Nuclear energy has emerged as a cornerstone of India’s quest for energy security, sustainable development, and technological leadership. With a growing population and rapid industrialization, India’s energy demand is projected to double by 2040. Nuclear energy, with its low carbon footprint and high energy density, offers a viable solution to meet this demand while aligning with global climate goals. India’s three-stage nuclear… Continue reading Nuclear Power – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Author: Gaurav Yadav
India-Maldives Relations- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Modi, will be the guest of honour at the Maldives’ Independence Day celebrations on 26 July. This will be Mr. Modi’s first trip to the island nation after the change in the leadership there. In the recent past, India-Maldives relations had become a major challenge for India’s foreign policy establishment. India-Maldives… Continue reading India-Maldives Relations- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
Cross-border Terrorism – Challenge & Countermeasure Initiatives – Explained Pointwise
In a significant move that bolsters India’s fight against cross-border terror, US State Department has recently designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of Pakistan-based terror outfit LeT that had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) & Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Thus, in this article we… Continue reading Cross-border Terrorism – Challenge & Countermeasure Initiatives – Explained Pointwise
Executive Accountability – Instruments, Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Monsoon session of Parliament is about to be begin next week. In parliamentary form of governments, such as ours, Parliament performs 3 cardinal functions – to make laws, to represent people & articulate their concerns and to secure executive accountability. The Parliamentary sessions are important in a democracy to hold the government accountable. Executive Accountability… Continue reading Executive Accountability – Instruments, Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Linguistic Diversity in India – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
India’s diversity in religion & language is one of the primary factors which protect the secular character of the nation, ensuring its unity & integrity. But while religion & language are the two most crucial aspects of any culture, these are also the predominant cross-cultural barriers. This is clearly visible in recent communal tensions &… Continue reading Linguistic Diversity in India – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Green Revolution – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) – headquartered in Mexico – is a non-profit research-for-development organization that develops improved varieties of wheat and maize with the aim of contributing to food security. It was one of the pioneer institutions in the development of HYV crops that ushered in the Green Revolution in the world… Continue reading Green Revolution – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Cat Bonds – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
The increased intensity & frequency as well as unpredictability of extreme weather events like cyclones, floods, forest fires, earthquake etc in the Indian subcontinent have increased India’s exposure to disaster-risk. Given the scale of India’s hazard risk profile, it is prudent to introduce certain financial instruments like Cat bonds i.e. the catastrophic bonds for disaster-risk… Continue reading Cat Bonds – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
BRICS – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
The 17th BRICS Summit has recently been held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. India sees BRICS as a vital platform for bringing inclusive multilateralism especially when the global institutions are facing a crisis of legitimacy & representation. Thus, it is important for us to examine the significance of the group & the challenges that it… Continue reading BRICS – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise
Electoral Reforms In India- Explained Pointwise
Election Commission of India is conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls for the entire country – starting first from Bihar. This exercise in Bihar before the general elections for its Legislative Assembly is considered as an important electoral reform, but it has also been criticized by several members of civil society because it… Continue reading Electoral Reforms In India- Explained Pointwise
GM Crops in India: Issues and challenges – Explained Pointwise
Right now, India is negotiating a trade deal with the USA in which the Trump administration is putting pressure on India to open its market to the GM crops like Soyabean & Maize produced by USA. This makes it important to discuss about the GM crops – the arguments in favour as well against their… Continue reading GM Crops in India: Issues and challenges – Explained Pointwise
