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चुनाव में मोदी के लिए क्यों फादेमंद है राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा का मुद्दा

Defence and Security | Indian Defence

Apr 16, 2019

चुनाव में मोदी के लिए क्यों फादेमंद है राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा का मुद्दा

चुनाव में प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को राष्ट्रीय सुरक्�

Harsh V. Pant

बंगाल की खाड़ी का महत्व: भारत, जापान और दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया

Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics

Apr 16, 2019

बंगाल की खाड़ी का महत्व: भारत, जापान और दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया

चूंकि बंगाल की खाड़ी प्रमुख शक्ति प्रतिस्पर्धा की पृष्ठ�

Revitalising South-South partnerships in the SDG era

Sustainable Development | Development Partnerships

Apr 16, 2019

Revitalising South-South partnerships in the SDG era

India must be able to rise to the challenge of this partnership and provide meaningful help to its African members to attract impact funds for the Sou

Mohua Mukherjee

Reparation for colonial abuse: 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Privacy & Data Protection

Apr 16, 2019

Reparation for colonial abuse: 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre

On the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, this article aims to revisit colonial despotism and the options of reparation with former c

Inherent limitations to a ‘muscular’ neighbourhood policy

Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean

Apr 16, 2019

Inherent limitations to a ‘muscular’ neighbourhood policy

N. Sathiya Moorthy

The role of JICA in India's economic developments

Jan 01, 1970

Minimum Income Guarantee, NYAY, and a few ‘just’ questions

Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy

Apr 15, 2019

Minimum Income Guarantee, NYAY, and a few ‘just’ questions

Is the economic model effective to tackle poverty?

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

गरीबों के लिए ‘न्याय’ का दावा, लेकिन किस कीमत पर

Domestic Politics and Governance

Apr 15, 2019

गरीबों के लिए ‘न्याय’ का दावा, लेकिन किस कीमत पर

अगर न्याय को गरीबों का संकट खत्म करना है तो इसका कवरेज प्र

Sanjeev Ahluwalia

SDG rankings: Lessons for Indian higher education institutes

Education in India | Education

Apr 15, 2019

SDG rankings: Lessons for Indian higher education institutes

India needs to rethink and redesign its strategies in some of the major goals...precisely the ones it has fared poorly in the Times Higher Education r

Priyanshu Agarwal | Antara Sengupta

आखिर पश्चिमी देश क्यों नहीं समझ पा रहे नये परमाणु दौर को

Great Power Dynamics

Apr 15, 2019

आखिर पश्चिमी देश क्यों नहीं समझ पा रहे नये परमाणु दौर को

आज के नाभिकीय निराशावाद के पीछे पश्चिम द्वारा नए नाभिकीय

Rakesh Sood

Neighbourhood

Apr 15, 2019

सिंधु जल संधि: बयानबाजी से परे

यदि भारत सिंधु जल समझौता रद्द करता है तो पाकिस्तान के साथ

Iftikhar A. Drabu

Increased use of off-grid solar PV power to improve overall functionality of rural health centres

Healthcare | Energy Access

Apr 15, 2019

Increased use of off-grid solar PV power to improve overall functionality of rural health centres

The introduction of the off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants can be integrated with the conventional electricity system for the electrificati

Manjushree Banerjee

The US approach to the Russian federation will not determine the interaction of New Delhi and Moscow

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics

Apr 13, 2019

The US approach to the Russian federation will not determine the interaction of New Delhi and Moscow

Samir Saran, ORF President, spoke to Russian newspaper Izvestia on the sidelines of Valdai Club and ORF dialogue last week, on the importance of India

Samir Saran

Neighbourhood

Apr 12, 2019

चुनावी पिच पर इमरान की गुगली

पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान के एक बयान से इन दिन�

Sushant Sareen

भारत की 21 वीं सदी की अभिव्यक्ति के लिए महाभारत का उद्धार

Domestic Politics and Governance

Apr 12, 2019

भारत की 21 वीं सदी की अभिव्यक्ति के लिए महाभारत का उद्धार

‘नए भारत’ की कोई भी बात महाभारत के गहन अध्ययन के बगैर पूरी

Gautam Chikermane

मोदी और भाजपा का राष्ट्रवाद और विदेश नीति का खाका लोगों की उम्मीदों के ज्यादा करीब

Indian Foreign Policy

Apr 12, 2019

मोदी और भाजपा का राष्ट्रवाद और विदेश नीति का खाका लोगों की उम्मीदों के ज्यादा करीब

भारत के रुख में बदलाव की एक बड़ी वजह नरेंद्र मोदी का राजनीत

Harsh V. Pant

Book discussion | Game India: Seven Strategic Advantages That Can Steer India to Wealth

Jan 01, 1970

गरीबों, किसानों और युवाओं पर केंद्रित कांग्रेस का घोषणा-पत्र

Domestic Politics and Governance

Apr 11, 2019

गरीबों, किसानों और युवाओं पर केंद्रित कांग्रेस का घोषणा-पत्र

कांग्रेस ने अपने घोषणा-पत्र के माध्यम से, यह स्पष्ट कर दिय

Satish Misra

भारत के लिए सिंधु जल संधि को बनाए रखना आवश्यक

Neighbourhood

Apr 11, 2019

भारत के लिए सिंधु जल संधि को बनाए रखना आवश्यक

लम्बे अर्से से चले आ रहे इस जल बंटवारा समझौते को महज दंडात

Sayanangshu Modak

Can urbanisation be the panacea for India’s caste issues?

Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation

Apr 11, 2019

Can urbanisation be the panacea for India’s caste issues?

The process of urbanisation — if carried out in a planned, sustainable and inclusive manner — can potentially help India mitigate the impact of th

Ramanath Jha

Election promises, real issues and narratives

Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy | Healthcare | Agriculture

Apr 11, 2019

Election promises, real issues and narratives

Better employment opportunities, better health care and schools, availability of safe drinking water are top three voters’ priorities followed by th

David Rusnok | Jayshree Sengupta

Encouragement, not protectionism, needed to strengthen India’s solar PV manufacturing capacity

Economics and Finance | Sustainable Development

Apr 11, 2019

Encouragement, not protectionism, needed to strengthen India’s solar PV manufacturing capacity

In India, a prime factor for the slowdown in the solar photovoltaics (PV) sector in 2018 was the implementation of the safeguard duty on imported sola

Ameya Pimpalkhare

Maldives: MDP does a make-or-mar sweep of Majlis polls

Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean

Apr 11, 2019

Maldives: MDP does a make-or-mar sweep of Majlis polls

N. Sathiya Moorthy

India’s economic footprint in CLMV countries: Expanding slowly and a long way to go

Jan 01, 1970

The 9 April tragedy — a milestone in the history of modern Georgia

International Affairs

Apr 10, 2019

The 9 April tragedy — a milestone in the history of modern Georgia

9 April 1989 had significant political consequences not only for Georgia but for the entire Soviet Union.

Archil Gegeshidze

Proliferation of IS produced weapons: How it made its own military industrial complex

Terrorism

Apr 10, 2019

Proliferation of IS produced weapons: How it made its own military industrial complex

Particularly important to weapons’ innovations are individual factors; to successfully innovate a group must have access to individuals with the kno

Robert Postings

Expanding pharmaceutical local production in Africa: An idea whose time has come?

Healthcare | Developing and Emerging Economies

Apr 10, 2019

Expanding pharmaceutical local production in Africa: An idea whose time has come?

There is a groundswell in Africa in support of local pharmaceutical production. Africa's dependency on the rest of the world for medicines may not las

Oommen C. Kurian

चुनाव अभियान के दौर में विदेश नीति पर सवाल

Domestic Politics and Governance

Apr 10, 2019

चुनाव अभियान के दौर में विदेश नीति पर सवाल

अब जबकि भारत में चुनावी माहौल अपनी गति पकड़ चुका है, प्रधान

Harsh V. Pant

इज़रायल के चुनावों में गोलान का प्रत्यक्ष प्रभाव

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Apr 10, 2019

इज़रायल के चुनावों में गोलान का प्रत्यक्ष प्रभाव

रणनीतिक रूप से बेहद महत्वपूर्ण गोलान हाइट्स पर जिसका भी �

Avijit Goel

BJP manifesto outlines Modi’s vision of Indian nation

Domestic Politics and Governance | National Politics

Apr 10, 2019

BJP manifesto outlines Modi’s vision of Indian nation

The BJP manifesto promises to launch a set of initiatives that include "Jal Jivan Mission” under which a special programme will be introduced to ens

Satish Misra

The Turkish interjection in Indo-US relations

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Economic Diplomacy

Apr 10, 2019

The Turkish interjection in Indo-US relations

New Delhi must guard its interests as Washington attempts to rein in Ankara

Kashish Parpiani

Book discussion | Kashmir The Way Forward: Past as a guide to future

Jan 01, 1970

Financing elections in India: A scrutiny of corporate donation

Domestic Politics and Governance

Apr 09, 2019

Financing elections in India: A scrutiny of corporate donation

How are corporates/businesses funding political parties in India? Where do major political parties stand in terms of donations from corporates and bus

Niranjan Sahoo

Destination Kigali: Opportunities for India

Indian Foreign Policy | Developing and Emerging Economies | Development Partnerships

Apr 09, 2019

Destination Kigali: Opportunities for India

The key areas of collaboration for India and Rwanda are agriculture, information and communication technology, healthcare and tourism.

Clarence Fernandes

Healthcare | Development

Apr 08, 2019

Ebola and evolving health security

Ebola is not just an “African health problem.” The threat of the virus entering countries like India is real.

Livi Gerbase

The need for African centrality in the Lethal Autonomous Weapons debate

Cyber Security | Cyber and Technology

Apr 08, 2019

The need for African centrality in the Lethal Autonomous Weapons debate

LAWS are transforming into an arena of geopolitical and strategic competition while also reflecting the same inequalities that have characterised tech

Trisha Ray