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Household Expenditure Survey (2023-24)

Context: The latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24 highlights that conveyance accounted for the highest share of Indian households’...

NITI Aayog’s Policy Recommendations for SPUs

Context: NITI Aayog has proposed a set of 80 policy recommendations aimed at improving the quality of higher education in...

The High Price of Nuclear Energy: Safety, Costs, and Foreign Influence

Introduction : Nuclear Energy Nuclear energy has long been seen as a way to provide clean and reliable power. However,...

Confronting the Escalating Threat of Forest Fires

Confronting the Escalating Threat of Forest Fires

Introduction Forest fires have evolved from seasonal occurrences into persistent, destructive phenomena fuelled by climate change, human encroachment, and inadequate...

India’s Strategic Opportunity Amid US-China Trade Tensions: Leveraging Mineral Diplomacy

India’s Strategic Opportunity Amid US-China Trade Tensions: Leveraging Mineral Diplomacy

Introduction The intensifying trade war between the United States and China has reshaped global supply chains, particularly in the critical...

Aero India 2025

Context: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held bilateral meetings with the Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs, Republic of Fiji,...

Bombay Blood Group

Context: In a groundbreaking medical achievement, doctors at MIOT International in Chennai successfully performed a kidney transplant on a patient...

Breast Cancer: Challenges and Opportunity

Context: Breast cancer is now the most common cancer among Indian women, previously the fourth most common in the 1990s....

Baltic States Switch Electricity Grid from Russia to EU

Context: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have officially disconnected from Russia’s power grid and integrated with the European grid via Poland. ...

PM-AASHA Scheme

Context: The Government of India has approved the continuation of the Integrated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme...

India’s MSME Sector: A Critical Analysis

Context: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are vital to India’s economy, contributing significantly to employment, exports, and GDP.  More...

India’s Emerging Role as a Champion of the Global South

Context: India has renewed its focus on advocating for the Global South, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasising this role...

Declining Budget for Justice-Related Schemes

Context: The India Justice Report 2025-26 has highlighted a consistent decline in budget allocations by the Central government for various...

Expansion of Jan Aushadhi Scheme 

Context: The government’s affordable medicine initiative, Jan Aushadhi, is set for a significant expansion, with plans to establish over 10,000...

Moving Beyond ‘BIMARU’ Context: For decades, discussions on India’s state-wise development have been shaped by the term ‘BIMARU’, coined by...