Tikender Singh PanwarThe massive destruction of the environment and ecology to benefit corporate entities is a common feature of both the Union and the state governments.Whether it is the plundering of forests and the ecosystem of the Aravallis (Haryana)...
Anil TrigunayatSports events are often a union and concert of the best sportsmen from the world competing for excellence. More so for the Olympics. But sometimes they fall prey to the games of geopolitics.Chinese winter Olympics starting from Feb...
Harsh V. Pant and Aditya Gowdara ShivamurthyThis month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Sri Lanka and the Maldives. On the surface, the trip was part of an effort by China to make further inroads into South Asia and cement...
Tikender Singh PanwarThe general approach towards urban empowerment, including financial capabilities, has remained piecemeal in IndiaThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a report, “State Finances, Study of Budgets of 2021-22”, released in November 2021, wrote: “With the third-tier...
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming lives globally. Containing the disease and managing its risks requires a radical individual and collective rethinking and reordering of space. This poses governance challenges nationally and locally to implement and sustain change, which is...
Gender Bias and Gender Based Discrimination is omnipresent and continues to have an adverse impact on society, specially women. Over the past decades, feminists have acknowledged the bigotry existing in family laws and have fought for their rights and...
The State of Cities – #CityConversations with Prof René Véron on Small Cities and Environmental Governance in Gujarat and West Bengal: Need for external intervention or capacity building? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-62fh0GI1k#IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI...
Chintamani MahapatraAt the time of the 2020 election campaigns as well as in his inaugural speech, Biden made several promises to the American electorate, but most of them have remained unfulfilled. He vowed to reunite the country that was...
Anil TrigunayatOn January 27, PM Modi will be virtually hosting the leaders from Central Asian countries (CARs) in a first-ever Summit as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. C5 constitutes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,...
Sanjay Kumar, Chandrachur SinghCome elections, and defections and desertions become the flavor of the season. The assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and four other states aren’t exceptions. Over the past few weeks, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister...
