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Archives: December, 2025

Rewriting the Rules of Higher Education

India’s higher education system stands at a moment where long-articulated reform ambitions are finally colliding with the realities...

 December 31, 2025

Why Customs Reform Matters for India’s Trade Push

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that customs reform will be a top priority in the next Union Budget...

 December 31, 2025

US Vision for WTO Reform and India’s Stakes

The United States’ latest articulation on reforming the global trading system, submitted to the WTO General Council in...

 December 31, 2025

Rewiring Market Clearing in India

The Securities Markets Code Bill, recently introduced in the Lok Sabha, signals a quiet but potentially transformative shift...

 December 31, 2025

Human Agency in an Age of Surplus Power

The muted outcome of the Belem climate summit in November underlines a deeper global malaise. There is little...

 December 31, 2025

AI in 2026: From Hype to Habit

If there is one defining feature of the AI moment, it is speed. In 2025, a year already...

 December 31, 2025

Rabies Vaccine Alert and India’s Public Health Challenge

Recent advisories issued by Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. asking travellers vaccinated in India to review their...

 December 31, 2025

India–New Zealand FTA and India’s Trade Recalibration

The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), concluded in December 2025, marks a significant turn in India’s external...

 December 31, 2025

Myanmar’s Managed Elections Amid Conflict

Nearly five years after the February 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has proceeded with staggered elections even as conflict,...

 December 31, 2025

Equality, Markets and the Rainbow Economy

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges last month was a reminder that legal equality,...

 December 31, 2025

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