What’s Behind India’s Recent Outreach to North Korea?
By Harsh V. Pant A stable and peaceful Korean peninsula is in India’s interest; New Delhi is seeking out opportunities. As strategic equations in the Korean […]
Month: May 2018
15 million women across 150000 villages benefit from the Internet Saathi Program
In its mission to bridge the digital gender divide in rural India and empower women through digital literacy, Google India and Tata Trusts announced reaching […]
India’s biodiversity can help mitigate environmental threats
By Vibha Varshney It is one of the 17 mega biodiversity-rich countries and accounts for 7 to 8 per cent of the recorded species of the […]
Netherlands supports India’s inclusion in NSG, condemns terrorism in South Asia
Visiting Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte held wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday New Delhi : The Netherlands on Thursday reaffirmed its strong support for […]
Logistics sector could be goldmine of jobs in India says report
Infrastructure investment and GST implementation will help Logistics industry grow at 10.5% CAGR states TeamLease report titled ‘Indian Logistics Revolution – Big Bets, Big Jobs’. […]
An insider’s account of how India’s supreme court judges are selected
By Abhinav Chandrachud Selecting a judge for the high court or supreme court…was very much like selecting a match for one’s son or daughter in an […]
Where are the women in Indian policy-making?
By Manuraj Shunmugasundaram Every passing year, on International Women’s Day, there is a renewed call to legislate the women’s reservation bill to enable election of women in legislative […]
What India Can Learn From China’s Environment Protection Reforms
By Sriroop Chaudhuri, Mimi Roy and Armin Rosencranz An active alliance between government bodies, judicial organisations, corporations, environmental NGOs, grass-roots community organisations, the media and […]
Agriculture ministry unveils new model Act for contract farming in India
By Ashwani Maindola New Delhi: Radha Mohan Singh, minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Government of India, unveiled a Model Agriculture Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and […]
India concerned over lack of political will for adequate funding for UN peacebuilding
India has voiced concern over the lack of genuine political will in ensuring adequate funding for UN peacebuilding, saying funds available for such efforts are […]