Anil TrigunayatWhile it remains unclear how Netanyahu will sell the deal to his ultra-right allies, the futures of both Hamas and the two-state solution are deeply uncertainPeople celebrate with dancing at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv after Israel’s Cabinet...
Policy UpdateAtharva SalunkeBackground:The Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) movement was envisaged after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the country to encourage production with “zero defects” in goods and “zero effect” on the environment while delivering India’s 68th Independence Day...
Policy UpdateAsmeet KaurBackgroundThe cultural relationship of India and Aotearoa New Zealand is an important aspect of transnational engagement in the South Pacific. The interaction between Māori communities and the Indian diaspora represents a deeper cultural exchange that rooted values...
TK ARUNFew things are as certain as death, taxes, and massive, rising demand for power from the climate compulsion to electrify transport, heating and cooking, and from data centres that store and process data for AI and other software...
TK ARUNChanges in America’s economic structure, coupled with its global dominance in the services sector, explain why manufacturing now occupies only a modest share of the nation’s GDPThe latest installment of the Make-America-Great-Again (MAGA) assault on globalised economic growth...
Policy UpdateAditi Singh KaushikBackground Deemed as two of the most ancient civilizations, the Indian and Greek civilizations are emblematic of revered traditions that continue to inspire contemporary philosophical thought across the world. Both traditions address questions about the nature of...
Policy UpdateSivasankari SridharBackgroundThe India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) was launched in March 2019 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It provides a 20-year roadmap to ensure that the country’s growing cooling needs are met in...
Tikender Singh PanwarUrban India generates nearly two-thirds of the national GDP, yet its municipalities control less than one per cent of the country’s tax revenue. Indian cities are not generating revenue, not because they are inefficient, but because the...
TK ArunThe 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has gone to three economists — two of them based in the US, although neither is US-born, and the third, in France — ‘for having explained innovation-driven economic growth’. Joel Mokyr, born...
Dr. Manorama BakshiI still remember an elderly man I met years ago in a small village outside Jaisalmer. He showed me his box of blood pressure pills ; the familiar purple and white of a trusted Indian brand. “This,”...
