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The Ukraine crisis and India: Balancing triumph and tribulation

international affairs

Published on Feb 19, 2022 10:21 IST

India’s position on the ongoing Ukraine crisis undergirded by the desire to keep clear of the crosshairs of big power rivalry is reminiscent of its quintessential ‘strategic autonomy’.. (REUTERS)

China’s prospects in Afghanistan: Opportunities and adversities

The United States (US) invaded Taliban-run Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Virginia. (PTI FILE)

international affairs

Published on Feb 18, 2022 11:21 IST

Is cricket any match for India’s caste bias?

Members of the Dalit community, the 300 million people at the bottom of India’s caste ladder, have to put up with the worst of the consequences.

Published on Feb 16, 2022 07:05 IST

Girls deserve equal access to tech and STEM education

Ed-tech also has the promise of helping traditionally underserved girls and women of India pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, leading to far better career options for them. However, a lot of work remains to be done to encourage girls to pursue STEM fields.

gender equality

Published on Feb 16, 2022 06:31 IST

Biodiversity loss and climate change pose a real threat to our agri-food systems

Biodiversity, whether at the level of genetic, species or ecosystem, strengthens the capacity of smallholder farmers, livestock keepers, pastoralists, forest dwellers, fishers and fish farmers to produce food and a range of other goods and services in a vast variety of different environments.

Published on Feb 15, 2022 19:31 IST

Common but different futures: AI inequity and climate crisis

Artificial Intelligence or AI will provide the most game-changing solutions to the climate crisis.

Published on Feb 13, 2022 08:27 IST

Has global geopolitics turned multipolar?

Earlier in 2021, the separate summits attended by President Joe Biden of G7 leaders and NATO leaders as well as the Summit for Democracy hosted by Biden were astute endeavours to rally allies and partners against the West’s major adversaries, China and Russia.

international affairs

Published on Feb 10, 2022 12:54 IST

Medical colleges today must focus more on research to improve health

The co-location of medical college hospitals supports the training of students as well as providing a spectrum of health services.

Published on Feb 1, 2022 11:48 IST

Do our current health system challenges give us an opportunity to leapfrog?

Over three lakh adults still die from tuberculosis each year in India, while in China, a country with an equally significant tuberculosis problem, annual death rates have been reduced to below 40,000. Simultaneously, the burden of chronic diseases like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes is rapidly rising across the country.

Published on Feb 1, 2022 11:35 IST

Impact of Covid on cancer care: Unaddressed problem and the possible solutions

Studies from India and abroad have shown that community-based cancer screening leads to a significant reduction in cancer-related deaths.

Published on Jan 31, 2022 13:07 IST

Long Covid syndrome – the hidden pandemic

The study reveals abut the long covid.

Published on Jan 31, 2022 12:11 IST

Domestic violence and women’s health in India

The focus of this paper is Domestic Violence—the most common form of GBV against women.

gender equality

Published on Jan 30, 2022 12:56 IST

Sedentary behaviour and Covid-19 risk

Sedentary behaviour goes beyond being a behavioural or lifestyle risk factor in public health studies.

Published on Jan 30, 2022 12:54 IST

Union Budget 2022: Wish list for FM Nirmala Sitharaman;Booster dose for economy?

DECODING NIRMALA SITHARAMAN’S BUDGET PRIORITIES

Published on Jan 28, 2022 13:59 IST

SnehAI - Artificial Intel chatbot for young Indian’s sexual, reproductive health

The SnehAI chatbot aims to provide a safe space for Indian youth to have conversations about SRH, dispel sex-related myths and taboos, offer accurate information about safe sex and contraceptive choices, and address mental health concerns.

Published on Jan 28, 2022 09:43 IST

China’s military-civil fusion strategy, the US response & implications for India

In recent years, fears have centered on a Chinese strategy called ‘Military-Civil Fusion’ (MCF) which is aimed at spurring innovation in key sectors and leveraging dual-use technologies for military end-uses.

international affairs

Published on Jan 28, 2022 09:32 IST

Not so novel coronavirus: A fresh perspective on the pandemic

We know a lot about the virus and its behaviour after five variants. We have coped with it quite well when compared to the 1918 influenza pandemic. The pandemic has been a political issue in many countries.

Published on Jan 23, 2022 04:33 IST

Check the rapidly emerging pandemic of antibiotic drug resistance

Unfortunately, a similar dimension of most, if not all widely prevalent human and animal bacterial diseases has been begging recognition of all stakeholders but has been able to attract an inadequate response.

Published on Jan 23, 2022 04:32 IST

The long shadow of sea power and the South China Sea dispute

The tensions in the South China Sea have been steadily building up over the past decade with various regional and non-regional navies aggressively patrolling the region to claim the innocence of passage as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

international affairs

Published on Jan 22, 2022 11:49 IST

Cross-border controls impeding supply chains in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia’s position in global trade comes from its enhanced integration into global supply chains.. (AFP/ Representational image)

international affairs

Updated on Jan 22, 2022 12:20 IST

How PM’s EAC brings the focus back on the ECCE

The report points out that effective implementation of FLN can potentially grow our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 7.39%, when the benefits are calculated over 20 years.

Published on Jan 19, 2022 06:02 IST

Will the China-Pakistan-Taliban troika in Afghanistan make India irrelevant?

There are verbal agreements between Beijing and the Taliban about investments.

international affairs

Published on Jan 18, 2022 15:44 IST

Can off-tracking Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) affect India’s gain from BCIM?

BCIM has huge potential in terms of earning revenue from tourism and energy trade (Shutterstock)

international affairs

Published on Jan 17, 2022 11:00 IST

Telehealth for neurorehabilitation

The role of telehealth in improving healthy lifestyles (diet and exercises), prevention of certain diseases has been well-recognised for many years.(HT PHOTO.)

Published on Jan 16, 2022 11:52 IST

The digital divide and is it holding back women in India?

Rural India faces an even more pronounced digital divide, with men being about twice as likely as women to have used the internet (49% vs 25%). While we see the variation in the digital divide by state/Union Territory (UT), there is no single state/UT across India in which more women than men have used the internet.

gender equality

Published on Jan 16, 2022 11:31 IST

Does India need an entirely new development model?

A pre-Covid-19 estimate by Price Waterhouse Cooper had suggested that, based on current trends, even by 2050, India’s per-capita income will only be at half the current levels for developed countries.

Published on Jan 12, 2022 07:25 IST

State of Education, Health & Tourism In Uttarakhand

It estimates the total education expenditure of the State at Rs. 14,758 crore, of which expenditure by households and government expenditure accounts for 20.0 per cent and 57.6 per cent, respectively, while the remaining is spent by private entities.

Published on Jan 6, 2022 14:40 IST

Regulating crypto assets in India

The size of first-generation internet technology companies today is testament to the enabling power of safe harbours as a tool to promote innovation. If the crypto asset space presents the future of the internet, as many experts propound, it is imperative that the crypto industry be afforded the same legal succour that allowed big technology companies to reach where they are today.

Published on Jan 4, 2022 10:54 IST

Applying the insolvency code to the power distribution sector

The discom can be seen a combination of two businesses: the network operator business (operating and maintaining the distribution network) and the supply business (buying power from generators and selling it to retail customers). The network business is a largely risk-free regulated business, and as such, it is not a loss making business.

Published on Jan 2, 2022 13:14 IST

Involvement of people living with non-communicable diseases

Every year, approximately 100 million people are pushed into poverty as a result of out-of-pocket expenditure for health care, a large proportion due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Published on Dec 31, 2021 12:52 IST

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