Policy UpdateBavleen KaurBackgroundWhile India and France have a deep cultural association, the film alliance between them has only clearly formed over the recent decades. What began as an occasional exchange of films between film societies in the 1950s culminated...
Anil TrigunayatSabarish ChandrasekaranThe global economics of AI and VR are no longer abstractions. They’re balance-sheet realities reshaping productivity frontiers and national competitiveness. VR is maturing from novelty to necessity in training-intensive sectors. Enterprise adoption is following the economics. After...
Policy UpdateBavleenBackgroundIndia’s push for self-employment and micro-enterprise development has taken several forms over the decades, but the Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP) is among the more enduring efforts in this space. Operated by the Ministry of Micro, Small...
Dr. Manorama Bakshi When India diagnosed its first case of HIV in 1987, it was met with silence, fear, and judgment. The virus was poorly understood, and those living with it were often treated as outcasts -denied care, employment, or...
Dr Urvashi Prasad Ankeetaa Mahesshwari India’s cancer survivors face a hidden crisis: while they live longer thanks to medical advances, the system refuses to recognise the long-term, invisible disabilities caused by treatment.India is witnessing a troubling paradox. Advances in diagnosis...
Anil Trigunayat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not miss any strategic opportunity, be it domestically or internationally. His recognition of breakaway Somaliland is one such declaration. An agreement was signed between Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and the President of...
Aravind Unni, Shalini SinhaThe Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi has emerged as one of India’s most quietly transformative policy innovations, turning a crisis into an opportunity to reset the state’s relationship with the informal economy by integrating financial,...
TK ArunThe real rate of interest, adjusted for inflation, is way too high to encourage investment, and the govt is yet to announce its promised public-private partnership…The government’s chief economic advisor, V Anantha Nageswaran, says he is not losing...
TK ArunAs Annapurna Bhandar of Chandini Chowk faces closure, can Indian cities take a cue from Paris or San Francisco to protect legacy shops?When a sudden rent increase forces a thriving commercial establishment — that has a century-old legacy...
Anil TrigunayatTrade and economic cooperation have been the fulcrum of the relationship, with bilateral trade already exceeding $10 billion.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the Sultanate of Oman at the invitation of HM Sultan Haitham bin Tarik from December...
