A new vision for a new India
Context: Politics must be grounded to solve the problems of today. While a party may draw inspiration from the past, it must live in the present. The laurels of the…
Spread of Antibiotic Resistance through Soil
Quick Read New research finds that antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella bacteria from manure continues to spread in the environment after land application of the manure Salmonella is one of the most common food-borne bacteria and responsible for food…
Food for reform
Introduction: EXTREME volatility in the prices of some food commodities has, in recent years, been hurting producers as well as consumers, while also disrupting certain economic activities. The reason for…
The river-linking plan
Context: The government is all set to begin work on an estimated $87 billion plan to connect around 60 of India’s largest rivers; this includes the Ganga. Once complete, it…
Uniform Civil Code debate, and the significance of the citizens’ intervention
A diverse group of eight Indian citizens submitted a draft Progressive Uniform Civil Code to the Chairman of the Law Commission. Indian Express explains the background of the Uniform Civil…
India’s consistently poor performance on Global Hunger Index
Background: Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide, an Irish aid agency, and Welthungerhilfe, a German private aid organisation, the Global Hunger Index tracks hunger worldwide. The…
The case for a public health cadre
All about the idea of having dedicated personnel for public health management: Committees in the past: The idea of having dedicated personnel for public health management goes back to 1959…
Redrawing the arc of influence-India’s Foreign Policy
Deals with the India’s Foreign Policy (PM’s Visit to US & Israel) The U.S. visit: The Prime Minister charted a time-tested course, concentrating mainly on counter-terrorism and the defence security…
Six steps to job creation
Introduction: India is indeed the fastest growing large economy in the world; yet with investment low, credit offtake low, capacity utilisation in industry low, agricultural growth low, plant load factor…
Anatomy of a decline
Introduction: Indian growth indicators have been in constant decline, in the April-June quarter, growth plummeted to a dismal 5.7 per cent. The growth for fiscal 2017-18 is projected to be…
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