A tumultuous phase in India-Maldives ties has come to an end. India announced a financial assistance package of $1.4 billion. China’s role in the Maldivian economy is under scanner today amid growing concerns about Chinese loans.
This year India introduced the death penalty for those who rape minors. Death must only be imposed when no alternative is left. Both severity and swiftness of punishment should coexist.
A new grouping of India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and the Seychelles looks attainable. After repairing ties with the Maldives, New Delhi should strengthen its Indian Ocean outreach.
Independent central banks are better at controlling inflation. Shielded from the pressures of day-to-day politics, they can take a longer term view and make unpopular decisions.
The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 is to presented for consideration by the Rajya Sabha. The DNA Bill will give the state untrammelled access to deeply personal and penetrating material.
Social audits of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) have failed to take off due to lack of funds. Like the Rural Development Ministry, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution should give funds to the SAUs and ask them to facilitate the social audits of the NFSA.
The exercise of compiling the NRC has sparked a debate around its political, economic and humanitarian consequences, and its implications for India’s relationship with its neighbours, particularly Bangladesh.
India's agriculture ecosystem, distinguished by high monsoon dependence, and with 85% small and marginal landholdings, is highly sensitive to weather abnormalities.
Decades of global neglect have resulted in tuberculosis (TB) becoming the leading cause of adult deaths in most of the global south — it kills nearly two million people a year. This is shocking given that TB is curable and preventable.
Thousands of farmers from different parts of India marched to Delhi on November 29-30 to register their protest against the government’s perceived apathy and neglect of farmers’ demands.
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