Editorials

India and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC): A New Path to Global Trade Influence

India and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC): A New Path to Global Trade Influence

India and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) In 2023, a significant new trade initiative called the India-Middle East-Europe Economic...

India’s Handling of the 2024 LAC Agreement: An Ethical Case Study on Transparency and National Security

India’s Handling of the 2024 LAC Agreement: An Ethical Case Study on Transparency and National Security

India’s Handling of the 2024 LAC Agreement The 2024 Line of Actual Control (LAC) Agreement between India and China has...

India’s New Infrastructure Strategy: Enhancing National Defence through Dual-Use Development

India’s New Infrastructure Strategy: Enhancing National Defence through Dual-Use Development

India’s New Infrastructure Strategy. India’s recent shift toward dual-use infrastructure under the PM Gati Shakti initiative marks a transformative step...

The Cautionary Integration of Superhuman AI in School Education

The Cautionary Integration of Superhuman AI in School Education

AI in School Education Superhuman AI, or SHAI, is artificial intelligence that can work at levels beyond human capabilities. People...

Building a Resilient Counter-Terrorism Framework: India’s Unified Response to Modern Threats

Building a Resilient Counter-Terrorism Framework: India’s Unified Response to Modern Threats

A New Era in Counter-Terrorism. The Anti-Terror Conference 2024, organised by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), represents a pivotal moment...

Redefining Minority Rights: The Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling on Aligarh Muslim University

Redefining Minority Rights: The Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling on Aligarh Muslim University

Redefining Minority Rights. In India, certain protections exist to support the diversity of its cultural, religious, and linguistic communities. Among...

Trapped in the Haze: The Farmers’ Stubble Burning Dilemma in India

Trapped in the Haze: The Farmers’ Stubble Burning Dilemma in India

This essay, based on the investigative-journalistic article “Caught in the Farm Crossfire” by Nikhil M. Babu in The Hindu (November...

Balancing Rights and Welfare: How India’s Laws Treat Private Property and Public Needs

Balancing Rights and Welfare: How India’s Laws Treat Private Property and Public Needs

This essay, based on Alok Prasanna Kumar’s article “Not So Eminent Domain” from The Indian Express (November 8, 2024), discusses...

A Heated Assembly Debate: The Struggle Over Article 370 Restoration in Jammu and Kashmir

A Heated Assembly Debate: The Struggle Over Article 370 Restoration in Jammu and Kashmir

The Struggle Over Restoration of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. On November 7, 2024, a fierce dispute erupted in...

India’s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s Visit to Australia: Strengthening Ties and Addressing Global Issues

India’s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s Visit to Australia: Strengthening Ties and Addressing Global Issues

This essay, based on the coverage, in leading Indian newspapers, of India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s visit to...

The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Act: Balancing Education and Minority Rights

The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Act: Balancing Education and Minority Rights

Based on Krishnadas Rajagopal’s article, “SC Upholds Validity of U.P. Madrasa Act, Also Confirms State’s Regulatory Powers” (The Hindu, November...

India’s Fight Against Tuberculosis: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

India’s Fight Against Tuberculosis: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

Introduction-India’s Fight Against Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, but many countries are making...

Bridging the Economic Divide in India: Ensuring Growth for All States

Bridging the Economic Divide in India: Ensuring Growth for All States

Bridging the Economic Divide in India This essay, based on Professor Arun Kumar’s article “A Picture of a Growing Economic...

Dhanteras and National Ayurveda Day: Celebrating Health, Prosperity, and Heritage

Dhanteras and National Ayurveda Day: Celebrating Health, Prosperity, and Heritage

  Dhanteras and National Ayurveda Day Based on Yashee’s article, “Dhanvantri’s Relevance to Dhanteras & Ayurveda Day” (The Indian Express,...

Colonial Shadows: Unmasking Eurocentric Legacies in the Nobel Prize for Economics

Colonial Shadows: Unmasking Eurocentric Legacies in the Nobel Prize for Economics

Colonial Shadows This essay is based on ideas from “Endorsing Settler colonialism Eurocentrism” by K. Ratish Rajawat and Dev Chandrasekhar,...

Arthaśāstra and How to Build a Strong State: Lessons from Ancient India

Arthaśāstra and How to Build a Strong State: Lessons from Ancient India

This essay, based on Saikat K Bose’s paper “Historicising the Arthaśāstra: Early Fiscal-Military States in South Asia” published on the...

AI-India’s Big Step into the Future of AI with Nvidia

AI-India’s Big Step into the Future of AI with Nvidia

Introduction to AI in India: This essay, inspired by Jas Bardia’s lead article “India’s Top Tech Services Firms Map AI...

Understanding Digital Arrest Scams: Protecting Oneself from Cyber Fraud

Understanding Digital Arrest Scams: Protecting Oneself from Cyber Fraud

Introduction – Understanding Digital Arrest Scams This essay, based on the news story “PM Modi Cautions Against ‘Digital Arrest’ Scams:...

H5N1 in Cattle and Humans: What Does It Mean for Our Future?

H5N1 in Cattle and Humans: What Does It Mean for Our Future?

H5N1 in Cattle and Humans Based on “What does H5N1 in Cattle, Humans Portend?” by Vinod Scaria and Bani Jolly...

Where is India’s SO₂ Control from Thermal Power Plants Headed?

Where is India’s SO₂ Control from Thermal Power Plants Headed?

India’s SO₂ Control from Thermal Power Plants. This essay joins the discussion on flue gas desulfurisation (FGD) installations in India’s...

From Disengagement to Deterrence at the LAC: An Indian Military Perspective

From Disengagement to Deterrence at the LAC: An Indian Military Perspective

Introduction: The Road to a Secure LAC. This essay presents the Indian military’s perspective, based on the views of former...