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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

Confounding Joe Biden’s calculus, the old Taliban rises

The Biden Administration is facing flak at home for its disastrous Afghanistan policy that is likely to hang across Joe Biden’s neck like an albatross. With hundreds of would-be evacuees desperate to board waiting charter flights out of Afghanistan, there is an immediacy to the challenges Washington is facing.

Sale and leaseback of Spectrum may Save the Telecom Sector

The government is reportedly mulling over various measures to provide relief to the telecom sector, ranging from extending the payment period for outstanding dues to 20 years, to lowering the license fees and spectrum usage charges as shares of revenue. These are all welcome thoughts but if telcos follow the ‘sale and lease’ policy common in the aviation industry, they would avoid locking up capital on a spectrum hoard.

Women Judges and Raised Hopes for Substantive Justice

Amita Singh Recent appointments of women judges to the Judiciary in India are being hailed as a final cracking down of the glass ceiling that held back meritorious women from top positions. Taking a cue from Bentham’s differentiation of law…

How to avoid air pollution in India?

Gurinder Kaur Two studies released on September 1, 2021 on the damage to human health due to increasing air pollution in India have revealed very worrying facts. One study is conducted by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of…

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