The Future of Healthcare: Cost-Effective and Patient-Centered
In the current model, there is no incentive for healthcare providers to keep an insured individual healthy; they get some business only if the latter falls ill.
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India and Iran Ink Decade-Long Chabahar Port Management Agreement
Amb Anil Trigunayat For India the first ever contract for managing the foreign port is a significant development even as several Indian companies have been engaged in developing ports in Oman, Myanmar and Israel and elsewhere. And this 10 year-term…
Leadership Crisis in Iran: The Aftermath of President Raisi’s Death
The untimely death of President Ebrahim Raisi has caused a leadership vacuum, as he was mostly slated to succeed the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamanei, who is 85 and is said to be ailing.
Migration, Gender, and Urban Inequality
Gender studies and women's studies, as a discipline, have made efforts as a theoretical and conceptual rethinking of the linear rlationship between migraton, urbanisation and development.
Xi Jinping’s Europe Visit Bolsters India’s Strategic Position
The context of Xi's visit is burgeoning European desire to consolidate a European geopolitical salience
When China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping recently toured Europe, he concluded assorted agreements with France, the more refined of the European Union’s twin hearts, Serbia, a candidate member of the EU, and Hungary, the EU’s perpetual bad boy, often friendlier with Moscow than with Brussels. It was seen as a triumph of Chinese diplomacy, designed to reinforce Europe’s resistance to American pressure to choke off the burgeoning Chinese lead in high-tech and otherwise isolate Beijing.
Understanding the Smart Cities Mission: An In-Depth Explanation
How are smart cities defined by the government? What are the two major aspects of the Smart Cities Mission? Why is the mission considered to be exclusionary to many? Did the SCM override the 74th Constitutional Amendment?
The story so far: The Smart Cities Mission (SCM), a flagship programme of the NDA-1 government, has taken a back seat in this year’s list of poll promises and achievements.
What are smart cities?
The term ‘Smart City’ has been used widely ever since 2009, after the great financial crash. Smart cities were defined by urban practitioners as new Silicon Valleys built with a strong integration of a network of airports, highways, and other types of communications, a so-called intellectual city with advanced ICT.
Professor Asher’s insights into Aspirational and Data-Driven Policy
Professor Mukul Asher delivered a compelling concluding address for the course
"Fundamentals of Public Policy" hosted by the Impact and Policy Research Institute. He
emphasized the critical importance of sound judgment in public policy, citing Elon Musk's insight on the destructive potential of teaching people to hate themselves and their history, making them susceptible to manipulation. This underlined the need for a strong civilizational
understanding, particularly in India, where history spans thousands of years. Professor Asher
stressed that preserving and appreciating this rich history is vital for informed public policy.