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This paper creates an index to track the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation) across India’s states. The SDG 6 index incorporates both supply-side indicators and demand management variables, as well as institutional interventions. In this paper, state-wise indices are constructed to identify their respective performances in the domains of access to clean water and provision of sanitation facilitie

Information security has to move beyond its traditional concepts if it needs to cater to the special demands of governance. Knowledge is for cutting. For long, it has been in the hands of the bureaucrats. It?s time that we snatch it.

The Pakistani state needs to boldly assert itself as it once again folds to the demands of the TLP

Even as experts urge caution on the drug’s efficacy against COVID-19, production of chloroquine in India is being ramped up to cater to US demand

The fulfilment of TTP’s demand would indirectly help the Afghan Taliban achieve its expansionist position on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Countries in the Gulf region are facing a proverbial perfect storm: oil demand falling to its lowest levels in decades, disagreements within the group of oil-exporting nations on supply cuts, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The plummeting of oil prices is affecting these countries’ fiscal positions, business sentiments, and economic growth. India has stakes in all this; after all, the country has strong economic, commercial and diaspora ties with th

The changing distribution of power and the Chinese challenge to US primacy demands that countries like India and Australia bear larger responsibility for security. The future of the Indo-Pacific can't be tied solely to the twists and turns of the dynamic between Washington and Beijing.

The shortage of manpower in Russia, along with the allure of higher wages and citizenship, continue to serve as pull factors for migrants from South A

Natural gas is an efficient bridge fuel between high-emission fuels and renewable energy systems. Due to limited conventional natural gas reserves, India imports more than half of its natural gas requirements. Increased production of natural gas from domestically available resources could help India reduce gas imports, achieve national emission intensity targets, and honour international climate commitments. Marine gas hydrates ar

Peace and war are not the only options in any bilateral relationship. Numerous issues, more or less serious, emerge between two countries which demand

After the Ladakh intrusion, Delhi has sensibly stepped up the conversation on LAC management with Beijing. The recent violence on the LoC demands the same with Islamabad. When he meets Nawaz Sharif in New York next month, Manmohan Singh must seek Pakistan's renewed political support for the LoC ceasefire and an agreement to translate that commitment into a military reality.

The current phase of disturbances in Tibet began when five monks in the monastery town of Derge in Gansu province on 27 January demanding the independence of Tibet and return of the Dalai Lama demonstrated outside the monastery attracting crowds of villagers

This paper aims to analyse the reasons for the rise of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, its characteristics, the primary drivers for the growing menace and international responses; it also compares the differences in modus operandi between Gulf of Guinea and Somalian piracy. Till the early 1980s, piracy was often dismissed as being “archaic Tand folklore of the past”, rarely entering the main maritime discourse. But true to its nature, ‘moder

Most analysts agree that a dangerous mix of demand, supply and currency is responsible for Punjab’s drug menace. Punjab is both a transit point and a market for the drugs smuggled from the so-called Golden Crescent that is Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. While the heroin produced in Afghanistan is smuggled through the 553-km-long, porous India-Pakistan border, the opium, poppy husk, charas and hashish, among other drugs, come from the neighbour

The demand for basic infrastructure and services in Indian cities has increased phenomenally due to rapidly growing populations. Such unmet demands often adversely affect the quality of urban life, the economic productivity, as well as the process of sustainable development. The main purpose of this brief is to highlight the problems involved in improving access to water supply in Indian cities faced with a severe water shortage crisis. A case st

This paper highlights the importance of water valuation and pricing for sustainable and efficient water allocation and management in India. An efficient water-pricing mechanism could be a tool to address the impending crisis of water scarcity, which necessitates a robust, objective, and holistic valuation technique. Every unit of water consumed for economic purposes has an ecological footprint, and this opportunity cost or externality factor need

China, particularly after the global financial crisis, is on a look-out for markets in Asia, and India offers the largest market. Therefore, China's singular focus on economic issues is understandable, but India should not give into the Chinese demands without a quid pro quo.

Asian states, particularly Asian economies importing oil as primary customers today, will see a demand for a significant increase in their military fo

Recent public mobilisations in certain Western countries of separatists demanding that a homeland for Sikhs be created in Punjab (or Khalistan) are raising concerns about the threats that these groups pose to India’s security. Tamil Eelam nationalists are also continuing to mobilise themselves in activities hostile to Sri Lanka that openly display militant iconography and messages. What motivates host countries, such as Canada and the United Ki

Reports of young guns ‘crushing it’ in the gig economy are still hard to come by. It gets lonely and the so-called flexible companies make tough d

A legalistic position towards the Greek demand for reparations is neither sufficient nor politically wise. A generous gesture towards Athens would strengthen Germany's position as a country that is more than a leader by default in the EU.

India had recently decided to partner Russia in a joint project known as Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). A project like this is a rarity, like Brahmos, that India can ill afford to lose. Prudence would demand employment of a realist strategy of engagement by India in convincing the Russians to expand the scope of involvement.

There is a generational shift in the way Bhutanese perceive their neighbours India and China, evident with the demands for change in approach, from a

भारत-ब्रिटन संबंधांमध्ये सुनक कशी भूमिका घेतील, याबाबत भारतीयांनी वास्तववादी विचार करायला हवा. त्यांच्या धोरणात्मक अभिमुखतेमधील नूतन अभिसरणामुळे द्विपक्षीय संबंधांम

इस साल की आईपीसीसी (जलवायु परिवर्तन पर अंतर-सरकारी पैनल) र

इस साल की आईपीसीसी (जलवायु परिवर्तन पर अंतर-सरकारी पैनल) र

भारत ईव्ही क्षेत्रात जगाचं नेतृत्व करू शकतो आणि ही संधी �

तापमानातील वाढीमुळे केवळ विजेची मागणीच वाढते असे नाही त�

हालांकि एलपीजी के खुदरा मूल्य में कमी का स्वागत किया गया �

इंटरनेट सेवाओं की मांग बढ़ने के साथ-साथ और सोशल मीडिया पर

रकार का इरादा 31 दिसंबर तक संपूर्ण वयस्क आबादी को वैक्सीन �

अब आगे जो भी होता है, लेकिन एक बात तय है कि दुनिया में आगे च�

भारत में निर्वाचन आयोग की महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका है, क्या आयोग की अवमानना करने पर दंड देने का अधिकार भी आयोग को दे देना चाहिए?

चीन की अर्थव्यवस्था की रफ्तार धीमी होने से अफ्रीका की आर�

आफ्रिकेचे चीनवरील आर्थिक अवलंबित्व पाहता, चीनमधील मंदी �

जम्मू-काश्मीरमधील इंटरनेट सेवेवरील निर्बंधांचा सर्वाधिक फटका विद्यार्थ्यांना बसला. उर्वरीत भारत ऑनलाइन शिक्षणाकडे वळला असताना, तेथील शिक्षणच रखडले.

समस्या ऋण की मांग है, क़र्ज़ की सुविधा की कमी नहीं

साइबर स्पेस के लिए ‘नियमों’ पर अलग-अलग देशों के बीच सहयोग

भारत या तो श्रीलंका के साथ, या फिर कोलंबो सिक्योरिटी कॉन्�

दक्षिण आशियामध्ये मागणी आणि पुरवठा यामध्ये विकसित होत असलेल्या समतोलामध्ये भारत एक अदृश्य शक्ती म्हणून उदयास येत आहे. जो आर्थिक एकात्मता व्यापार आणि कनेक्टिव्हिटी सुल�

अक्षय उर्जेने २०२२-२३ या कालावधीत देशाच्या उर्जा क्षेत्�

वैश्विक कंपनियां, ख़ास तौर से कोरोना वायरस महामारी के बा�

जबकि बांग्लादेश घरेलू स्तर पर ऊर्जा की बढ़ती मांगों से ज�

व्यापक स्तर पर अगर इस तरह का संतुलन नहीं बनाया जाता तो ग्र

लेबेनान के नागरिक अब ये सवाल कर रहे हैं कि आख़िर वो कौन सी �