Strait of Hormuz and Maritime Chokepoints
Student distress is an increasingly recognised concern, poignantly reflected in the rising instances of student suicides across institutions of higher learning in India. Despite institutional mechanis...
ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS, BIODIVERSITY
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced plans to reduce the Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) to one km as opposed to the current 10 km. The state government’s intention has raised con...
Glaw Lake was recently designated as Arunachal Pradesh’s First and India’s 101st Ramsar Site. It is located within the Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary. It hosts diverse flora and fauna sp...
Maritime chokepoints are vital points along shipping routes that facilitate the passage of substantial trade volumes. These chokepoints control the global essential supplies such as oil, gas, fertiliz...
Several commissions have been set up from time to time to address the issue of foodgrain pricing. However, the PM-ASHAA scheme launched in the 2017-18 Union Budget is expected to revisit the challenge...
<p>A country with a high standard of living and medical advancement should not bear an ageing burden. However, this might not be the case in India, with economic support for its ageing population beco...
<p>A profound fact of environmental protection and conservation is that the impacts of human-induced processes on the environment must be measured and the performance of the processes be assessed, pol...
Maritime chokepoints are vital points along shipping routes that facilitate the passage of substantial trade volumes. These chokepoints control the global essential supplies such as oil, gas, fertilizers, and feedstocks for the manufacturing sector. Any disruptions in these waterways are bound to impact the global supply chains and significantly dependent economies. Countries like China and India...
Several commissions have been set up from time to time to address the issue of foodgrain pricing. However, the PM-ASHAA scheme launched in the 2017-18 Union Budget is expected to revisit the challenges of minimum support prices.
<p>A country with a high standard of living and medical advancement should not bear an ageing burden. However, this might not be the case in India, with economic support for its ageing population becoming an important issue, and the absence of proper health insurance coverage and an inefficient public healthcare system creating bottlenecks in spite […]</p>