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Misuse of FRA: Undermining forest rights framework

India, Dec. 9 -- Although the Forest Survey of India, in its 2023 report, indicates an increasing trend in the country's forest cover, a major undisclosed ailment is affecting the heart of India's for... Read More


Developing a Home-Grown Knowledge Ecosystem for Viksit Bharat

India, Dec. 9 -- Strengthening India's own research, data, and policy capacity is key to shaping a development model rooted in national priorities - Ravi Pokharna and Kuntala Karkun India's Viksit B... Read More


The real AI revolution in banking: Decision packs, not algorithms

India, Dec. 9 -- Rethinking the race in banking For nearly a decade, the financial industry has been obsessed with the wrong race. Banks have focused on who can deploy the smartest models, the fastes... Read More


Labour codes: Legally accurate, socially transformative, and politically defining. A landmark reform of the Modi era

India, Dec. 9 -- India, that is Bharat had long been burdened by laws created during the British regime, shaped by a colonial mentality that openly viewed Bharatiyas as their slaves and servants. Thos... Read More


Marathon, steeplechase & sprint

India, Dec. 9 -- It was a manufacturing marathon. While India and China were the favourites, South Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil were the dark horses. India lost, China won, and the smaller Asian nations ... Read More


India goes, India grounded

India, Dec. 9 -- Even as IndiGo Airline grounds flights, passengers go crazy, regulators take refuge behind inquiries, pilots blame managers, and the country's civil aviation sector goes for a six, th... Read More


Blase Capital SENSEX-ED

India, Dec. 9 -- Yesterday, the Sensex, or the Bombay Stock Exchange index fell by 600 points. It was kind of unexpected since it had turned around its southward movement over the past few sessions. O... Read More


India's moment in an uncertain world

India, Dec. 8 -- When Prime Minister Modi asserted on Sunday that India is shining in a world of uncertainties, he was largely on the mark. The phrase neatly captures India's current growth trajectory... Read More


Why we fail at control: The Gita on surrender

India, Dec. 8 -- We all wish to be in control, yet we fail repeatedly - and often miserably. The simple reason is that control never truly rests in our hands. Lord Krishna explains this with crystal c... Read More


A firm assertion of strategic autonomy

India, Dec. 8 -- The visit of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to India in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war and the ensuing peace talks mediated by the United States is reflective of "multila... Read More