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Global Measles Surge in 2025

Context: Measles, once declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, is making a troubling global comeback. As of 2025,...

CPI-AL/RL Base Year Revision: Transforming Minimum Wages and Rural Livelihoods in India

Context: The Government of India is set to revise the base year of the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers...

Maternal Mortality in India (2019–21)

India’s latest Maternal Mortality Ratio shows a declining trend Context: India has recorded a notable decline in its Maternal Mortality...

Academic Freedom at Risk: The Urgent Challenges Facing Global Campuses

Academic Freedom in Crisis: Unmasking the Hidden Pressures in Universities Context: Academic freedom is increasingly debated across the world, especially...

Celebrating National Education Day in India: Inspiring Future Generations and Shaping Minds

Celebrating National Education Day in India: Inspiring Future Generations and Shaping Minds

Celebrating National Education Day in India Every year, National Education Day in India stands as a powerful reminder of the...

India’s Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy: A Powerful Step Toward Sustainable Investment

India’s Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy: A Critical Move to Tackle Greenwashing Context: In line with India’s climate commitments and Budget...

India-US Energy and Defence Ties

The Building Blocks of an India-U.S. Energy Future   Context: The recent statement by the U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance underscoring...

India’s Judicial Credibility Crisis

Reimagining Access to Justice and Rectifying Systemic Barriers   Context: Public confidence in the Indian judiciary is showing signs of...

I2U2: Forging a Climate-Resilient Minilateralism in a Disrupted World

I2U2: Unlocking Climate-Resilient Minilateralism for a Stronger Global Future Introduction: In an increasingly volatile and multipolar world, marked by tariff...

Cabinet Approves Revised SHAKTI Policy

Cabinet approves Revised SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) Policy for Coal Allocation to Power Sector...

Climate Change and Gut Microbiota

Climate change is disrupting the human gut in a new path to illness   Context: A recent review published in...

Climate change is disrupting the human gut in a new path to illness

Context: A recent review published in The Lancet Planetary Health explores a critical but underexplored consequence of climate change: its...

Ethanol Blending and Sugarcane Diversion in India

Ethanol Blending and Sugarcane Diversion in India

Food vs fuel: Surge in ethanol blending and its impacts Context: India is aiming to raise the ethanol blending ratio...

Global Study on Bird Colouration and Urbanisation

Successful urban birds sport different colours from unsuccessful ones Context:  Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo (University of Granada) and Kaspar Delhey (Max...

MSMEs Hold the Key to India’s Job Creation Crisis

‘For poor, populous states like Bihar, MSMEs key to job creation’: N K Singh Context: A recent report by the...