India’s decision to stay out of the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, Asia’s mega free-trade agreement (FTA), has… Continue reading [Burning Issue] India’s exit from RCEP

Early this year, our PM attended the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) virtual summit, after previously skipping two summits. Not attending that… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Strategic Autonomy vs NAM

India and the US are the two largest democracies in the world but the electoral systems of the two countries… Continue reading [Burning Issue] US and Indian Election System: A Comparison

“In an economy that is overleveraged to historic proportions, economic stimuli may not do the trick.” – Kenneth Eade Several… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Fiscal Stimulus & COVID

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has last month approved ‘Natural Gas Marketing Reforms’, taking another significant step to move… Continue reading [Burning Issue] India’s push for a Gas-based Economy

Food has deep ties to culture, religion, ethnicity and most Indians regard food as sanctified or holy. We celebrate, mourn,… Continue reading [Burning Issue] India’s quest for Zero Hunger

The judiciary is weakened by the very act of publication when legal remedies are not accessed. When that happens, ‘We… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Uproar over AP CM’s letter to CJI

“Information is the currency of democracy.” – Thomas Jefferson Fifteen years have passed since the Right to Information Act, 2005… Continue reading [Burning Issue] 15 Years of Right to Information

The CRISPR-Cas9 system has revolutionized genetic manipulations and made gene editing simpler, faster and easily accessible to most laboratories. To… Continue reading [Burning Issue] CRISPR Technology and Associated Concerns

The altercation between technology giant Google and fintech major Paytm has brought the global debate around app store monopolies to… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Paytm vs Google App Store Row

The Parliament has passed new versions of three labour codes — Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2020, Code on Social Security… Continue reading [Burning Issue] New Labour Laws

Context Despite the global decline in crude oil prices over the last month and buying of cheap Russian crude oil,… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Global Fuel Dynamics and India’s Energy Security

Farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been protesting against 3 ordinances promulgated by the Centre back in June this year.… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Agricultural Reform Bills, 2020

In view of the pandemic and a truncated Monsoon Session, Parliament has said no to Question Hour and curtailed Zero… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Quashing of the Question Hour

The realities of International relations has ensured that the importance of hard power never diminishes. From China to USA, military… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy, 2020

The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) was launched in January 2018 with the vision that renewed focus on interventions in the… Continue reading Best Practices under Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP)

Exactly a year back, on August 5, 2019, the government of India revoked the special status granted under Article 370… Continue reading [Burning Issue] One Year since the Repeal of Art. 370