News: Lancet recently released its report on the Global Burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Also read: Living in a world of emerging antimicrobial resistance What are the findings of the Lancet report? Report states AMR deaths to be around 4.95 million in 2019. It identifies the main reason behind this resistance is pathogens and the pathogen–drug… Continue reading No slacking: On action plans against antimicrobial resistance
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Tapping technology for multilingual learning
News: Mother tongue represents an individual or a community’s cultural identity. Thousands of different languages are spoken in India, making India’s cultural diversity unique in the world. But this uniqueness is vanishing in present times. What is the reason behind declaration of International Mother Language Day? Languages are the key bridges that ensure cultural and civilizational… Continue reading Tapping technology for multilingual learning
The significance of EU-India partnership in the Indo-Pacific
News: Ministerial Forum is going to be held in Paris under France’s ongoing presidency of the EU. Foreign affairs ministers from EU member states and 30 Indo-Pacific countries, including India are going to join it. What are the focus area of the meeting? Security and defence : Indo – Pacific and related issues Connectivity and infrastructure:… Continue reading The significance of EU-India partnership in the Indo-Pacific
The budget spells green-shoot for agri subsectors
News: Although the recently introduced Union Budget has had no big ticket announcements on agriculture and rural development, it tries to focus on sub-sectors that matter such as livestock, fisheries and food processing. Which sub-sectors in agriculture have seen an increase in allocation in the budget? Livestock and fisheries: These two subsectors roughly contribute about… Continue reading The budget spells green-shoot for agri subsectors
After the Harvest
News According to Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare’s Second Advance Estimates of Production of Foodgrains for 2021-22 India’s agriculture sector is all set to create an all-time high production record this year. What has been the agricultural production trajectory in the last decade? Food grain production has gone up from 252 million tonnes in… Continue reading After the Harvest
Corporate governance is a pot on high-heat again
News: SEBI has recently announced that company boards need not compulsorily split the posts of chairperson and managing director between two individuals. This choice is “voluntary” now. This was a roll-back of a directive issued in 2018. Why this decision of SEBI needs to be analyzed in the context of corporate governance? One, in India… Continue reading Corporate governance is a pot on high-heat again
India’s structural opportunity in a new age of financial repression
News: This article discusses the changes going on in the global monetary system and how India can attract capital in this scenario. How the global monetary system is changing? To handle huge levels of debt, the developed world and China need to inflate away their debts. The developed world has discovered it’s new normal in… Continue reading India’s structural opportunity in a new age of financial repression
On an equal footing
News: The growth potential of India cannot be achieved without giving equal opportunity to every State. This article discusses the deprivation faced by many states and suggests few power sector reforms. Contents1 How low-income States (LIS) are deprived on many fronts?2 How energy sector/power play a role in increasing the disparity?3 What changes are needed… Continue reading On an equal footing
The farm deal that needs to be reworked
News: This article discusses the vital issues related to agriculture that the government needs to keep in view while formulating the country’s strategy for future negotiations on agriculture-related matters in various WTO forums. Why AoA of WTO needs to be reviewed? One, Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its amendments… Continue reading The farm deal that needs to be reworked
The budget spells green- shoot for agri subsectors
News Although Budget has had no big ticket announcements on agriculture and rural development but it tries to focus on subsectors that matter such as livestock, fisheries and food processing. Which sub-sectors in agriculture have seen an increase in allocation in the budget? Livestock and fisheries- These two subsectors roughly contribute about 33% of the… Continue reading The budget spells green- shoot for agri subsectors
