[Economy] India and collective optimism bias
Steve Ovett, the famous British middle-distance athlete, won [...]
[Society] India’s Digital Divide and Vaccination
India is currently in the throes of a catastrophic second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has exposed the severe lack of our health infrastructure. Since March 2021, we have seen the situation spiral out of control to the extent that people are now left with no choice but to crowdsource life-saving [...]
[Society] Gender Gap Report 2021
On March 31, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released [...]
[Society] India and Gender Gap Report
2021 WEF Global Gender Gap report, which confirmed its 2016 [...]
[IR] Indian diaspora pushed US to help India’s Covid efforts
On April 30, Super Galaxy, a huge US military plane, landed in Delhi, bringing oxygen cylinders, hospital equipment and Covid test kits. More flights with aid material are on the way to India. And, thereby hangs a tale. […]
[Polity] In defence of bureaucracy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address to the Lok Sabha, made a strong case for the privatisation of PSUs and said: “If one becomes an IAS officer will he also run a fertiliser factory… Will he run a chemical [...]
[IR] Fallout of America’s exit from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will pull out all its troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. His predecessor Donald Trump had started the process in December 2018, committing to do the same by 1 May this year. […]
[Science] The infinite possibilities of gene editing
CRISPR’s ability to alter genome sequences holds immense promise for medicine and other fields The industrial revolution was all about using atoms for human advancement, and the internet revolution was about the magic of bytes, but the next one will be about what we do with genes [...]
[Economy] Microfinance and building a resilient India
Over these years, no other form of financial services has had the kind of far-reaching impact, in terms of fostering financial inclusion, as microcredit has. […]
[Economy] India is making the right moves with its mega privatization plan
One of the most ambitious plans to emerge from India’s recently announced Union budget was the government’s proposal to privatize state-owned companies in the coming years. This is an important step in India’s programme of reforms to achieve long-term sustainable growth. […]