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An open data policy won’t work without earnest implementation

News: On 22 February, India’s ministry of electronics and information technology (MEITY) released its draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 2022 for public consultation. Read – About the Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022 Contents1 Need for bringing the draft Data Accessibility and Use Policy 20222 What are the challenges associated with… Continue reading An open data policy won’t work without earnest implementation

New guidelines for lower fees in private medical colleges

News: New National Medical Commission guidelines on fee structure at private medical colleges to kick in next year. Contents1 Status of medical seats in India2 Fee Structure of the medical seats till now3 What are the new National Medical Commission guidelines on fee structure?4 How will the cost be fixed for the remaining seats in… Continue reading New guidelines for lower fees in private medical colleges

What ails medical education in India

Context: India’s medical education system has attracted a lot of adverse attention due to the medical students being evacuated from Ukraine. There are issues like delay in post-graduate counselling because of reservation-related litigation. Also, Tamil Nadu legislating to opt out of NEET.  Issues in Indian Medical Education A serious demand-supply mismatch: The MBBS degree continues… Continue reading What ails medical education in India

We may need a Bretton woods pact of data regulation 

News: Experts globally have been voicing the need for an international solution for data protection and regulation on the lines of Bretton woods arrangement of the 1940s.   What is the need for an international approach for data protection standard?  Currently there are broadly three different approaches to data governance being practised by countries around… Continue reading We may need a Bretton woods pact of data regulation 

Why India may not get a sizable role in post-war reconstruction of Ukraine

Context: After Ukraine crisis, major international bodies will be framing world order. India might not be a participant in decision making due to its weak presence on international institutions.    After World War II, the Global Reconstruction was handled by newly created international organizations, like the United Nations (UNs), the IMF, and the World Bank.… Continue reading Why India may not get a sizable role in post-war reconstruction of Ukraine

Revive tax increases, stub out tobacco product use

  Context: Apart from COVID-19 pandemic (which is reported to have killed half a million Indians over the past two years), tobacco is a silent killer in our midst that kills an estimated 1.35 million Indians every year. Impact of Tobacco Consumption Tobacco Related Death: 3,500 Indians die every single day, as estimated by scientific… Continue reading Revive tax increases, stub out tobacco product use

Clear signals: On India-China ties and the new global currents

News: The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi claimed that the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is aiming to create “an Indo-Pacific version of NATO”. His statement has deeper interpretations for India. Challenges in India-China Relations? Revival of QUAD (called as “Asian NATO” by China) having Australia, Japan, U.S. and India as member. However, apart from this, U.S.… Continue reading Clear signals: On India-China ties and the new global currents

How invasion of Ukraine could transform nuclear landscape of Asia

News: Putin’s nuclear sabre-rattling in Ukraine has triggered a consequential debate on the importance of atomic weapons in deterring Chinese expansionism in Asia. Geopolitical Impact of nuclear threats and Ukraine developments in other parts of the world (a) In Japan, Ex-PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe, called for a national debate on hosting American nuclear weapons… Continue reading How invasion of Ukraine could transform nuclear landscape of Asia

What the plight of students in Ukraine reveals about medical education in India

News: Odisha’s CM requested PM of India, to ensure uninterrupted education for medical students coming from Ukraine. He has requested him to enable their admission to Indian medical colleges. Almost 18,000 Indian medical students have come back from Ukraine’s war zones. Such a situation also arose post-Partition, when the refugee medical students had migrated from… Continue reading What the plight of students in Ukraine reveals about medical education in India

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