Arun KumarIndia’s goods and services tax (GST) regime was launched with much fanfare on July 1, 2017. It was marketed by many as the nation’s second ‘tryst with destiny’, a reform that would unify the country by creating a single...
Dhiraj NayyarIt is unlikely that many people, other than students of chemistry, have heard of scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium. Together, this group of 17 is...
Alok BansalReports emanating from Kabul, indicate that India has ‘reopened’ its embassy in Afghanistan, thereby becoming the 15th country to do so. The official statement has indicated that India has sent a ‘technical team’ which is going to be based...
Harsh V. PantEven as leaders of the G7, a grouping of the world’s seven richest nations, were meeting in Germany, Russia was busy bombarding Ukraine in a show of strength. Just before the summit began, Moscow unleashed a series...
Alok Bansal The recently announced ‘Agnipath’ scheme or Tour of Duty is a good step because it exposes a larger section of Indian population to the military way of life and gives them a wider exposure. It also provides the nation with a large pool...
Harsh V. PantEven as the world continues to be focused on the challenges being posed by the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the battle lines in the Indo-Pacific are getting sharply defined. Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore earlier this...
Kaibalyapati Mishra, Krishna Raj*Inflation is a piece of bad news. In recent months, the pressure of hyperinflation that is galloping hope of the common man has stayed in the limelight with the fear of a continuous prevalence. The onset...
IMPRI TeamIt is important to focus on the multiple marginalities of Indian women in the globalized political economy of the 21st century and thus #IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi organized...
Murmu versus Sinha, Unmasking the Real Contest between Modi and Mamata in the 2022 Presidential ElectionGouri Sankar Nag and Manas Mukul BandyopadhyayImagine the malicious turn that the politics of Maharastra could take with unprecedented defection from the ruling Shiv Sena....
TK ArunThe sky doesn’t quite fall on Jio Infocomm with Mukesh Ambani, the man whose vision, ambition and ruthless pursuit of that ambition have made the company the main driver of India’s digital revolution, stepping down. Akash, literally the sky,...
