Jyoti Poonia New data and political developments since February reveal the deepening stakes behind the replacement of MGNREGA, cuts to health and environment, and the reduction in LPG subsidies. Introduction When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026–27,…
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, known as India Alliance, is a key public charity advancing biomedical research in India through fellowships and capacity building. This policy update for IMPRI details its structure and trajectory as of early 2026, building on the prior HFSPO overview.
TK Arun Trump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech. At a campaign speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that King Purushottam (Porus, the Greeks called…
T K Arun AI will enable new human activity not imagined hitherto, to realise that potential, education must train young minds to develop critical thinking and imagination Israel has bombed the 365 sq km of Gaza into death, devastation and…
TK Arun AI sovereignty is not about apps or agents. It rests on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, chip fabrication, political will, and the capital to fund long-term risk. The Artificial Intelligence Impact summit is on in Delhi. There is natural interest…
T.K. Arun Data-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefit The 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back,…
In the aftermath of independence, India was ‘pulled together’ to form the Union of States. Hence, even today, the Indian nation continues to face threats and challenges to its integrity and sovereignty. In 1967, in the wake of the Naxalbari movement in West Bengal, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) was enacted to protect the internal security of India. The Act was enacted to address anti-national and secessionist movements in India. In 1963, on the recommendation of the Committee on National Integration, reasonable restrictions were imposed under Article 19 (Freedom of speech and expression) against activities disturbing the integrity and sovereignty of India through the Constitutional (Sixteenth) Amendment Act. Through this Act, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act came into force.