Soft power now speaks a new language
Soft power in today's day and age of complex geopolitics has departed from the conventional nomenclature given to it.
Soft power in today's day and age of complex geopolitics has departed from the conventional nomenclature given to it.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India Mission on 1 July 2015, many saw it as an ambitious technology programme aimed at expanding internet access and digitising government services.
For decades, India’s social contract rested on an assumption that required little intervention from the state: families would care for their elderly.
Every democracy owes two debts to its soldiers. The first is to equip them well enough to fight.
India is building its energy future on several pillars at once: bio-ethanol, coal gasification, renewables, and nuclear power.
In a world marred by turmoil and conflict, moments of hope and inspiration shine like beacons. Such a moment has just arrived with Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
The great Greek scholar Megasthenes described how popular assemblies restrained the power of the kings. Kautilya's Arthasastra also mentions that several public authorities provided safeguards against abuse of power by the king. All these prove that we had enough experience of democratic governance and people's participation in the political process
There are several hundreds of statistics, ratios, measures, etc. to gauge the health of a nation.
In a bid to project an image of a resolute decision-maker and a catalyst for change, Mr Sunak made the surprising announcement during the Conservative Party’s annual conference at Manchester of cancelling a high-speed rail project to that city itself.
It is jolting enough to witness natural disasters exacerbated by climate change that are becoming more frequent and severe, leaving communities in their path vulnerable and helpless.
