2025

The contrast is stark in the way US is negotiating with China and India. For India, a penal duty of 25% has kicked in for trade with Russia. This will be on top of the higher than expected tariff of 25%. But for China another 90 days extension was announced for negotiating a deal. The irony is that China imports much more energy from Russia than India does. Further, US wants to stall China

Imposition of high tariffs by United States on imported merchandise goods from India and other world nations has perturbed the world trade. President Trump

We seldom keep track of the micro impact of macro-economic shocks. The recent example of such a shock is imposition of tariffs on Indian exports by US at exorbitant rates. This aggressive tariff policy of the Trump administration has posed a big threat to the survival of many Indian export-based industries and shattered the livelihoods of many people.
A fieldwork-based report on brass industry in Moradabad by Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, carried in The Telegraph (August 25, 2025), has documented (…)

The Narendra Modi-led BJP government has forcefully passed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025 & brought India’s disaster management policy, on the surface, appears to be modernising. The recent revision of norms for the State and National Disaster Response Funds (SDRF/NDRF) for 2022-23 to 2025-26, communicated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in July 2023, presents itself as a blueprint for a robust response.
However, a critical examination reveals that these developments are (…)

Heinous crimes, as described in the Indian jurisprudence, are those offences for which the punishment under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or any other Indian law for the time being in force, is imprisonment for seven years or more.
These crimes are described as crimes against humanity, such as murder, extermination, enslavement, torture, rape, and persecution. Other examples, or crimes with a similar severe nature, might include genocide, terrorism, and large-scale human trafficking, as (…)

Abstract: Constitution of India envisages Panchayats as Institution of Self-Governments meaning thereby, they are expected to not only enjoy benefits of the implementation of the mandatory provisions like setting up State Finance Commission, State Election Commission and District Planning Committees, but also be empowered to plan for economic development with social justice integrating the 29 subjects listed in the 11th Schedule of the Constitution. These are also expected to be capable (…)

Integrating AI into academic research though inevitable in India has simultaneously evolved as a major concern given the ethical, methodological, pedagogical and quality concerns. For publishers or editors today there are serious questions on the permissible AI content limit amid the emerging humanizing tools and websites that claim even AI written content cannot be detected by plagiarism detection tools. This has created a confusing situation be it the conduct of teaching and research in (…)

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This article examines the negative consequences of unrestrained trolling on social media, where toxic behavior is frequently concealed by memes, normalizing harm and encouraging a cycle of replication. As seen in the recent case of Arjun Kapoor’s trolling, where meme-based trolling caused social disengagement, it draws attention to how content producers take advantage of popular subjects, mirroring broader trends of celebrity stress and loneliness. The analysis, which uses (…)

The strategic confluence of Chittagong (Bangladesh) and Rakhine (Myanmar) provinces has catapulted this region into the vortex of global geopolitics, with major powers like the US, China, and India converging on this critical juncture. Bangladesh