Anil TrigunayatOn October 23, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, decided to bury the hatchet and work expeditiously and sincerely to resolve various bilateral issues, especially the...
Policy Update Ritu MishraBackground:The Nano Science and Technology (NS&T) initiative, supported primarily by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, represents a focused national effort to advance research, innovation, and capacity building in the field of...
Tikender Singh PanwarKerala is a tapestry of villages rippling into towns, of backwaters, and midlands and highlands woven together in a living continuum. Capital cities and hamlets bleed into each other, forming a unique “rurban landscape. Yet beneath this...
SRIKANTH KONDAPALLIChina pulled off a spectacular show last week at the port city of Tianjin by inviting more than 20 world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin to the 25th summit of the Shanghai...
SRIKANTH KONDAPALLIChina pulled off a spectacular show last week at the port city of Tianjin by inviting more than 20 world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin to the 25th summit of the Shanghai...
Policy UpdateNomula Pranay GoudBackground: India- Australia: Cricket and Cultural Diplomacy have a dynamic relationship in which culture serves as a diplomatic bridge. Cultural diplomacy between the two countries emphasizes how people to people, culture and soft power can help to...
Policy UpdatePrashail TripathiBACKGROUND:SMART-PDS is a centrally sponsored, technology-oriented reform initiative by the Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, aimed at enhancing and consolidating the IT infrastructure of India’s Public Distribution System (PDS). With a...
Policy UpdateElenora Tu’uBackground:India–New Zealand Agri-Tech Innovation is emerging as more than a technical exchange; it is a contest over models of innovation and inclusion. At a time when agriculture faces the twin pressures of climate resilience and global market...
Arun KumarChanges in GST slabs by itself will be inadequate to face the challenge of the penal tariffs proposed by the US.There is much talk of the proposed simplification of India’s complex GST regime. Prime minister Narendra Modi in...
Srikanth KondapalliIn the wake of menacingly constraining US policies, New Delhi actively participated in shaping a multipolar agenda.Having made incremental progress in getting the Pahalgam terror attacks inscribed in the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit joint statement at...
