Srikanth Kondapalli Yet, Xi’s hold over the party will become increasingly tenuous if he does not address China’s mounting economic problems. It is not without reason that Xi has had the names of his predecessors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao…
Abhijit Mukhopadhyay Many health experts hoped the pandemic’s aftermath would see a rising focus on basic health infrastructure and result in requisite increases in government expenditure. However, as real-time data and information confirm now, those were just hopes As India…
The most significant aspect of a Trump-Vance foreign policy is likely to be closer scrutiny of China. The isolationist streak in America’s body politic is a warning to the rest of the world that has become too dependent on the US as the key guarantor of global security.
Thousands have been killed and injured, along with millions displaced, as the expansion of war to other theatres and countries becomes imminent, yet the efforts to secure a ceasefire remain in limbo due to a lack of determination, equity, and enforceability. Suffering on both sides is significant.
Chinese imports are cheap, thanks to an industrial policy that aims to smother all rivals. They threaten India with industrial infanticide. Will the Budget forge a strong defence against this danger?
The record dividend paid by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the Union government may not be something to celebrate because, legally, RBI is unlike any other bank
National health priorities include strengthening primary health care, enhancing disease surveillance, expanding health insurance coverage, and ensuring equitable access to health services across all demographics. The ministry comprises two departments: the Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research. Out of the ₹90,958.63 crore allocated to the Health Ministry, ₹87,656.90 crore has been allocated to the Department of Health and Family Welfare, and ₹3,301.73 crore to the Department of Health Research. With a 12.93% increase over the previous year, the critical question remains: does this allocation sufficiently address health as a critical pillar of viksit bharat.