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India AI Impact Summit 2026 Drives Global AI Dialogue

India is preparing to host the India-AI Impact Summit in 2026. This event marks a shift in the global AI conversation towards the Global South. The summit focuses...

 October 17, 2025

Himalayan Crisis – Urgent Need for Sustainable Development

Recent devastating floods, landslides, and cloudbursts in India’s northern Himalayan States have raised alarm among scientists and environmentalists. They warn that unchecked development and climate change are worsening...

 October 17, 2025

Global Climate Change Negotiations and Key Challenges

The global climate change negotiations have evolved since the early 1990s. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted in 1992, set the foundation for international...

 October 17, 2025

India’s Fight Against Counterfeit Medicines Intensifies

The recent deaths of children caused by contaminated cough syrup in India have exposed serious flaws in the country’s drug regulatory framework. This tragedy marks the urgent need...

 October 17, 2025

India Launches Indigenous 4G Network Boosting Telecom Sovereignty

India’s telecom sector marked a historic milestone in 2025 by launching its first domestically-built 4G network. This achievement reflects years of strategic effort to reduce dependence on foreign...

 October 17, 2025

India’s Inflation Targeting Framework and Economic Challenges

India’s inflation targeting framework, adopted formally in 2016, aimed to stabilise prices by setting a target inflation rate of 4 per cent with a tolerance band of ±2...

 October 17, 2025

Impact of 2025 GST Cut on India’s Economy

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) cut implemented on 22 September 2025 has sparked widespread approval for reducing taxes on most consumption items. Official estimates and expert analyses...

 October 17, 2025

China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Escalate Trade Tensions

The China-US trade conflict intensified in 2025 as China expanded restrictions on rare earth mineral exports. This move triggered threats of retaliatory tariffs from the US. China’s dominance...

 October 17, 2025

Fiscal Challenges and Reforms in Urban India

Urban India contributes nearly two-thirds of the national GDP. Yet, its municipalities control less than one per cent of the country’s tax revenue. The fiscal system has left...

 October 17, 2025

India’s Strategic Push for India–Middle East–Europe Corridor

India is intensifying efforts to diversify its global economic ties amid recent trade tensions with the United States. Alongside agreements with the UK and ongoing talks with the...

 October 17, 2025

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