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AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth

Days after the India AI Impact Summit 2026 wrapped up in New Delhi, news and digital media are flooded with news ab...

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Bridges, Budgets, and Broken Accountability

Two days ago a parapet segment of an under-construction metro collapsed in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring ...

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दूषित पेयजल से मौतें: चेतावनियों की अनदेखी की भारी कीमत

इंदौर को वर्षों से स्वच्छ शहर के रूप में प्रचारित किया जाता रहा है, लेकिन जनवरी 2026 की शुरुआत में सामने आई घटनाएं ...

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ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA – SHANTI ACT 2025

1.0 Purpose and objectivesThe purpose and objectives of the, inappropriately titled, SHANTI Act are: To enable ...

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Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little...

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How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

Implementing projects through Special Purpose Vehicles altered the balance between the levels of government with a centr...

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स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं तक सभी की पहुंच सुनिश्चित हो

भारत के संविधान का अनुच्छेद 21 जीवन और व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता के मौलिक अधिकार की गारंटी देता है और राज्य के नीति निर्देशक ...

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Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Teesta Stage III dam — one of the biggest hydropower dams in India — was entirely wiped out by last year’s devastatin...

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100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

A hundred days isn’t really enough to evaluate the policies of a regime pertaining to finance and economy, but it is eno...

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The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25

The first budget of the NDA government seem to have heavily constrained with coalition compulsions, attempt to recognise...

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September 16, 2026

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AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth

Days after the India AI Impact Summit 2026 wrapped up in New Delhi, news and digital media are flooded with news about the controversy studded event. While a lot of state backed media have done their usual, uncritical praise for the Government, even they haven’t been able to cover up the many f...

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September 16, 2026

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Bridges, Budgets, and Broken Accountability

Two days ago a parapet segment of an under-construction metro collapsed in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring three others. This incident is the newest addition to a troublingly long list of infrastructure accidents in India. Just last July, the Gambhira bridge collapse in Gujarat cost nin...

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January 12, 2026

Raj Kumar Sinha

दूषित पेयजल से मौतें: चेतावनियों की अनदेखी की भारी कीमत

इंदौर को वर्षों से स्वच्छ शहर के रूप में प्रचारित किया जाता रहा है, लेकिन जनवरी 2026 की शुरुआत में सामने आई घटनाएं इस दावे की भयावह सच्चाई उजागर करती है। दूषित पेयजल पीने से इंदौर में अब तक 15 लोगों की मृत्यु की खबरें सामने आ चुकी हैं। यह केवल एक आकस्मिक त्रासदी नहीं है, बल्कि वर्षों से ज्ञात क...

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January 7, 2026

K Ashok Rao

ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA – SHANTI ACT 2025

1.0 Purpose and objectivesThe purpose and objectives of the, inappropriately titled, SHANTI Act are: To enable Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Bharat Small Reactors (BSRs). To repeal the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear DamageAct, 2010, and to replace them wi...

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October 28, 2025

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little in the social well-being of citizens. A car drives through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Bengaluru in October 2024. | ReutersThe Smart Cities Mission, launched in June 2...

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October 28, 2025

Marie Hélène Zérah

How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

Implementing projects through Special Purpose Vehicles altered the balance between the levels of government with a centralising vision and control. A visitor looks at a model of a ‘smart city’ at the Smartcity Expo in New Delhi in May 2015. | Reuters When the Indian government announced ...

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April 16, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं तक सभी की पहुंच सुनिश्चित हो

भारत के संविधान का अनुच्छेद 21 जीवन और व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता के मौलिक अधिकार की गारंटी देता है और राज्य के नीति निर्देशक सिद्धांत (अनुच्छेद 38, 39, 42, 43 और 47) स्वास्थ्य के अधिकार को प्रभावी तरीके से सुनिश्चित करने के लिए राज्य का दायित्व सुनिश्चित करता है। संविधान के अनुच्छेद 47 के अनुसार, स्वास्थ...

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December 5, 2024

Amitanshu Verma

Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Teesta Stage III dam — one of the biggest hydropower dams in India — was entirely wiped out by last year’s devastating glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). Hydropower projects, often despite their documented environmental and social costs, are labeled as “renewable” and “green” energy investments....

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October 9, 2024

CFA Admin

100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

A hundred days isn’t really enough to evaluate the policies of a regime pertaining to finance and economy, but it is enough so far as to get the drift. And an overview of the last three months possibly hints at two trends. Firstly, there is no major course correction that the government plans to put...

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February 18, 2025

CFA Admin

The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25

The first budget of the NDA government seem to have heavily constrained with coalition compulsions, attempt to recognise the real issues on the ground and a response to the Mandate 2024. Yet, it manage only lip service to the real issues than addressing them. The context in which one approached this...

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AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth

Bridges, Budgets, and Broken Accountability

दूषित पेयजल से मौतें: चेतावनियों की अनदेखी की भारी कीमत

ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA – SHANTI ACT 2025

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं तक सभी की पहुंच सुनिश्चित हो

Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25

AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth

Bridges, Budgets, and Broken Accountability

दूषित पेयजल से मौतें: चेतावनियों की अनदेखी की भारी कीमत

ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA – SHANTI ACT 2025

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं तक सभी की पहुंच सुनिश्चित हो

Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25