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T K ArunIt takes a snake roughly two weeks to slough off its skin and grow a fresh one. If Nitish Kumar had taken a fortnight to moult his current political positioning, so as to respond to the perceived...
Anil TrigunayatThe visit of US Congress Chairperson Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan , even for 20 odd hours , was bound to create the controversy and conflict that the politicians and pedagogues often find useful in their quest for superiority...
Anil TrigunayatIn any negotiation, both sides want to extract the maximum mileage until it becomes a zero-sum game. Face-saving and victory of sorts for all sides, at least a perceived one, is often the outcome. In addition, those third...
Harsh V PantAs Chinese missiles and bombers crisscross the Taiwan Straits, the Ukraine conflict seems to have taken a backseat. The world is riveted by what is happening in the waters surrounding Taiwan and is trying to comprehend the...
Karnika ArunThe issue of child marriages and large dropout rates of girl child have been persisting in India since time immemorial. This is usually because of the financial burden that cannot be undertaken by the families of girl children...
Mandi deep (originally dweep, an island) is today a bustling industrial hub, a few kilometres from Bhopal on the Bhopal-Hoshangabad road. While it clearly is at an elevation pronouncedly higher than its surrounds, its name, which is a combination...
3 -Days Online Certificate Training Programme on “Implementing Rain Water Conservation: Practitioners’ Perspectives on Rainwater Harvesting and Efficient Local Water Governance and Resilience.”IMPRI TeamDay 1 | 2nd August 2022The three days Online Certificate Training Programme on the theme “Implementing...
Dhiraj NayyarFreebies are an almost essential part of a political democracy, whether in India or abroad. But after watching economic crises unfold in the neighbourhood – primarily in Sri Lanka but also in Bangladesh and Pakistan – there is...
Arun KumarThe Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate again by a whopping 0.75%. The Reserve Bank of India has also been forced to raise interest rates further but also take other steps. These decisions in the Monetary Policy...
Mukul AsherI IntroductionReducing India’s current high dependence in a prudent and sustainable manner on fossil fuels for its overall energy needs, and thereby progressing towards Atmanirbharta in this sector, is among the priorities of the Indian government.  Some observers...