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March 3, 2025 9:42 AM

Technological Revolution of India: Overview of Direct Benefit Transfers

The political economy of India, since its independence, can be understood as a struggle to break free from constraints inherited from centuries of foreign rule while aspiring to rise as a nation of global importance. Immediately afterward, the govern...

March 2, 2025 11:35 AM

Five Powerful Lessons from India’s Electrification Success for ‘Mission 300’

Powering 300 million lives across Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 isn’t just ambitious—it’s a game-changing mission that can redefine the region’s future. Mission 300, an initiative led by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, in collab...

February 28, 2025 1:18 PM

Farming For the Future: Modi government’s progressive outlook

Earlier this week, the 19th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was released to the farmers. Over 11 Crore farmers have been registered under this programme, with over 25 per cent being female beneficiaries. The total disbu...

February 27, 2025 2:51 PM

Ekta Ka Mahakumbh – the Dawn of a New Era

The Mahakumbh has successfully concluded in the holy city of Prayagraj. A grand Mahayajna of Unity has been completed. When the consciousness of a nation awakens, when it breaks free from the shackles of a centuries-old mindset of subjugation, it bre...

February 27, 2025 12:54 PM

Padmashree Moirangthem Muktamani Devi’s shoe business, inspiring people to focus on their strength and not weakness

Moirangthem Muktamani Devi from Kakching, Manipur, was raised by her widowed mother. She married when she was only seventeen and had four children. Thereafter, the family faced financial hardships. She started working in paddy fields by day and sold ...

February 22, 2025 3:57 PM

How do Germany’s federal elections work?

Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition. This is how Germany's election system works: WHAT IS GERMANY'S HYBRID VOTING SYSTEM? Germany's reformed voting s...

February 20, 2025 7:12 PM

Questioning the Election Matrix of the CEC and Election Commissioners

“It is no use blaming the looking glass if your face is awry." - Nikolai Gogol The Election Commission of India is the apex constitutional body for conducting elections for the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, President, Vice President, and state legislatu...

February 11, 2025 5:29 PM

India and France: Charting a Course for Shared Prosperity and Security

India and France enjoy a strong bilateral relationship. Notably, France was the first country with which India launched its first-ever Strategic Partnership on 26 January 1998 to deepen bilateral relations. The strategic partnership completed its 25...

February 9, 2025 5:00 PM

Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025: PM Modi’s initiative to tackle exam stress breaks records with over 5 crore participants

Examinations often bring anxiety and stress to students and their families, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Pariksha Pe Charcha" (PPC) initiative has been changing that narrative. Set to take place at 11 AM on February 10, the 8th edition of PPC ...

February 8, 2025 1:03 PM

Delhi’s Political and Electoral Journey: Tracing National Capital’s Governance Evolution

Delhi, India’s present-day National Capital, began its modern administrative and political journey in December 1911, when the British colonial government shifted the country’s capital from Kolkata to the city. Under the British Raj, Delhi was gov...

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