Policy UpdateRakhi Kumari Introduction Every year on June 24, the world observes the International Day of Women in Diplomacy. But beyond the official statements and ceremonial acknowledgments, one question remains uncomfortably relevant: how many women are genuinely shaping the foreign…
Since the Korean War, India and South Korea's defence relations were founded on India’s diplomatic role in the proposal of the “Armistice Agreement” at the UNGA, which had played a crucial role in ending the war. After the end of the war as well, India helped the Prisoners of War to return to their countries, including South Korea. Over the subsequent decades, these defence relations ripened between the two countries.
On 15 December 2025, Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill in the Lok Sabha. The Cabinet had approved it three days earlier, on 12 December 2025. In simple terms, this Bill proposes to completely overhaul the way India regulates its universities and colleges, something that has not happened since Independence.
The STARS project is a centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, implemented with financial and technical support from the World Bank. It is part of India’s broader effort to improve the quality, equity, and governance of school education at the elementary and secondary levels.
India’s electric vehicle (EV) market needed a safety net. In September 2024, two government programmes that had been subsidising EV purchases naming FAME-I and FAME-II, came to an end. Without a replacement, the fear was that EV sales would slow down and the push towards cleaner transport would lose steam.
India represents a paradox that complicates the global narratives of gender bias in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
India’s approach to Iran and Israel is being tested more seriously than before. As tensions in West Asia have sharpened, New Delhi has had to protect several interests at once: diplomatic ties, strategic projects, trade routes, energy flows, and its broader regional credibility.