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Havana Syndrome During the days when the animosity between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States, spying on each other’s diplomats, journalists and visiting delegations was at its peak. Journalists visiting Moscow were acutely aware of the fact that they were being surveilled upon … Read more
Public Affairs Index (PAI) What is Public Affairs Index (PAI 2020) … It is a measure of the quality of governance in the sub-national level where the states and Union territories are assessed basing the evaluation on strict scientific parameters. It is data-based and stands … Read more
Sri Lanka faces China’s wrath on organic fertilizer import In a grand makeover to traditional agricultural practices that need chemical fertilizers, Sri Lanka is trying to make a radical switch to organic farming. The organic fertilizers had to be imported. The first purchase came from … Read more
A ‘doable’ plan to meet our ‘clean’ energy needs and conform to Climate Change demands The plan envisages a firm commitment to climate change mitigation by optimising the country’s resources with indigenous technology Energy security is achieved when we have enough energy available to meet … Read more
Russia steps forward to meet India’s energy and technology needs As India strives to replace coal with other sources of safe, non—polluting energy, it finds a credible partner in Russia. Heeding the international call to limit its carbon emission, India has been trying hard to … Read more
Painful corrections to China’s run-away growth – Policy shift towards conservatism buffets business icons grievously Evergrande, the construction behemoth of China now stares at bankruptcy as the State turns on the heat on it. China’s construction giant, the Evergrande Group, once the country’s pride, is … Read more
Creative Writing – 123 Editorial Analysis Demystifying developed world’s climate financing OECD must come clean on the way it finances climate projects in developing nations and make good the shortfall As the world community gets ready to host the 26th Conference of the Parties of … Read more
Creative Writing – 122 Editorial Analysis ‘Gati Shakti’ could move goods faster propelling the economy However, the real hurdle is to onboard all states to the grand idea. On October 13, PM Mr. Modi announced the Gati Shakti National Master Plan. That infrastructure upgrade underpins … Read more
Creative Writing – 121 Editorial Analysis RBI microfinance policy change proposals will hurt the poor The proposed guidelines will favour profit-driven private credit institutions at the cost of public sector banks. In June 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mooted a new initiative naming … Read more
Scourge of NPA –Will the ‘Bad Bank’ banish it? Introduction … Banks have bad loans of various sizes in their books. Since, neither interest, nor instalment payments are paid by the borrowers to the lending bank, such loans weigh down the lenders in many ways … Read more