By Anjali Chhabra Venomous verbal face-offs, strategic posturing, and high-voltage campaigning for the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka have set the stage for the state’s voters to pick a new government on May 10. This is an election that follows weeks of political manoeuvres. The campaign period saw […]
By Anjali Chhabra As for the national parties like the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections hold the key to the future of smaller players like Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) at a time when analysts are waiting to […]
By Prabin Kumar Padhy Before we delve deeper into the energy future of India and how India shifted its focus, it is pertinent to understand the term “Energy Transition” first. Energy Transition is a significant structural change in energy system driven by the demand for and availability of […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: Indian parliament’s upper house (Rajya Sabha) on Sep 20 passed two of the three contentious farm bills amidst an uproar by opposition parties’ members and protests by farmers at several places. The two bills – Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, […]
By Dr Pranav Kumar and Dr Tapan Kumar Bihari After a considerable gap of 34 years, the country has received its new National Education Policy (NEP), being hailed as a game changer policy for 21st Century India. However, some commentators have argued that the National Education Policy fails […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today reached out to old friend Nepal and carried out a comprehensive review of bilateral economic and development cooperation projects in an attempt to counter China’s efforts to expand its footprints in the Himalayan nation. The reach out took place two days […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: To provide a booster shot to its pandemic-hit economy, India will invest over Rs 110 lakh crore (Rs 110 trillion/$1.5 trillion) in the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) comprising more than 7,000 projects across sectors. Among the major focus areas are the construction of […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India’s newest and strategically important Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir could soon have a new chief minister, ending a yearlong suspense over the restart of the political process in the region that has a border with Pakistan. Addressing the nation from the […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to counter China’s influence in the strategic Indian Ocean Region, India today announced a slew of projects in Maldives to deepen its relations with the maritime neighbour. The relationship was not cosy till two years ago. Former Maldives President Abdullah Yameen […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for a grand temple for Lord Ram, a revered human-god of the Hindu community. A Nov. 2019 judgment from the Supreme Court of India has paved the way for the Ram temple construction […]
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