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From Farm Chickens to Cockroaches: Why South Asia’s Gen Z Is So Restive

Until the region’s economies produce jobs, and its ministers produce respect, at the pace they produce graduates, South Asia’s Gen Z will keep finding new, and increasingly desperate, ways to be heard

Bridging the Policy Gap: Why Northeast India Cannot Tap Bangladesh Pharma Market Across the Border?

The real question is simpler: do Indian states want to use a resource that is geographically closer, internationally certified, available already, or would they prefer to continue to suffer from a yearly deficit on the other side of the Corridor?

Green AI? The Global South Cannot Afford the Wrong Kind of Digital Growth

In the case of the Global South, this would mean designing AI according to the demands of that particular place and within the bounds of its available power. It would mean opting for small language models, frugality, and less energy-intensive infrastructure over costly mimicry of Silicon Valley.

Inside India's Modern Counter-Terrorism Strategy: The Zero-Tolerance Mandate

The government is also engaging doctors, psychologists, lawyers, civil society organisations, NGOs, religious leaders and community representatives to facilitate de-radicalisation and reintegration. Young people are encouraged to participate in constructive social activities that promote communal harmony and reduce the appeal of extremist ideologies.

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Kashmir local polls: Traditional parties look for scapegoats for defeat

Failing to win even one of the nine district chairpersons and vice chairpersons posts for which elections have now been completed in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), valley-based traditional ruling parties, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have begun to level allegations of horse-trading

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The Ferris Wheel goes round and round

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Can Uttarakhand afford big dams?

The latest tragedy in Uttarakhand resulting in around 170 people missing definitely requires introspection on the development of the hill State

Vaccine diplomacy: Is India winning the soft power game?

Soon after the COVID-19 vaccines started appearing in the global market, it has emerged as a strong, yet unexpected, diplomatic tool for the handful of manufacturing countries

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How as seniors we coped with COVID-19: A personal reflection

For all those people who are in the age group of 65-70 and above, COVID has been quite bad

Will BJP's focus on infrastructure projects pay dividends in poll-bound Indian states?

The recent budget presentation by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has special projects doled out to election going states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Assam. For Kerala, the budget has a massive outlay of Rs 65,000 crore for the development of the national highway 66 corridor, as well as the announcement of the second phase of the Kochi Metro and the development of the Kochi fishing harbour as a commercial hub

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Vested interest at play in India’s farmer's protests: A stormy road ahead?

In the last six  years after Narendra Modi has taken over as Prime Minister of India, spectacular developments have taken place on various fronts

Extinction

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