Hyundai’s IPO: Can India Become a Financial Hub for EMEs?
The pool of sound listed companies for domestic investors is not the only advantage if other MNCs list Indian arms. India can become a market of choice for firms from EMEs.
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) Crisis: A Call for Systemic Overhaul in Educational Evaluation
It’s important to endow the NTA with the authority and framework to establish a collaborative mechanism involving law enforcement and intelligence agencies at federal and state levels.
Muslim Empowerment in Post-Election India
The Lok Sabha election result has rekindled hope for Muslims to participate in nation-building
India Beyond GDP: Evaluating Ambitions versus Real Conditions
Is it not time to finally give up our pretences about India’s improved economic development, or will it take some existential global storm to wake us?
Balancing Between Beijing and Delhi: Shifting China’s Tilt
With Male facing increasing domestic and foreign policy challenges, Mohamed Muizzu is possibly aiming at a reconciliation with India.
From calling India a “bully” to visiting New Delhi as an invitee to the swearing-in of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India for a third term, in June 2024, Mohamed Muizzu’s India policy is one of blowing hot and cold. Ever since his swearing-in in November 2023 as the President of the Maldives, Mr. Muizzu has embraced a “pro-Maldives” policy that reduces his country’s dependence on India, increases relations with China, and diversifies its foreign policy with others. More than six months after his swearing-in and impairing Male’s ties with India, his foreign policy is now seeing some recalibration.
Balancing Concerns: Modi-Hasina’s Strategic Approach to China
The inherent strength of India-Bangladesh relationship was once again in evidence as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, decided to visit New Delhi days after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ease with which the top leadership in Delhi and Dhaka now interact and engage each other is a tribute to the manner in which Modi and Hasina have managed to build this important partnership over the last decade, often under very difficult circumstances.
The Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2023
The Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) bill, 2023 helps to regulate the environmental impact of coastal aquaculture. It allows certain aquaculture activities in the coastal regulation zones (CRZ), regulated by the Environment Protection Act of 1986.