NEW DELHI: Last week the Supreme Court signalled its displeasure at electoral handouts or freebies. It has since ordered the setting up of a high-powered panel to set out a blueprint to nix what it believes is a drain on scarce national resources. Simultaneously PM Narendra Modi broke ranks with fellow politicians and called for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three years ago, on August 5th, 2019, the Modi government made a dramatic announcement of the removal of Article 370 which gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir a special status. The move not only stripped away the special status of the erstwhile state, but the Central Government also split the state into […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three years have passed since the central government did away with Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two union territories. How have things changed on the ground? Have people’s aspirations been met? What more needs to be done? In this episode […]Read More
NEW DELHI : With Bhashini, India has launched an audacious project to democratise its digital economy. This platform will collate the available technology to accelerate Internet access, both in text and voice, in local languages. At present, access to the internet is mostly in English, though only 10% Indians are proficient in it. Undoubtedly, it […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three years ago when the Indian government abrogated Article 370 that granted special status to J&K, Pakistan cried hoarse from the rooftops, alleged human rights violations and tried to internationalise the issue. Those efforts came a cropper. India’s ties with the Islamic world remain as robust as they were. That hasn’t gone down too […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, India’s Former UN Permanent Representative, Ex-Envoy to Kazakhstan and the diplomat who opened India’s Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen Missions and Temur Umarov, Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Fellow, OSCE Academy, Bishkek and an Expert on China, Russia and Central Asia in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel discusses the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) […]Read More
NEW DELHI : Ten days ago India crossed a milestone in Covid vaccinations: over 2 billion and counting. As of now, over 97% of the adult population has received one dose and 90% two doses. The clock is now ticking on how quickly India can do the government mandated precautionary third dose. In this conversation […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With less than five months to go before India takes over the G20 presidency on December 1, a question doing the rounds is whether the issues that arose during Indonesia’s presidency could “spill over”. Recall that within two months of Indonesia taking over the G20 presidency last year, the Ukraine war exploded on the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: This month 23 years ago, India declared victory over Pakistan by regaining possession of all Indian posts in Kargil that had been occupied by troops and terrorists who has infiltrated from across the border. 26th of July is celebrated every year as Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark the culmination of the war that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The rupee is going global! This is not to deny that the rupee has been convertible on the current account since 1994. But calibrated steps by the Reserve Bank and the government over so many years is leading inevitably to the rupee going fully convertible, says Anil Padmanabhan, editor of the popular Capital […]Read More
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