India’s calculated calm: Resisting provocation from across the border
Following the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India launched Operation Sindoor last week, which culminated in a ceasefire on Saturday
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India’s Deep Tech Fund of Funds (2025): Catalyzing Innovation in Emerging Technologies
The Indian government launched a ₹10,000 crore Fund of Funds in Union Budget 2025 to concentrate on deep-tech startups as part of its mission to enhance sectors including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, biotechnology and semiconductors. This program seeks to establish India as a worldwide frontier technology leader through the provision of initial stage funding and innovation networks development.
Vigyan Dhara (2025): A Strategic Shift or a Repackaged Promise?
Considering this vision, the Union Budget 2025-26 introduces an umbrella scheme, “Vigyan Dhara”.While it may initially seem like rebranding existing concepts, the scheme effectively consolidates three ongoing initiatives of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) into one cohesive framework.
India’s GDP growth: Examining the discrepancies and methodologies
GDP numbers released in the Press Note dated February 28, 2025 (henceforth referred to as ‘the document’) present four sets of data. They pertain to: (a) Quarterly Estimates of GDP for Q3 (October-December) of 2024-25; (b) Advance Estimates of Annual GDP for 2024-25;(c) First Revised Estimates (RE) of GDP and macro aggregates for 2023-24; and (d) Second Revised Estimates or Final Estimates (FE) for 2022-23.
Aajeevika- National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), 2011
Back in June 2011, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, launched the Aajeevika- Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). It is one of the flagship programs to alleviate poverty, which aims to reduce poverty by enabling poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in sustainable and diversified livelihood options for the poor.
Terrorist Safe Havens in Volatile States of Africa
As was India's experience of being surrounded by states with failing democratic and security structures, so today numerous African states are surrounded by or becoming centers of structural disintegration—opening fertile ground for the spread of terrorist networks and extremist ideologies.
Spoilers and Showdowns: What Sudan’s War Teaches Us About Modern Civil Conflicts
When Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, erupted into war in April 2023, the world watched with grim déjà vu. Another peace deal crumbled, and another country plunged into civil conflict. But the story of Sudan’s war isn’t just one of chaos but also of strategy. The violence, as horrifying as it has been, isn’t random. It’s part of a calculated playbook used by factions worldwide to win power by derailing peace and showcasing dominance.