FP & IR – From Panchsheel to Panch-Shield !!!
China’s propensity to nibble away at territories of its sovereign neighbours is too well-known by now to bear repetition. […]
Society-Women, COVID, Economy !!!
In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, female labour force participation in India and South Asia was 20.5% and 23.5%, respectively (ILO estimates, World Bank database). Comparable estimates for males were 76% and 77%, respectively. The Middle East and North Africa are the only regions with lower female participation than South [...]
Society-Universalising maternity benefits !!!
The key findings from the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) of selected states have reminded us that India is facing a crisis of poor nutrition outcomes. […]
Economy – Top Ten Expectations of the Budget !!!
With less than two weeks to go for the Union budget, expectations about Big Bang announcements have risen. Not least because Finance Minister has herself talked about wanting to see a “post-pandemic budget never seen before in a hundred years.” It is not clear what she actually meant by that, [...]
Culture- Types of Temples in India !!!
A temple is just another building. It has all the structural elements of a building — floor, walls, pillars, windows, sunshades, roof. But in different forms, shapes and functions; and an aesthetic that evolved over centuries. […]
Culture-Wonders Of India: Ellora and Kailasanath !!!
The grandest temples built by almost every royal dynasty in India is in their capital city — Except the Rashtrakutas. Their capital was Manyakheta; their grandest temple is in Ellora. […]
Science- AI the Future Enabler for Mining
India is home to abundant natural mineral resource and is one of the top ten producers of several minerals (Fig. 1). With a contribution of 1.53 per cent of gross domestic product in 2017-18, mining is an important sector for the Indian economy. […]
Environment – ASAN | Uttarakhand’s First Ramsar Site !!!
The state of Uttarakhand has got its first Ramsar Site—a wetland of international importance. The Asan Conservation Reserve, located on the banks of River Yamuna in Garhwal region in Dehradun district, was designated as the Ramsar Site. The nearest town or population centre of this Conservation Reserve about 8 kms [...]
Society-Story of 114 Odisha villages becoming child-marriage free !!!
A total 114 villages in Odisha have been declared child-marriage free as of January 7 2020 and many more are in line. But this story of change began in a village named Rugudipali in west Odisha's Subarnapur district with support from the courageous Gitanjali Rana, an anganwadi worker in the [...]
S&T- Crisis and Innovation -Part II
Innovation and crisis: The six factors that spark radical innovation in turbulent times A crisis forces people to see the world in a different way because it ruptures the assumptions on which everyday life proceeds and so creates a doorway into a different kind of world, one in which people [...]