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India’s Strategic Dilemma: Balancing Quad Engagement and Relations with China

India’s Strategic Dilemma: Balancing Quad Engagement and Relations with China

India’s Strategic Dilemma This critical analysis makes an appraisal of M. K. Narayan’s view in the article “China, India, and...

India’s Road to Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Opportunities and Challenges

India’s Road to Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Opportunities and Challenges

This essay analyses Prof. Rahul Menon’s article, “Can India Escape the Middle-Income Trap?” (The Hindu, October 11, 2024). It highlights...

National Agriculture Code (NAC)

Context : (NAC) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has initiated the process of creating a National Agriculture Code (NAC),...

Tax Simplification and Rationalisation

Tax Simplification and Rationalisation

Context: The Indian government has set up a committee, led by V.K. Gupta, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, to review...

High-Performance Buildings: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future

This analysis, based on Sandhya Patil’s article “High-Performance Buildings are the Next Step Towards a Sustainable Future” in The Hindu...

The Middle-Income Trap

The Middle-Income Trap

Context: The World Development Report 2024, authored by the World Bank, highlights a critical challenge facing many economies i.e. the...

Inside-out Galaxy

Inside-out Galaxy

Context: Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made a groundbreaking observation of a galaxy’s Inside-out Galaxy growth...

UNDP to Work with NITI Aayog on Sustainable Development

UNDP to Work with NITI Aayog on Sustainable Development

Context-UNDP to Work with NITI Aayog The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is set to collaborate with India’s NITI Aayog...

Tax Devolution

Tax Devolution

Context: The central government has released Rs 1.78 trillion to states in tax devolution, including an advance instalment of Rs...

Principles of Guru Jambheshwar Regarding Thar Wildlife

Principles of Guru Jambheshwar Regarding Thar Wildlife

Introduction: The Bishnoi community, founded by Guru Jambheshwarji, is known for its deep commitment to wildlife conservation, particularly of species...

Risks and Challenges for India

Context: The Finance Ministry’s latest review of the Indian economy showed optimism that India could achieve the Economic Survey’s projected...

Textile Industry Struggling to Perform Better

Textile Industry Struggling to Perform Better

Context: According to the Union Minister for Textiles the Indian textile and apparel sector is targeting $350 billion annually by...

Key Initiatives to Boost Nutrition Support for TB Patients 

Context: The Union Home Minister has increased the monthly support under the Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana and expanded the scope of...

European Union’s Carbon Tax

European Union’s Carbon Tax

Context: India’s Finance Minister recently criticised the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as “unilateral and arbitrary,” asserting that...

Declining Global Wildlife

Declining Global Wildlife

Context:Declining Global Wildlife According to the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Living Planet Report (LPR) 2024, global wildlife populations...