Navigating the China Challenge
Modi-Xi meeting puts India-China economic relations back in focus. The worry is not India’s large bilateral trade deficit but its strategic dependence on Chinese products in sensitive tech
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Forging Ahead: China, India, and the Future of BRICS Leadership
With all the 10 BRICS member states (including five new members) meeting in Kazan, Russia, for the annual leaders' meeting from Tuesday to Thursday, the original five members of the grouping have catapulted onto varying trajectories that need urgent and innovative planning.
Fellows Profile: Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 4.0
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 4.0 | An Online National Winter School Program | A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | September 2024–January 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning Fellows Profile Name Designation Organisation Location Hetvi Account Executive for…
Mapping Department of Biotechnology: Schemes and Programmes
The inception of DBT (Department of Biotechnology) in India was in 1986, when the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi established the Department of Biotechnology within the Ministry of Science and Technology, recognizing its importance for economic growth.
The Surge of Industrial Robots: China’s Leading Role in Automation
The biggest deployment of industrial robots is in China, which has a quarter of the world’s deployed industrial robots.
Social Biases Discussed
In a recent case of a judge of the Karnataka High Court making certain unsavoury remarks, the Supreme Court called for judges to be “aware of their own predispositions”, but is that enough to deal with systemic bias, asks Professor Arun Kumar.
Shifting Focus: Jaishankar Signals Pakistan’s Reduced Role in India’s Strategic Priorities
After generating days of excitement in the media, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit finally concluded with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar making a quick visit to Islamabad. For all the speculation about India and Pakistan, in the end, what the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the SCO will likely be remembered for is perhaps Jaishankar's sunglasses. In this age of intense social media scrutiny, a small clip, now viral, of Jaishankar sporting his sunglasses in style became symbolic of India's confidence in dealing with Pakistan. Hilarious though this might seem, all that is left of Pakistan in Indian foreign policy imagination today is decoding our diplomats' style and body language.