India is Becoming A World Leader in Agroecology
BY: CÔME CARPENTIER DE GOURDON PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2021 On January 21st, 2021 an article signed by Sophie Landrin in the major French newspaper Le Monde reported on the ‘zero budget natural farming’ (ZBNF) project underway in Andhra Pradesh, the largest in the world, intended to involve 6 million farmers, 8 million hectares (20 […]
India’s Vaccine Confidence Project Against Vaccine Hesitancy
BY: AAKANSHA BHAWSAR AND SUDEEP SHUKLAPUBLISHED ON JANUARY 31, 2021 Vaccinations in India began on January 16 with frontline and health-care workers, and till the fourth day, some 5 lakh shots had been administered. There were minor trends of vaccine hesitancy over the safety and efficacy of the inhouse COVAXIN as fewer healthcare workers turned […]
Dignity of Labor & Pakoda Politics
BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 1, 2018 Dignity of labor and Pakoda is the main topic of politics now a day with Opposition ridiculing the Prime minister for offering pakoda profession to crores of educated youth of the country in the name of employment and the ruling party in return lashing out at the […]
Smaller States are Leading India’s Path to a Greener Economy
BY: ROUHIN DEB PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 20, 2020 As India looks to recover from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the path to a resilient economic recovery requires all stakeholders to realign their priorities and march towards a newer path of economic revival — an inclusive and sustainable one. Instances such as the substantial […]
Democracy: Mother of all evils!
BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2018 The 16 th US President, Abraham Lincoln who ruled the States of America from March 1861 until April 1865, had rightly described Democracy as the best way of governance because all democratically elected governments are ‘by the people; of the people and for the people’, but for […]
Nehru’s Seven Big Blunders
BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 15, 2018 It’s not that this first Prime minister of Independent India did not do anything for the country except few blunders; his sacrifices for the country during Indian Freedom Struggle are also innumerable. As Prime minister also his contribution in the development of new India cannot be ignored. […]
India’s Fast Ageing Population
BY: NANTOO BANERJEE PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 09, 2019 It may appear to be odd that India’s nearly 150-million 60-plus-year old population, generally politically active though not always quite vocal, is among the country’s most neglected by the society and the government. There is no worthwhile social security for the aged. A small section live on […]
Heritage should be glorified with modern science
BY: BHARAT JHUNJHUNWALA PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 05, 2019 Claims were made in the recently held Indian Science Congress that ancient India produced test-tube babies, and that Ravana had 24 types of airplanes and guided missiles. It is indeed gratifying that we have started to become aware of our glorious past. That instills a sense of […]
Indian push back to China’s expansionism in the Himalayas
BY: SIDDHARTH SINGH PUBLISHED ON JULY 26, 2020 The high-altitude mountainous territory in the remote areas of the Eastern Ladakh region of India witnessed an eyeball to eyeball standoff position on multiple points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the Indian Armed Forces and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The skirmishes which […]
Nexus between Transnational Organized Crime and Terror Groups
BY: RIJUL SINGH UPPAL PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 30, 2020 Analysing the growing nexus between Transnational Organised Crime and Regional Terror groups, and the resulting threats to global security. There exists by nature a nexus between transnational organised crime (TOC) and terrorism. Often a complex and ever-changing relationship, this nexus exists to facilitate actors logistically, monetarily, […]