There was a significant uptick in India’s economic trajectory, in the December quarter of this financial year (Q3FY25), registering a 6.2% real GDP growth rate, compared with a low revised estimate of 5.6% (5.4%) in the previous quarter. To be sure, this growth rate was the slowest since Q4FY23, except for the previous quarter’s 5.6%. … Read more
Under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has methodically consolidated its dominance over the global supply chain for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium, and rare earth elements (REEs), which are essential for manufacturing modern technologies. A 2025 AidData report shows that Beijing has channelled $56.9 billion through its state-backed institutions since … Read more
Security personnel in Imphal | Photo Credit: PTI Now that President’s Rule has been imposed in Manipur, this is the right time to reflect on who or what has indeed been ruling the State and what the imposition of central rule means for the State that has been embroiled in ethnic violence since May 2023. … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the launch of a New Roadmap for Australia’s Economic Engagement with India | Photo Credit: SEPCIAL ARRANGEMENT/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia believes in India. We believe that India has a bright future economically. We believe that it will be the third biggest economy in the world by … Read more
Expanding childcare centres, eldercare support, and assistive technologies would ease women’s care burden, and boost their workforce participation. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy The Union Budget for 2025 allocated a record ₹4,49,028.68 crore to the Gender Budget (GB), marking a 37.3% increase from FY24 and accounting for 8.86% of the total … Read more
In the rhetoric of partisan politics surrounding the three language formula, unsurprisingly, the most important stakeholder has been forgotten: the student. First, it is the child who goes to a public (government) school, and no one else, who should be at the very centre of this debate. Students in public schools form about 55% of … Read more
The order of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, directing the removal of a cartoon featuring the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, from a Tamil magazine’s website, is unwarranted and may not fall under any of the permissible grounds for such removal. Vikatan Plus, an online-only magazine published by the Vikatan group, has decided to take … Read more
At the White House The manner in which U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance treated the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the White House meet is definitely a pointer to the fascist attitude and the arrogance of right-wing arm-twisters. But Mr. Zelenskyy left like the proverbial David. Whether he is going … Read more
The coastal communities in Kerala are currently caught in a wave of unrest following the Centre’s plans for offshore mining, which they believe will ravage the fragile marine ecosystem and bring an end to their traditional way of life. Strong opposition erupted when proceedings to auction offshore mineral blocks began after an amendment to the … Read more
Why has U.S. President Donald Trump thrown a public tantrum and refused to deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy? It is time to remember what is at stake for Ukraine. Who better to tell it like it is than John Mearsheimer, Realist advocate of a multipolar world order, who has consistently accused the U.S.-led West … Read more