taliban’s capture of...
India needs a separate ministry to deal with the climate crisis
This is required to chart out a better future for its people and show the world that it is possible to balance between planet, people and profit and, work towards a green growth economy.
