drug abuse

India’s drug abuse crisis hits alarming proportions

As drug abuse-related crimes rise and cartels exploit weak links, India must act fast with education, tech-driven policing, and global best practices. #drugs #drugabuse #Kerala #Punjab Read more »
June 3, the World Bicycle Day

World Bicycle Day: Indian cities need a cycling revolution

On the World Bicycle Day, Indian cities must embrace cycling as a solution to rising pollution, traffic congestion, and public health challenges. Read more »
India’s public finance education

Public finance: Reclaiming India’s forgotten fiscal canon

India’s public finance education needs a course correction—one that brings its own thinkers into the heart of fiscal policy discourse. #publicfinance #Arthashstra #Kautilya #education Read more »
India anti-poverty schemes

From poverty to precarity: India’s uneven growth story

India’s #poverty levels have fallen sharply, but millions risk falling back without real-time #welfare and strong #publichealth infrastructure. #indianeconomy #gdpgrowth Read more »
The unprotected workers of India's gig economy

The gig economy is booming—but hardly any protection for workers

As millions power India’s gig economy from the backseat of a scooter, their rights and futures remain dangerously undefined. #gigeconomy #swiggy #zomato #uber #ola Read more »
World Health Assembly 2025

World Health Assembly 2025 to tackle pandemic treaty, budget cuts, equity challenges

As health ministers meet in Geneva for World Health Assembly 2025, a landmark pandemic accord and deep WHO budget cuts dominate the agenda. #WHA78 #WHO Read more »
Health diplomacy

Health diplomacy under strain: Power, politics and the future of collaboration

Inequities in global partnerships reveal a health diplomacy deficit that demands urgent reform in how collaboration is governed, funded, and evaluated. #health #policy Read more »
Indian media’s descent into partisanship

From watchdog to lapdog: How Indian media lost the plot

Indian media’s descent into partisanship and spectacle is the result of vanishing editorial oversight and a deepening crisis of credibility. #paidnews #pr Read more »
caste census may open a can of worms

Caste census to redefine electoral politics, reopen quota debate

By backing caste census, the BJP hopes to reclaim the OBC narrative—but it risks triggering a new wave of quota battles. #castecensus #census2021 Read more »
foreign universities in India and higher education

Foreign Universities in India: High-stakes gamble in higher education

Without parallel fixes in school quality and faculty retention, campuses of foreign universities in India risk deepening the very inequalities they are meant to cure. #highereducation Read more »