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From Farm Chickens to Cockroaches: Why South Asia’s Gen Z Is So Restive

Until the region’s economies produce jobs, and its ministers produce respect, at the pace they produce graduates, South Asia’s Gen Z will keep finding new, and increasingly desperate, ways to be heard

Bridging the Policy Gap: Why Northeast India Cannot Tap Bangladesh Pharma Market Across the Border?

The real question is simpler: do Indian states want to use a resource that is geographically closer, internationally certified, available already, or would they prefer to continue to suffer from a yearly deficit on the other side of the Corridor?

Green AI? The Global South Cannot Afford the Wrong Kind of Digital Growth

In the case of the Global South, this would mean designing AI according to the demands of that particular place and within the bounds of its available power. It would mean opting for small language models, frugality, and less energy-intensive infrastructure over costly mimicry of Silicon Valley.

Inside India's Modern Counter-Terrorism Strategy: The Zero-Tolerance Mandate

The government is also engaging doctors, psychologists, lawyers, civil society organisations, NGOs, religious leaders and community representatives to facilitate de-radicalisation and reintegration. Young people are encouraged to participate in constructive social activities that promote communal harmony and reduce the appeal of extremist ideologies.

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India stakes: Uttar Pradesh will be a challenge for BJP next year

Outcome of the ongoing electoral battle in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu along with the Union Territory of Puducherry on May 2 will end the national suspense in India, paving the way for the next round of electoral battle next year in two of the Hindi heartland states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand that elect 85 MPs to the Lok Sabha and they combined have a population of nearly 240 million, over a fourth of India's population

Invictus, is in the Spirit alone

Why does sweetness in sadness lie

Am I The Master of My Fate?

Am I the Master of my Fate

India and Pakistan: Can they ever shed the 'enemy' tag?

Over the course of the past one month, there has been a series of overtures between India and Pakistan which are being construed as steps towards re-establishing a semblance of peace between the two countries

India's 'love jihad’ laws: Are they constitutionally valid?

‘Love jihad’ as a term itself is an oxymoron

Randomness

A gallery of words and meanings

Should India revise its electoral system to give voters right to reject?

An interesting case has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) of India

Statement by Indian External Affairs Minister at the 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting

At the outset, I congratulate Your Excellency Mr. Dinesh Gunawardena on your election as Chairperson of today's Meeting

Will CPEC add to Pakistan's growing challenges?

Political stability is the necessary ingredient for every country for weaving societal Integration. It is a prerequisite condition for economic development and establishing the supremacy of the law in the state

On the Road to Nowhere

Don’t play with Trees

Statement by India's External Affairs Minister at the 9th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan in Dushanbe

We meet at a momentous time, not just for the people of Afghanistan but also for our wider region

Citizens’ Appeal for of Myanmar’s People against Repression by the Military: Demand for Government of Nepal to Act

We undersigned citizens of Nepal are proud of the Myanmar people’s valorous stand for democracy, appalled by the murderous suppression by the Tatmadaw military, and distressed by the lack of adequate response from the governments of South Asia and globally

Joint Statement issued on the occasion of the visit of Prime Minister of India to Bangladesh

At the invitation of Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, paid a State Visit to Bangladesh from 26 to 27 March 2021 to join the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Bangladesh, the Birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh

UN resolution against Sri Lanka partisan and unfair

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has thought it fit to pass a resolution by majority vote against Sri Lanka for what the resolution termed as a human rights violation

Kolkata-Dhaka Dialogue as Modi visits Bangladesh

H.P. Ghosh Research Centre, a unit of Bandhan-Konnagar, hosted the Kolkata-Dhaka Dialogue, with the support of India's Ministry of External Affairs