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May 20, 2020

COVID-19: Rethinking human development

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted one of the core foundations of the concept of human development — a healthy and long life.

| Prachi Mittal | Shreya Mishra

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

May 19, 2020

Need to revisit Anganwadi workers

| Aditi Madan | Ashok K. Madan

COVID-19 further tightens Lebanon’s fiscal and political quagmire

International Affairs

May 19, 2020

COVID-19 further tightens Lebanon’s fiscal and political quagmire

The COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst for deepening anti-Shia prejudice whose geopolitical dimensions are rooted in regional Sunni-Shia rivalr

Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty

Regional dimensions of global response to COVID-19

Climate, Food and Environment

May 19, 2020

Regional dimensions of global response to COVID-19

The regional approach to collectively combat the pandemic may have allowed global institutions such as the United Nations and its agencies to engage r

| K. Yhome

Driving self-reliance while combating a pandemic

Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy

May 19, 2020

Driving self-reliance while combating a pandemic

Girish Luthra

नीले आसमान के पीछे क़ैद: महामारी और हवा की गुणवत्ता

Energy Security

May 16, 2020

नीले आसमान के पीछे क़ैद: महामारी और हवा की गुणवत्ता

राजनेता आख़िर ख़राब हवा की फिक्र करें भी तो क्यों? जिस जनत

Shashi Tharoor

Indian Foreign Policy

May 16, 2020

The Taiwan question in Indian foreign policy

Taiwan’s successful handling of the pandemic has led it to draw support from some major global players and some are even recalibrating their Taiwan

Harsh V. Pant | Premesha Saha

Central and Eastern Europeans in avant-garde of tackling the COVID19 pandemic

International Affairs | Healthcare

May 16, 2020

Central and Eastern Europeans in avant-garde of tackling the COVID19 pandemic

| Kinga Brudziska

How Nepal has tried to tackle the Covid19 pandemic

Neighbourhood | Healthcare

May 15, 2020

How Nepal has tried to tackle the Covid19 pandemic

| Avaniendra Chakravartty | Mira Khadka

Covid19 and implications on global health governance

International Affairs | Healthcare

May 15, 2020

Covid19 and implications on global health governance

Shoba Suri

The Tsinghua of economic development in Pakistan

Privacy & Data Protection

May 13, 2020

The Tsinghua of economic development in Pakistan

Despite the persistence and spread of the corona pandemic, China has managed to use cultural centres as a tool to maintain its influence and geopoliti

How fake news is complicating India’s war against COVID-19

Domestic Politics and Governance | Media and Internet

May 13, 2020

How fake news is complicating India’s war against COVID-19

Many would not have imagined fake news becoming a major menace in the time of life-threatening pandemic. Yet, this has become business as usual in Ind

Niranjan Sahoo

ORF Wednesday Webinar | The explosion of online education in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: What have we learnt? | Part I

Jan 01, 1970

Post-pandemic livelihood sustainability and central urban missions

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare | Urbanisation

May 12, 2020

Post-pandemic livelihood sustainability and central urban missions

| Tathagata Chatterji

International Affairs | Healthcare

May 11, 2020

Covid19: The birth of a new power

| Ilyas El Omari

Iraq: Amidst a pandemic, struggles of a fragile state

Energy | Terrorism

May 11, 2020

Iraq: Amidst a pandemic, struggles of a fragile state

The fact that ISIS has managed to attack in and around Baghdad is an anecdotal yet strong indicator that during this time of multiple crisis, the terr

Kabir Taneja

Biological Weapons and Biosecurity - Lessons from the COVID19 war

International Affairs | Healthcare | China Foreign Policy

May 10, 2020

Biological Weapons and Biosecurity - Lessons from the COVID19 war

In the second of a two-part series on how the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown open doubts on biosecurity, Ambassador Lakshmi Puri writes on how internati

| Lakshmi Puri

Defence and Security | Terrorism

May 09, 2020

Biological weapons and biosecurity — Lessons from the COVID-19 war

In the first of a two-part series on how the COVID-19 pandemic has raised consciousness about the dangers of biological warfare Ambassador Puri writes

| Lakshmi Puri

Cancer patients face new challenges during COVID-19 pandemic

Healthcare

May 09, 2020

Cancer patients face new challenges during COVID-19 pandemic

Cancer patients must learn to treat the post-COVID-19 world as a ‘new normal,’ and remain focused on what they need to do to manage their illness

| Asit Arora | Mitu Sengupta

Locked under blue skies: Air quality and the pandemic

Healthcare | Climate Change

May 09, 2020

Locked under blue skies: Air quality and the pandemic

| Shashi Tharoor

India’s naval evacuation gets underway amidst a pandemic

Privacy & Data Protection

May 08, 2020

India’s naval evacuation gets underway amidst a pandemic

Indian planners would do well to reflect on some lessons from past missions.

Abhijit Singh

India and China: Is Maldives balancing or tilting?

Indian Foreign Policy

May 07, 2020

India and China: Is Maldives balancing or tilting?

The structure of the international system and balance of power tend to limit the foreign policy choices of smaller states. But we are now living in a

| Vinitha Revi

Rethink, Revive, Rescue: From the Pandemic to Multilateralism 2.0

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy

May 07, 2020

Rethink, Revive, Rescue: From the Pandemic to Multilateralism 2.0

Amrita Narlikar | Amitabh Mattoo

Indian Economy | Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation | Inclusion

May 06, 2020

Return of the migrants

Ramanath Jha

The economic cost of COVID19 is bigger than the great depression

Domestic Politics and Governance | Developing and Emerging Economies

May 06, 2020

The economic cost of COVID19 is bigger than the great depression

Hari Bansh Jha

The pandemic experience: Preventive and curative measures of India’s major ports

Healthcare

May 05, 2020

The pandemic experience: Preventive and curative measures of India’s major ports

For the first time, healthcare/social responsibility of ports have come into the limelight bearing implications not only for the port community but th

Sohini Bose

Water

May 05, 2020

The human right to water in a pandemic

Given its difficult position under the Constitution, the subject of water has remained one of the most disputed areas in India’s federal relationshi

| Nishant Sirohi

कोविड-19 की महामारी के दौर में भारतीय कूटनीति

Indian Foreign Policy | Healthcare

May 05, 2020

कोविड-19 की महामारी के दौर में भारतीय कूटनीति

भारत बड़ी ख़ामोशी से कोविड-19 के बाद के विश्व परिदृश्य से न�

Harsh V. Pant

China and the question of African debt relief amidst Covid19 pandemic

International Affairs | Healthcare | China Foreign Policy

May 04, 2020

China and the question of African debt relief amidst Covid19 pandemic

| Abhishek Mishra

How Bangladesh is addressing the Covid19 pandemic

Neighbourhood | Healthcare

May 04, 2020

How Bangladesh is addressing the Covid19 pandemic

| Syed Mafiz Kamal

Tardy response to COVID19 pandemic: WHO in dire need of reforms

International Affairs | Healthcare

May 03, 2020

Tardy response to COVID19 pandemic: WHO in dire need of reforms

Although, plentiful has been written about China’s inaction during the early days of the outbreak of this pandemic, there is scant mention of WHO be

| Meenakshi Sharma

कोविड-19 की महामारी से दोराहे पर आ खड़ा हुआ है ऑस्ट्रेलिया

Healthcare

May 02, 2020

कोविड-19 की महामारी से दोराहे पर आ खड़ा हुआ है ऑस्ट्रेलिया

ऑस्ट्रेलिया की अप्रवासन नीति यहां के राजनेताओं के लिए या

Navdeep Suri

Sustained shift to virtual classrooms may not be a good idea for India

Education in India | Education | Inclusion | Cyber and Technology

May 01, 2020

Sustained shift to virtual classrooms may not be a good idea for India

| Devjani Ray

Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation

May 01, 2020

Urbanisation of pandemics

The urban nature of the pandemic becomes clearer when we consider the megacities and the large Indian cities.

Ramanath Jha

The paradox of privilege: Guilt during COVID19

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

May 01, 2020

The paradox of privilege: Guilt during COVID19

| Prithvi Iyer

COVID-19 numbers: The Calcutta conundrum

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

May 01, 2020

COVID-19 numbers: The Calcutta conundrum

In addition to the fears of surviving this pandemic, citizens of West Bengal have to unfortunately cater to an additional anxiety resulting from — t

Soumya Bhowmick

COVID-19’s impact on EU solidarity and US healthcare debate

Healthcare | US Domestic Politics

May 01, 2020

COVID-19’s impact on EU solidarity and US healthcare debate

Even as the coronavirus pandemic strains European solidarity, its ideas on social protection experience a fillip — but this time on the other side o

| Kashish Parpiani

Dr Cover-up: Tedros Adhanom's controversial journey to the WHO

International Affairs | Healthcare

May 01, 2020

Dr Cover-up: Tedros Adhanom's controversial journey to the WHO

| Avijit Goel

COVID-19: Is WHO fit to lead in times of pandemics?

Healthcare

Apr 30, 2020

COVID-19: Is WHO fit to lead in times of pandemics?

Absence of leadership is not the only problem — the pandemic shows how the WHO failed to address deeper and chronic issues.

| Chitra Subramaniam

COVID-19: Mapping developments in the Indo-Pacific

Privacy & Data Protection

Apr 30, 2020

COVID-19: Mapping developments in the Indo-Pacific

Even as the world continues to be engaged in fighting the pandemic, developments in the Indo-Pacific have taken on diverse forms.

Pratnashree Basu

COVID-19 and cooperative federalism in India: So far, so good

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

Apr 30, 2020

COVID-19 and cooperative federalism in India: So far, so good

More states are beginning to relax lockdown restrictions to restore normalcy with preventive measures. How did a country of 1.3 billion, with large sl

Niranjan Sahoo