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India's Credit Puzzle: Rising Defaults and the Fragile Promise of Financial Inclusion

New Delhi, June 9 -- The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), recently released the Provisional Estimates (PE) of Annual Gross Domestic Produc... Read More


ASEAN Unprepared For Geopolitical Crises: Region's Future Lies Not in China, but in US

New Delhi, June 9 -- Despite ASEAN's growing efforts to diversify its economic and strategic alignments towards BRICS, the GCC, and other parts of the Global South-including deepening dependence on Ch... Read More


Trump Told Modi: 'He's My Intel Guy'

New Delhi, June 7 -- President Trump's February 2020 state visit to India. I was honored to go on the trip because I was one of the few senior administration officials of Indian heritage. I speak Guja... Read More


Is Bangladesh slipping toward a praetorian state?

New Delhi, June 6 -- Bangladesh's ongoing crisis-sparked by student protests and deepened by military intervention-marks one of the country's most significant democratic regressions toward a praetoria... Read More


Is Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi Temple Being Brahminized?

New Delhi, June 6 -- Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya near Patna is of great significance to followers of Buddhism as Lord Gautam Buddha attained nirvana here. This temple has been controlled by the Bodh... Read More


Pakistan's Dwindling Foothold In Afghanistan Market: Need To Restore Trust Between Islamabad And Kabul

New Delhi, June 5 -- Pakistan's geographic location connects South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Which makes it an attractive trade partner and a natural conduit for the movements of goods ... Read More


Eco-Theater in South Asia: The Real Cost of Greenwashing

New Delhi, June 5 -- There's a strange thing happening in South Asia right now. Walk through parts of Dhaka or outside Delhi, and you'll spot the signs everywhere - solar panels glittering on rooftops... Read More


India has all the ingredients to become a happy nation

New Delhi, June 5 -- The World Happiness Report 2025 ranks India at 118th among 147 countries. India is below Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, China, Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Pakis... Read More


Are The Values and Ideologies Of 19th And Early 20th Great Bengalis Relevant At Present?

New Delhi, June 4 -- When some American students from Minnesota staying with us told me that one of their subjects was 'Peace Studies', I lost no time in telling them that at Chicago, a Hindu monk fro... Read More


How Arty is the World of Artificial Intelligence,( AI ) 

Website, June 4 -- Is AI the way forward, or Out there to destroy Humanity, After all what is 'artificial' can't be real And, what is fake never trustworthy! Now, logic can really not illogical be... Read More