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Pursuit of lost prestige*
4 May 2024 8:00 PM ISTAs Bengal's jute-producing regions, historically facing a neglect and policy bias by the Union government, head into the next five phases of the...
Lurking in the blind spot
4 May 2024 7:00 PM ISTBelow par budgetary allocation for the health sector and abysmal emphasis on serious healthcare issues during the first two phases of election are...
Fissures in federalism
21 April 2024 12:45 AM ISTThe fast-emerging ‘blue economy’ and the passage of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 present two scenarios revealing the...
Governance gridlock
13 April 2024 10:16 PM ISTThe alarming rise in youth unemployment among educated graduates in India has caught the attention of poll-bound electorates, revealing deep flaws in...
Misplaced priorities
6 April 2024 10:03 PM ISTIndia’s skewed focus on military modernisation, ostensibly at the cost of vital sectors like education and health, indicate undue inclinations—a trend...
Redefining the gigverse
23 March 2024 8:42 PM ISTThe rising trend of gig and platform-based work and potential human rights abuses—exacerbated by the advent of AI—necessitate offering regular,...
Fencing the frontiers
16 March 2024 10:04 PM ISTThe government’s decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime is indicative of a shift in focus from north-western...
Trade in transition
9 March 2024 9:10 PM ISTAmid exponential increase in regional trade agreements — contextualised by China’s ascent, European Union’s economic decline, and US’ reluctance...
Malicious marionettism
24 Feb 2024 9:28 PM ISTPost-election political developments in Pakistan reflect a scenario where the military dispensation controls the making and functioning of the...
Charting the carbon course
17 Feb 2024 9:06 PM ISTBeing the world’s third-largest carbon emitter, India should institute strategically planned carbon credit trading regulations to ward off the...
Alliances & antagonisms
3 Feb 2024 9:40 PM ISTAs the expansion of BRICS heralds the emergence of a new multipolar world challenging the Western hegemony, the ‘West-aligned’ India needs to tread...
A manufactured realignment
27 Jan 2024 11:50 PM ISTAs India has decisively tilted towards the United States, China is trying to ‘balance this tilt’ by trying to wean away India’s trusted neighbours, a...