TK ArunThe contrast is stark in the way US is negotiating with China and India. For India, a penal duty of 25% has kicked in for trade with Russia. This will be on top of the higher than expected...
TK ArunFrom Trump’s MAGA to Kathmandu’s GenZ, emotive mobilisation around single issues/leaders is outweighing considered citizenly engagement. It’s regime change minus constructive agendaIs there a common thread to the political unravellings, bordering on crisis, manifesting as outbursts of popular...
TK ArunMeanwhile, the week saw a world in chaos with violent protests in Nepal, the Japanese prime minister resigning, France getting a fifth prime minister in two years, Israel attacking Doha, and Russian drones entering Poland.In the current week...
Policy UpdateJayasreeIntroductionSource: Adobe StockSemiconductors, often used as integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, and microchips, are essential building blocks for the tech sector. Preferably made with silicon, germanium and gallium arsenide, these chips are also used by doping, i.e., modulating the...
TK ArunIndia winning 10 every decade would be a true marker of development and freedomGet Olympian about knowledgeIndia should set a goal of winning at least 10 Nobel Prizes every decade. Viewing development as raising per-capita income — which...
Policy UpdateAtharva SalunkeBackground:India’s drive for self-reliance in defence production has been a paramount national agenda, closely interlinked with strategic autonomy and economic development. Defence Production Policy of 2011 focused on eliminating foreign dependence on suppliers and encouraging indigenous capability...
Policy UpdateChetan GuptaIntroductionIndia and Qatar share historic trade linkages, deep-rooted people-to-people ties and robust multifaceted bilateral relations. Qatar and India established diplomatic relations in the early 1970s. They celebrated 50 years of diplomatic ties in 2023. The most recent...
Policy Update Aditya SharmaBackgroundIndia’s electronics manufacturing sector entered a transformative phase with the launch of the Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) scheme. This initiative was introduced to address long-standing infrastructure bottlenecks that limited the country’s ambition of becoming...
Policy UpdateAtharva SalunkeBackground:AYURSWASTHYA Yojana, a central sector scheme which was sanctioned for implementation during the period 2021-22 to 2025-26, will enhance the health care in India by realising the potential of AYUSH systems of medicine. India has a triple...
Arun KumarThe demand will shift further from the unorganised to the organised sector. This, will accelerate the decline of the unorganised sector leading to loss of employment and incomes and decline in demand.In this image received on Sept. 21,...
