Sanjeev Sanyal, the principal economic adviser, recently said, "Many of these old master plans, Le Corbusier-inspired planning and ideas that we still teach by the way in the SPA (School of Planning and Architecture) and other institutions, first of all, we need to throw them in the dustbin"
Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden hosted the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan at the White House for the first in-person summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad. The four leaders issued an ambitious joint statement—rather than separate ones, as in the past. The agenda focused largely on solving global challenges such as climate change and access to vaccines, signaling that the Quad is not merely a geopolitical clique, as China has asserted.
This event report is based on a webcast discussion on “Rethinking the City” by Prof Pithamber Rao Polsani. The event is organized by the Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS) at IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute,...
अनिल त्रिगुणायतसंयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा में प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने एक विश्व नेता के रूप में संबोधन दिया है. उन्होंने सभी मुख्य मुद्दों को दुनिया के सामने रखा है |प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की हालिया अमेरिका यात्रा बीते सात वर्षों में सातवीं...
Anil TrigunayatAfter two decades, Taliban has not only recaptured Afghanistan but also global attention. The US, mulling over the futility of years – at least through three Presidencies – to get out of the ‘forever wars’, finally exited on...
Rohit MehtaSocial media platforms are gaining popularity in various parts of the world due to various factors. The majority of people who use them are youths and they spend a lot of hours on a day. Although there are...
IMPRI TeamWe are living in a state where the most basic needs like food and water are not assured to the people residing in the urban areas, while these urban areas account for the biggest source of food and...
The world is going through a transition phase. We are experiencing the rise of new powers and the decline of old. India has to navigate its path through this changing order keeping its interest in mind. The changes underway...
Youth constitute the majority of the population in many countries and have an increasingly strong social and environmental awareness, which has the power to transform our societies towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future. Tackling climate change requires concerted coordinated...
For a decade between 2007-17, the QUAD was borne out of the devastating 2004 Tsunami, became dormant as constituent countries including Australia, Japan, and India, and even the USA thought it politically expedient not to call out the Chinese aggression, expansionism, and wolf warrior jingoistic diplomacy. Until the 2020 Foreign Ministers meeting many countries would hesitate to refer to it as a QUAD and the members except the US under Trump went to great pains to decry the insinuations that it had anything to do with China.
