Tikender Singh PanwarTHE STORY SO FAR: Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new lighthouses of urbanisation. The June 2015 announcement of 100 smart cities aimed to create models...
TK ArunUS president Donald Trump’s actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organisation and the Paris Accord, have sent alarm bells across the world.President Trump’s inauguration this Monday and the Gaza ceasefire the day before mark the major events...
Harsh V PantKalpit A MankikarNew Delhi will have to keep a close watch on global debates on economic security and the impetus building to restructure the world’s trading system.The year 2025 has begun on a bad note for Chinese...
Harsh V PantThe US leader may spring surprises, but there still exists a broad outline of what we can expect of his leadership for policymakers elsewhere to go by. Putting one’s national interests first, for example.The era of Trump...
Policy UpdateDeepankshi AgnihotryIntroductionMoore’s law is pushing the boundaries of chip design, reducing transistors, boosting efficiency, and raising demand as the Fourth Industrial Revolution revolutionises the world economy. As a result, the global supply chain has changed to prioritise bolstering...
Policy UpdateKirti RanjanThis article highlights the prevalence of stunting, wasting, and undernutrition among children under five across various wealth quintiles using NFHS-5 (2019-2021). Understanding UndernutritionStunting means low height for age, and it is impaired growth of children caused by improper...
Tanvir AeijazThe original intent of constitutional federalism was not to have a strong centralised federalism but to have, through “statutory decentralisation”, accommodation of diverse needs and aspirations and working on the principles of subsidiarity and asymmetrical federalismIndian federalism, multilevel...
Aravind UnniHistorically, Indian cities have had longstanding patterns of social segregation – based on caste and now more visibly on religious lines.Since 2014, under Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s socio-political discourse has shifted to the right, driven...
Anil TrigunayatJanuary 20, 2025, was declared as the ‘Liberation Day’ by the 47th President Donald Trump proclaiming that the ‘Golden age of USA’ begins now as he dismantled many of the orders and schemes and policy choices of the...
Sandeep ChachraWe must challenge exclusion, redefine rights and create a just world where every individual belongsThe concept of citizenship has evolved significantly, originating in the city-states of ancient Greece and the republics or ganas of ancient India to become the cornerstone...
