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Sanchar Saathi mobile app

Sanchar Saathi Mobile App, 2023

The Sanchar Saathi mobile app is a citizen-centric cybersecurity initiative developed by the Government of India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to strengthen mobile security for subscribers nationwide. Launched via a web portal in May 2023, the mobile application version was introduced on 17 January 2025 to make services more accessible to smartphone users.

Eklavya Model Residential School Program

 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) program-1997

Policy UpdateRiya Singh Background The Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) program was introduced in 1997-98 to fill the longstanding education divide between the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population and the rest of the Indian population. The scheme was conceived under Article…

What’s wrong with the SHANTI Act and how it can be fixed

What’s wrong with the SHANTI Act and how it can be fixed

The government should have referred the Bill to a parliamentary committee to iron out differences, instead of using its legislative majority to pass it as introduced.

Trump’s Venezuela gambit revives naked American imperialism

Trump’s Venezuela gambit revives naked American imperialism

TK Arun Washington’s intervention undermines sovereignty norms, destabilises Latin America, weakens Europe’s moral case on Ukraine; it’s high time India spoke up Watch out, Denmark and Greenland! Imperialism rides again! That might have sounded facetious or as an exaggeration till…

The Global Impact of Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda

The Global Impact of Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda

The coming year will be moulded by the continuing unilateral efforts by the Trump administration to register reasonably robust growth, as projected — two per cent is reasonable growth for a $31 trillion economy — but the Chinese economy is likely to grow faster than most official projections, and register a growth rate of five per cent or more. India’s growth is likely to gasp for breath in 2026, and not just because of air pollution, although the release of a new series of GDP numbers could flatter to deceive.

Financial Risk and Power Politics: The Yen Carry Trade in Trump’s Worldview

The Yen Carry Trade, a Piano and Trump’s World View

When the Bank of Japan raises its policy rate to 0.75%, that unsettles global finance, accustomed as the world is to borrowing ultra-cheap in yen and investing in assets denominated in other currencies, the yields in whose economies are significantly higher than in Japan.

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