India, in the recent past, is increasingly being regarded as the next potential economic super giant after China. One of the prime reasons behind such optimism is its ballooning young population. Such hope stems from [Read More]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. This pandemic has led to a loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public [Read More]
India is going to enter the first winter of the pandemic with over 6 million cases and nearly one lakh deaths. It remains a big headache for the Health Ministry to decide who gets the [Read More]
Relevance: According to the official estimates nearly 19% of India’s population was already below poverty line. Additionally given the prolonged lockdowns, in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, has affected the economy really badly. To the [Read More]
To overcome the current global problems, nation-states rediscovered the benefits of concepts such as “strategic sovereignty,” India’s Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar said at the ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) 6th Roundtable Meeting. The minister called [Read More]
Relevance: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that South Asia is particularly vulnerable to epidemics and infectious diseases. South Asia is the most populated region in the world and poverty levels are too high. Access to [Read More]
The COVID-19 pandemic has incapacitated the entire world. The outbreak has created panic to such an extent that economic activities have almost come to a standstill. Different restrictions put in place in order to curb [Read More]
Relevance: The Indian economy which was once termed as the world’s fastest growing economy is not so attractive anymore. There are many structural issues that are needed t be fixed in order to push economic [Read More]
Relevance: Amid the pandemic, the BRICS nations have demonstrated comparative strength as providers of humantarian assistance. BRICS countries now need to pool and coordinate efforts in partnership with WHO, and Europe and North America to [Read More]
Relevance: India’s agricultural sector has been severly disrupted because of the lockdown imposed due to the pandemic. It is starving of buyers and migrant labourers as the restrictions have halted people’s movements. While there are [Read More]