India’s Nuclear Bet: Liberalization, Small Reactors, and Big Ambitions
India’s nuclear energy goals have taken a significant leap forward with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s recent announcement of the Nuclear Energy Mission in the 2025 budget. With an allocation of Rs. 20,000 crore (USD $2.30 billion) to focus on the…
India’s Domestic Outlook in 2024: Modi Era Powers On but Economic Concerns Continue
As 2024 comes to an end, India finds itself out of step with global trends. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was not swept away by the global anti-incumbency wave. Conflicts in Europe and West Asia did not pose fundamental threats,…
Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections: A New Dawn?
After a gap of ten years, elections for Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Legislative Assembly were finally held from September 18 to October 1, 2024. While the National Conference (NC) and its alliance partners won a total of 49 seats,…
इंडिया शाइनिंग 2.0: बीजेपी की फीकी पड़ती चमक
अपने पहले पाँच वर्षों के सफल कार्यकाल के दम पर, 2004 के चुनाव में भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) ने अत्यंत उत्साहपूर्वक वापस विजयी होने की अपेक्षा कि की थी | उस चुनाव के दौरान भाजपा का नारा था "इंडिया शाइनिंग” और…
Modi 3.0: Six Defense Sector Reforms Key to National Security
Over the past two terms, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has created the narrative of being a more muscular, national-security-oriented political party with a strong will to pursue reforms and implement policy decisions. However, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins…
Indian Election Results Give Hope to Human Rights Organizations
Narendra Modi was sworn in on June 8 as the Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term, a feat matched only by India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru of the Congress Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had…