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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)- 2020

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is an initiative that was introduced by the Government of India as a historic move to establish a national digital health infrastructure. It is a continuation of the former National Digital Health Blueprint and the National Digital Health Mission. The objective is to create a national health ecosystem through federated architecture and interoperable digital public goods, which connects patients, providers, health professionals and facilities regardless of geography and organisational silos.

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Greening India’s Future: Building Climate-Resilient Cities (2025)

India is experiencing rapid urbanization, with over 35% of its population now residing in cities—a figure projected to reach 40% by 2035. While urban growth drives economic development, it has also intensified ecological stress, reducing green cover and increasing vulnerabilities to climate change.

Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities (2025)

Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities (2025)

The Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities is a major national initiative of the Government of India aimed at ensuring equitable access to development for minority communities. Introduced to integrate minority welfare with mainstream development planning, the programme focuses on education, skill development, livelihood enhancement, security, and social empowerment.

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Fellows blog list and Details: FFPF Feminist Foreign Policy Fellowship- Cohort 2.0

FFPF Feminist Foreign Policy Fellowship– Cohort 2.0 | Theme: Women, Peace & Security | An Online International Winter School Program | A Three-Month Immersive Online Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Oct-Dec 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning Fellows blog list FFPF Feminist…

India–Australia: Strengthening QUAD Defence Interoperability

India–Australia: Strengthening QUAD Defence Interoperability

In the 21st century, the Indo-Pacific has emerged as the epicentre of global geopolitics due to shifting power dynamics, competing naval claims, supply-chain competition, and increased defence postures. With the Indo-Pacific region lofty ambitions to become the world's strategic and economic centre of gravity, partnerships among like-minded democracies continue to grow in significance. In this regard, the India–Australia relationship has become a fundamental stabilising element in the broader Quad Security Dialogue (QUAD) context.

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Firecrackers as Symbols of Social Class Domination

The rich make competitive noise, pollute the air, switch on their air purifiers and air conditioners, and leave the less well-off to choke, wheeze and sicken

Diwali is no longer the gentle festival of lamps, gifting, good food and shared celebration. Diwali is a now a raging battleground of class aggression, in which the rich compete to show they are one up on their neighbours, bursting more copious amounts of crackers and setting off ever more spectacular fireworks. They have their hours of fun, and withdraw indoors to feast and party in rooms where air purifiers and air conditioners do double duty to scrub the air of the filth they have just injected into it.

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