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Indo-Japan Partnership for Semiconductors: An Assessment of Mutual Objectives and Supply Chain Autonomy

Semiconductors, often used as integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, and microchips, are essential building blocks for the tech sector. Preferably made with silicon, germanium and gallium arsenide, these chips are also used by doping, i.e., modulating the electrical and structural properties for smartphones, radios, TVs, computers, video games, advanced medical equipment, optical sensors, light emitters including solid-state lasers, AI, quantum computing and other technologies integral to the modern human world.

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The Nobel Pursuit of India

India should set a goal of winning at least 10 Nobel Prizes every decade. Viewing development as raising per-capita income — which is the current obsession of government policy, think tanks, business associations and others — isn’t just sterile, but also betrayal of what is sound in India’s own tradition, when it comes to thinking on life’s attainment.

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Technology Development Fund (TDF) Scheme (2025)

India's drive for self-reliance in defence production has been a paramount national agenda, closely interlinked with strategic autonomy and economic development. Defence Production Policy of 2011 focused on eliminating foreign dependence on suppliers and encouraging indigenous capability in defence technology.

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India-Qatar: Gas Trade and Energy Transition

India and Qatar share historic trade linkages, deep-rooted people-to-people ties and robust multifaceted bilateral relations. Qatar and India established diplomatic relations in the early 1970s. They celebrated 50 years of diplomatic ties in 2023

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Modified Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0): India’s Electronic Transformation

India’s electronics manufacturing sector entered a transformative phase with the launch of the Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) scheme. This initiative was introduced to address long-standing infrastructure bottlenecks that limited the country’s ambition of becoming a global hub for electronics production.

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Another Policy, Same Mistake: The GST Rate Cut Echoes Demonetisation’s Flaws

The demand will shift further from the unorganised to the organised sector. This, will accelerate the decline of the unorganised sector leading to loss of employment and incomes and decline in demand.

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