Xi Jinping’s European Tour: Diplomatic Maneuvers and Strategic Alliances
Chinese President Xi Jinping is trying to win friends and influence people in Europe during his first trip to the continent in five years.
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Integration of Skilling into Education
Session ReportRehmat Arora Introduction: On day 8 of the Fundamentals of Public Policy certificate training course organized by IMPRI, Professor Randhir Singh Rathore delivered an enlightening presentation on the integration of skilling into education to enhance employability and generate livelihood…
Beyond National Borders: Why We Need mRNA Vaccine Plants Worldwide
T K Arun Governments, donors and pharma giants should build a string of mRNA vaccine production facilities around the world, and the US government, which funded the research leading to mRNA intellectual property, should buy out that IP or finance…
Qualitative Action Research Fieldwork Program- Cohort 2.0
The Generation Alpha Data Centre, at IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, conducted Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 2.0. An Online National Winter School Program. A Four-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship from December 2023 – April 2024
Exceeding Standards, Capturing Markets
Spice Exporters Face Scrutiny: Ethylene Oxide Concerns Spark Recall in Asian Markets
Last April was a month when Indian spices exporters gained the limelight in Indian media for some unpleasant reasons. Countries like Hong Kong and Singapore have raised concerns over the safety of popular Indian spice products, leading to a recall of certain items. For example, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong conducted routine food surveillance and found that four products from renowned Indian brands MDH and Everest contained ethylene oxide, a pesticide deemed unsuitable for human consumption and classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
BJP’s touted economic prowess: All bark, no bite
Strengthening all economic parameters, holistic reforms, and focusing on demand and supply are sweeping platitudes, not policy.
Apart from distorting the Congress manifesto as a combination of impractical populism and pandering to Muslims, BJP campaigners have little to offer by way of constructive solutions to the economy’s problems of declining real wages in rural areas, massive unemployment among educated Indians and corporate India’s reluctance to invest, leaving the government to shoulder the burden of building infrastructure and other capital formation to generate growth.