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India’s Pharmaceutical Industry

India has earned the title of the “Pharmacy of the World” on the strength of its generic medicines industry. Yet, its pharmaceutical exports stand...

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Pravakar Sahoo

Empowering BRICS+

There is a need for the global South to find a route which can challenge the continuing hegemony of the United States and the remaining rich nations...

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Sunanda Sen

More Disasters Are Ahead

The Nepal disaster of August 2026 is another expression of the combined forces of geo-tectonics (uplifting of higher Himalayas and seismicity),...

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Shekhar Pathak

Safe Management and Recycling of Solar Photovoltaic Waste

India’s target of generating 500 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 is driving the solar photovoltaic growth, yet there is no framework for...

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Nirmal John

Assessment of Producer Price Index and Its Policy Relevance

The release of the producer price index on 15 June 2026 marks a structural break in the country’s price statistics architecture. Producer prices are...

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Sarthak Gulati

Beyond the Branding

The International Year of Millets achieved in placing millets on the policy and media agenda, but the rebranding has primarily been a rhetorical...

26.10.2026 10

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Lipsa Moharana

Missing Regulations in India’s Mutual Fund Industry

The Indian mutual fund industry has expanded significantly, accompanied by rising financial literacy, investor awareness and assets under management....

24.10.2026 10

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Rahul Rangotra

Manufacturing Polarisation

The cancellation of MBBS admissions at Jammu’s Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence marks a critical moment in post-Article 370...

23.10.2026 10

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Akshay Kumar

Digitality and Articulation of Dissent

The overwhelming presence of digital technology in social life has created a condition of digitality that has transformed the ways of public...

23.10.2026 10

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Bhupen Singh

Remembering Kamal Mitra Chenoy

I still cannot quite imagine that Kamal Aron Mitra Chenoy has passed away. Kamal and Anu (Anuradha Chenoy) were close friends of ours for over 50...

23.10.2026 20

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Zoya Hasan

Anticipating Dushkal

Abnormally dry weather or an exceptional lack of water compared with normal conditions constitutes droughts. In September, when the state government...

23.10.2026 10

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Sohini Sengupta

The Cockroach Movement

What looked like anger over a run of leaked examinations was a revolt against a wider system that keeps educated young people waiting for scarce...

23.10.2026 10

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Sucharita Sen

Remembering Kamal Mitra Chenoy

I still cannot quite imagine that Kamal Aron Mitra Chenoy has passed away. Kamal and Anu[1] were close friends of ours for over fifty years. He was a...

19.10.2026 10

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Zoya Hasan

Beyond the Branding

The International Year of Millets achieved in placing millets on the policy and media agenda, but the rebranding has primarily been a rhetorical...

17.10.2026 30

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Lipsa Moharana

Road Ministry Should Continue with Both TOT and InvIT Models

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways should retain both toll-operate-transfer and Infrastructure Investment Trust models for the National...

17.10.2026 30

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Kumar V Pratap

After the Sirens Stopped

Kanpur’s industrial decline unfolded gradually, as textile mills closed, secure employment contracted and workers moved into precarious forms of...

17.10.2026 70

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Rahul Verma

Rethinking Sub-national Fiscal Health

NITI Aayog’s Fiscal Health Index is examined, highlighting methodological limitations arising from its emphasis on fiscal prudence over states’...

16.10.2026 20

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Abhijit Chakraborty

Foreign Contribution Regulation in 2026

India has a legitimate interest in preventing foreign money from distorting politics, financing unlawful activity, or escaping scrutiny. Yet the...

14.10.2026 20

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Jos Chathukulam

Language, Power, and Symbolic Violence

Using the conceptual lens of symbolic violence by Bourdieu, the article attempts to decipher the ongoing sociolinguistic tension in Bengaluru. It...

14.10.2026 10

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Sundaresha D S

Missing Regulations in India’s Mutual Fund Industry

The Indian mutual fund industry has expanded significantly, accompanied by rising financial literacy, investor awareness and assets under management....

14.10.2026 10

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Rahul Rangotra

The Cockroach Movement

What looked like anger over a run of leaked examinations was a revolt against a wider system that keeps educated young people waiting for scarce...

14.10.2026 20

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Sucharita Sen

Language, Power, and Symbolic Violence

Using the conceptual lens of symbolic violence by Bourdieu, the article attempts to decipher the ongoing sociolinguistic tension in Bengaluru. It...

10.10.2026 60

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Sundaresha D S

Missing Regulations in India’s Mutual Fund Industry

The Indian mutual fund industry has expanded significantly, accompanied by rising financial literacy, investor awareness and assets under management....

10.10.2026 40

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Rahul Rangotra

Foreign Contribution Regulation in 2026

India has a legitimate interest in preventing foreign money from distorting politics, financing unlawful activity, or escaping scrutiny. Yet the...

10.10.2026 40

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Jos Chathukulam

The Cockroach Movement

What looked like anger over a run of leaked examinations was a revolt against a wider system that keeps educated young people waiting for scarce...

10.10.2026 30

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Sucharita Sen

Visibility and Voice

Fisheries in the North East region of India are central to both local livelihoods and ecosystems. Women make up a large share of the workforce in this...

07.10.2026 30

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Rajib Kumar Sen

Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Sri Lanka’s sovereign debt restructuring is evaluated, arguing that standard net presentvalue analysis obscures true debt burdens by ignoring...

07.10.2026 70

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Dhanusha Gihan Pathirana

Conflicts around Forest Reserves in Assam

The complex dynamics of forest governance in Assam illustrate a landscape fraught with escalating land conflicts between local communities and the...

06.10.2026 40

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Nagendra Nath Gogoi

Infrastructure Expansion and the Crisis of Agricultural Land Governance in India

India’s rapid expansion of expressways and allied infrastructure is accelerating agricultural land diversion, exposing structural weaknesses in land...

02.10.2026 20

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Ashok Kumar Raghav

Rethinking Geographical Indications in India

India’s ambition to expand its Geographical Indications from 697 to 10,000 risks diverting attention from persistent weaknesses in the existing...

02.10.2026 20

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K Rakshitha

Towards Better Protection of Property Rights

The Supreme Court ruling in Property Owners Association v State of Maharashtra is arguably a decisive step towards better protection of property...

02.10.2026 20

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Pratishtha Chaturvedi

Summer Vacation or Summer Fade

Given the impact of climate change, the way we organise our everyday lives needs a climate-responsive rethinking. This includes how schooling...

27.09.2026 40

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Ardra K Sreenivasan

Summer Vacation or Summer Fade

Given the impact of climate change, the way we organise our everyday lives needs a climate-responsive rethinking. This includes how schooling...

25.09.2026 40

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Ardra K Sreenivasan

Is Small Significant?

In the form of the Bharat Adivasi Party, Rajasthan has witnessed the birth of a small party. In the state assembly elections of 2023, a barely...

25.09.2026 40

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Sanjay Lodha

Conflicts around Forest Reserves in Assam

The complex dynamics of forest governance in Assam illustrate a landscape fraught with escalating land conflicts between local communities and the...

25.09.2026 60

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Nagendra Nath Gogoi

Age Structure of Indian Unemployment

Though unemployment rates have fallen in India since 2017–18, youth unemployment rates are higher, and the share of the young in total unemployment...

25.09.2026 50

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Rahul Menon

The Nuclear in American Rhetoric

By tracing the development of the nuclear discourse in the United States’ policy through three phases: the first of creation and proliferation...

18.09.2026 30

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Anwesha Panigrahi

(In)Accessible Law

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) (POSH) Act, 2013 has failed to address accessibility, reasonable...

18.09.2026 40

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Diksha Jhingan

Visibility and Voice

Fisheries in the North East region of India are central to both local livelihoods and ecosystems. Women make up a large share of the workforce in this...

18.09.2026 40

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Rajib Kumar Sen

Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Sri Lanka’s sovereign debt restructuring is evaluated, arguing that standard net presentvalue analysis obscures true debt burdens by ignoring...

18.09.2026 40

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Dhanusha Gihan Pathirana

Is India’s PMUY Delivering a Just Clean Cooking Transition?

India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has significantly expanded liquefied petroleum gas access, yet outcomes remain uneven across regions. In the...

18.09.2026 50

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I D Monica

Counting Caste in Census 2027

India’s Census 2027 can provide crucial evidence on caste composition and affirmative action, but its success depends on rigorous statistical...

18.09.2026 50

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Amitabh Kundu

After Defeat

In the context of the 2026 legislative assembly elections in West Bengal, a snapshot of the perspectives of female grassroots workers of the All India...

18.09.2026 40

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Proma Raychaudhury

Fiscal Health and Human Development

NITI Aayog’s Fiscal Health Index, which ranks Odisha as the fiscally healthiest among 18 states, is critically examined. While its strong...

18.09.2026 50

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Satya Narayan Misra

Can Recent FTAs Steer India’s Shrimp Trade into Favourable Winds?

India’s shrimp sector faced a major challenge following the United States tariff measures of 2025, prompting a renewed strategy of export...

18.09.2026 50

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M Krishnan

From Welfare to Aspiration

Analysing the results of the 2026 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections calls for a focus on the shifting social bases of Tamil Nadu politics,...

18.09.2026 40

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Arun Kumar G

Urbanisation and Urban Heritage

Delhi’s urbanisation and heritage structures clash in the pursuit of a new cityscape, erasing historical layers and cultural sites. Discussing...

17.09.2026 20

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Sarfaraz Nasir

M P Parameswaran, Founder of People’s Science Movement

M P Parameswaran, fondly cal-led MP by his vast body of friends and admirers, passed away on 11 August 2026 at the age of 91, leaving behind a rich...

16.09.2026 40

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T M Thomas Isaac

TET and Teacher Quality

The Supreme Court’s 2025 judgment mandating the Teacher Eligibility Test for all in-service teachers has been projected as a decisive intervention...

16.09.2026 30

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Adama Srinivas Reddy

Urbanisation and Urban Heritage

Delhi’s urbanisation and heritage structures clash in the pursuit of a new cityscape, erasing historical layers and cultural sites. Discussing...

16.09.2026 30

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Sarfaraz Nasir