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Indus Waters Question Revisited

The recent remarks by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on India’s “bad neighbour to the west” have once again brought the Indus waters question into public debate. Echoing...

 January 17, 2026

India, Israel Sign Fisheries Cooperation Declaration

India and Israel have strengthened cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture through a high-level visit to Eilat, Israel, for the Second Global Summit on Blue Food Security - Sea...

 January 17, 2026

Budget at a Growth Crossroads

The formulation of the 2026–27 Union Budget comes at a moment of unusual contrast. Externally, global uncertainty has intensified due to geopolitical tensions and steep US tariff barriers....

 January 17, 2026

Punjab’s Grain Paradox

India becoming the world’s largest rice producer and recording a record wheat acreage may signal food security success at the national level. But for Punjab — the state...

 January 17, 2026

India–EU Trade: A New Opening?

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s high-profile outreach to Prime Minister Narendra Modi — complete with symbolic kite-flying, defence cooperation announcements and visa-free transit for Indian travellers — has rekindled...

 January 17, 2026

Rural Jobs and Women’s Work Dilemma

The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) has been projected as a more generous successor to the rural employment guarantee framework,...

 January 17, 2026

Elections in the Age of Algorithms

In barely ten weeks, four states and one Union Territory will head into elections, setting off a familiar spectacle of rallies, slogans, jingles and promises — but through...

 January 17, 2026

India–US Ties at a Crossroads

The buoyant optics surrounding the arrival of Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor in New Delhi have briefly revived hopes that India–US relations might regain the steady upward momentum of the...

 January 17, 2026

Woolly Rhinoceros Genome Recovered From Wolf Pup

A remarkable Ice Age find from northeastern Siberia has enabled scientists to recover the genome of a woolly rhinoceros from undigested meat preserved in the stomach of a...

 January 17, 2026

Odisha Launches Mother Tongue Education Scheme

Odisha has launched a five-year scheme, Aame Padhiba Aama Bhasare, along with a 100-day campaign to prevent child marriage and a pilot project to address teenage pregnancy and...

 January 17, 2026

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