T.K. ArunThere are many things to be said about the recently-notified amendments to the Intermediary Guidelines and Media Ethics Code. One is that the Union government would do well to adopt for itself the language policy it prescribes for information...
Radha Ashrit, Urvashi PrasadA multi sectoral, integrated and data driven approach for tackling mental health challenges is of the essence as there are several vulnerable population with special needs including children, adolescents, women, economically and socially deprived older persons,...
Santosh MehrotraIn the vast majority of low-income and middle-income countries (LICs/MICs), most students at the secondary/higher secondary level are engaged in general academic education, not vocational education or training. For such students, the transition to work is usually traumatic....
Anil TrigunayatPakistani establishment must be happy at the Diwali gift when they were moved out of the so-called ‘Grey List’ of the FATF ( Financial Action Task Force) to the so-called white List after four years or so when...
Harsh V. PantAs the US and China glare at each other and leave no ambiguity about their rivalrous intent, the rest of the world must watch these shifting dynamics closely for their potential implications.The two main protagonists in the...
Harsh V. PantLike all good autocrats, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has purged the top Chinese Communist Party hierarchy of even a semblance of diversity. There is no attempt to showcase the collective leadership model of yore. Instead,...
Srikanth Kondapalli The current politburo standing committee members, all Xi loyalists, owe their rise to Xi and can bend to his tunes.Packing the highest decision-making bodies of China with the “Yes men” has the advantage of ‘unified’ thinking and uninterrupted execution...
TK ArunOwn up Jawaharlal Nehru’s role as the builder of Independent India’s capitalism, instead of persisting with the once-expedient rhetoric of socialism.Rishi Sunak has made it to 10, Downing Street. This after Liz Truss was forced out of office by the hostile...
TK ArunTwo recent developments abroad have a significant bearing on India’s prospects. No, Rishi Sunak’s emergence as the next British prime minister is not one of them. In the second week of October, the US government released its National...
Harsh V. Pant, Aditya Gowdara ShivamurthySri Lanka’s IMF rescue plan has geopolitical repercussions. The Island nation has entered a difficult terrain with China’s expansionist interests and India and Japan’s security concerns.In September 2022, Sri Lanka finalized a staff-level agreement...
