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National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NM-SHE)

The National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NM-SHE) is an initiative launched in 2014, as one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)  and falls under the observation and implementation of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The Himalayan ecosystem is one of the largest resources of snow and ice and remains a vulnerable ecosystem due to the consequences of climate change and developmental issues. 

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Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana

Unorganised Workers are mostly engaged as home-based workers, street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head loaders, brick kiln workers, etc. As per the e-Shram portal, there are over 30.51 crore unorganised workers registered, as on 31 December 2024. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan Dhan was introduced in the Interim Budget 2019.

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From Bridges to Bureaucracy:Policy Failure and the Crisis of Accountability in India

How many stampedes need to occur, bridges need to collapse, fires need to devastate public places, cities need to get flooded for the nation to act to reform the crippled and crippling systems? Adverse events occur with such regularity that the public accepts them with resignation and cynicism. Many suffer silently, believing that it is God ordained fate. And, the well-off accept that they cannot insulate themselves from these uncivilised living conditions in spite of their wealth.

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Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama: A Struggle for Tibet’s Soul

As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday on July 6, all eyes are on his expected announcement on his reincarnation. He, himself, stated that the 15th Dalai Lama would be found in the ‘free world’. China, which ‘liberated’ Tibet in 1951 with a military invasion, on the other hand, declared its intention to select the next Dalai Lama through a ‘golden urn’ lottery process.

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The Tariff Pivot:Forcing India’s Hand from Commodity Exports to Value-Creation

After more than three years, China’s top diplomat and Politburo member Wang Yi visited New Delhi this week for the 24th round of India-China Special Representative talks.

The last round took place in December 2019, but the Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020 brought the dialogue to a halt. Talks resumed only in December 2024 in Beijing, following a Narendra Modi–Xi Jinping meeting in Kazan, Russia, in October that year.

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