India’s medical education system needs a holistic review
Explore the Roots of the Medical Education Crisis
By: Vijay Garg Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has drawn unexpected attention to the Indian medical education system. The visuals of Indian students stranded in several cities of war-torn Ukraine are disturbing. One classic case of a student who found himself in the grip of a fierce battle in his efforts to reach the border of […]
New India: Making Next 10 years its Techade
By: Rajeev Chandrasekhar The world is slowly emerging out of the worst ever pandemic witnessed in the history of mankind. It widely disrupted lives, livelihoods & economies across the globe. India too, home to almost 1/6th of the world’s population, faced enormous challenges over the last 24 months. It is said that the ultimate measure […]
Unleashing growth in rural India – a Cooperative way
By: Hema Yadav Cooperatives in India are all poised to witness a rapid transformation since the first cooperative law in India was enacted in 1904. With the new paradigms and changing contours of having a separate Ministry of Cooperation with Budgetary allocation for Cooperatives a renewed interest has spurted on the cooperative movement in India […]
India-Bangladesh Must Always Stand With Each Other
By: John Rozario Thanking the Indian government for cooperating in rescuing Bangladeshi nationals from Ukraine during the war, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the two countries would always stand by each other. It is absolutely true. As friendly neighbouring country, India was, is and will be stand with Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh are eternal friends. […]
Every drop counts
World Water Day
By: M Ahmad World Water Day is observed on 22 March every year since 1993 and focuses on the importance of freshwater and raises awareness regarding the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is […]
India acts big brother to Sri Lanka
The recent Indian initiatives to smaller regional neighbours like Maldives and Sri Lanka proves that the Indian foreign policy has matured and is delivering results by bringing these neighbours nearer to India.
Indian policy in the region towards smaller countries, seems to be paying dividends, as compared to China, which is more and more is being seen as a hawk, intent on taking over smaller countries’ natural resources. The recent example of this is the manner in which India has handled Sri Lanka, a neighbour under extreme […]
Kashmir’s polluted water bodies face existential threat
Due to the lack of proper waste disposal system, most of Kashmir’s water resources are getting polluted. The pollutants – garbage, liquid waste, human excreta, industrial waste, and so on – are directly or indirectly thrown into water bodies at most of the places across the Valley; experts are ringing the alarm bells saying water […]
Understand the Adversities for females!
There are some good reforms taking place but there is a huge mismatch between the text of the statute and its practical application in most of the countries.
By: Dr.Firdous Ahmad Malik and Dr.Shahid Amin Trali About 2.4 billion women of working age lack equal economic opportunities, according to the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law 2022 report. There are 86 countries that restrict women’s employment, while 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal effort. At 76.5 out of 100, […]
Talaash of ‘Out Of School Children’
‘Education is the powerful weapon through which we can change the world’- Nelson Mandela
By: Gh. Hassan Bhat Education is the impeccable weapon through which we can understand the laws of nature and natural phenomena in a comprehensive manner. Education has changed the fate of civilizations over the centuries as it ended the Dark Ages which had engulfed mankind for thousands of years. It brought remarkable changes in every […]
Central Asia Struggles With the Consequences of Russia’s War
By: Vijay Prashad During the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, which took place from March 11 to March 13, 2022, the Kyrgyz Republic’s Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev told Helga Maria Schmid, the secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), that his country would be happy to host Russian-Ukrainian talks and […]
