Budget 2026, Tier II cities

Budget 2026: Tier II cities push lacks climate resilience

Budget 2026-27 backs tier II cities, but climate resilience and adaptation funding remain weak in the city economic region strategy. #infrastructure #climate Read more »
artificial intelligence adoption

Can artificial intelligence strengthen democracy? Italy offers a test case

As legislatures adopt artificial intelligence, Italy seeks to boost efficiency without undermining democratic accountability. Read more »
UPI global expansion

UPI global expansion faces the real cross-border test

UPI global expansion must solve settlement, merchant incentives, fraud liability, and sustainability to scale. #UPI Read more »
dashboard governance in India

Data-rich governance needs judgment at the core

Economic Survey reflects India’s shift toward dashboard governance, raising a question about how metrics, judgment, and accountability should work together. Read more »
marco rubio muncich speech

Marco Rubio’s heritage pitch is industrial policy by other means

Marco Rubio framed heritage as a mandate for reindustrialisation, border control, defence effort, and tougher supply chain policy. Read more »
game theory climate strategy

How game theory can help design strategies for climate crisis, diplomacy

Evolutionary game theory is useful to devise strategies for real-life situations such as international negotiations and ecological crises, where players are unequal. Read more »
Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas

Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas can reshape precision oncology

Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas can improve cancer treatment in India, if genomic testing becomes affordable, representative, and clinically usable. #cancer Read more »
trade deal ratification

Trade deal ratification: Why India will follow different paths for EU, US

Why India followed different legal routes for trade deal ratification for agreements with EU and US. #India #US #trade Read more »
AI anxiety not real

AI anxiety and the fear economy of technological change

As AI anxiety spreads among the work force, fear-driven narratives are causing deeper damage to mental health and career decisions. Read more »
India labour codes

Labour codes and the fixed-term employment paradox

India’s labour codes and the 51% union recognition rule can improve bargaining, but fixed-term employment may weaken union participation and dispute resolution. Read more »