Indian agriculture has long been centered around a few staple crops, primarily rice and wheat. While this heavy focus was very helpful after the Green Revolution in ensuring food security, with time it has also created many problems such as overuse of groundwater, soil exhaustion, and limited income growth for farmers.
India- Africa cooperation has long emphasised development through technology and capacity-building. India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)- the interoperable building blocks of digital identity, payments and data platforms- has been central to its Digital India transformation.
They switch the lights on before sunrise. Long before the market registers productivity, women — especially lower-class women — do the invisible work that makes that productivity possible: raising children, preparing food, cleaning, nursing, walking miles for water, looking after elderly relatives, and often working for wages in other people's homes.
In early 2024, India gave a call to transform the country into a developed nation with a USD 30 trillion economy by the time it complete 100th year of Independence.
Female athletes in India face multidimensional challenges, ranging from menstrual health stigma and nutrition deficiencies to infrastructural barriers. Conventional top-down research often fails to capture these lived realities.
When I first set out to explore the dynamics of food purchase, cooking and consumption in Kerala households, I imagined a straightforward path of recruiting participants, conducting interviews, and uncovering insights.
India's policy framework initiatives like the National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM), Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes, and strategic auctions for mineral blocks, emphasize its determination to secure a steady supply of raw materials for its booming manufacturing and renewable energy sectors. At the same time, Australia's robust mining sector and forward-thinking policy landscape make it a natural supplier capable of filling the supply gaps for key trade partners like India.