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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Indian Economy
The Indian Rupee recently plunged to a record low of 77.9 against the US Dollar amidst growing uncertainty within domestic equity markets. Two principal factors are directly responsible for this decline in the value of the Indian Rupee. First, the…
A Renewed Focus on India’s Border Management
In February, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the new Vibrant Villages program in the Union Budget for FY 2022-23. The policy aims to re-populate and reverse migration from border villages in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh through improved…
India’s Public Health and Foreign Policy
India witnessed a massive rise in COVID-19 cases due to the advent of the Delta-variant in April 2021, with the country recording 1,876,792 cases in a day at the height of the pandemic. The public healthcare infrastructure collapsed because of…
India’s Domestic Manufacturing Amidst COVID-19
Since coming to power in 2014, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s objectives has been for manufacturing to account for 25 percent of India’s GDP by 2025. Throughout Modi’s first term in office, the “Make in India” campaign was the…
India’s Brain Gain Paradox
India has been experiencing an increasing outflow of its citizens. On December 1, 2021, Nityanand Rai, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, informed Parliament that 881,254 Indians had renounced their citizenship over the past seven years. This exodus comes…
How Afghanistan’s Political Turmoil Affects the Border Fence Question
As Pakistan nears completion of its border fencing project along the Durand Line, tensions simmer with the Taliban over the legitimacy of Pakistan’s territorial claim on areas spanning from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to the Indus River. According to reports, Pakistani…