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SUBSTANCE

Rewarding Change: How National Awards Are Shaping Substance Abuse Prevention

The increasing substance abuse situation in India in the 2000s reflected the necessity of a more assertive approach to drug demand-reduction as well as the enforcement measures. In 2004, a national survey conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and UNODC estimated 62.5 million alcohol users, 8.75 million cannabis users, and almost 2 million opiate users with a dependency rate of 17-26%. 

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India’s Strategic Recalibration: The Significance of Modi’s Europe Outreach

From green technologies and semiconductors to defence cooperation, energy security, Arctic research and supply-chain resilience, the PM Modi’s tour underlined New Delhi’s determination to build trusted long-term partnerships with economically advanced and politically influential European powers

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