India- Africa cooperation has long emphasised development through technology and capacity-building. India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)- the interoperable building blocks of digital identity, payments and data platforms- has been central to its Digital India transformation.
In early 2024, India gave a call to transform the country into a developed nation with a USD 30 trillion economy by the time it complete 100th year of Independence.
Female athletes in India face multidimensional challenges, ranging from menstrual health stigma and nutrition deficiencies to infrastructural barriers. Conventional top-down research often fails to capture these lived realities.
Kerala is a tapestry of villages rippling into towns, of backwaters, and midlands and highlands woven together in a living continuum. Capital cities and hamlets bleed into each other, forming a unique "rurban landscape.
SMART-PDS is a centrally sponsored, technology-oriented reform initiative by the Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, aimed at enhancing and consolidating the IT infrastructure of India’s Public Distribution System (PDS).
Geographically, North Bihar has been a victim of flooding, the flat plains of Central Bihar face water inundation, and South Bihar struggles with water shortage. Historically, people from the Koshi region would migrate to other parts of Bihar and (now) Jharkhand. But slowly, ‘palayan’ (desertion) became a part of the consciousness of Biharis. According to 2011 Census data, over 75 lakh Biharis live outside the state. The actual figure, of course, might be much higher.
It is the season of digital spectacle. From Smart Cities to the National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM), the Union government never misses an opportunity to announce a grand plan for “transforming urban India.” Glossy dashboards, artificial intelligence claims, and billion-dollar contracts are flaunted as if technology alone can rescue India’s cities.