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POLITICS
| 12-minute read
How effective conditional cash transfers are in meeting the objectives of welfare schemes
While cash transfers are widely used by the government to roll out social protection policies and schemes, there has been an ongoing debate among the policy practitioners regarding its efficacy.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why Hong Kong is Xi Jinping’s new Achilles’ heel
The brazen modus operandi Beijing has employed to thrust the draconian national security law on Hong Kong could turn the tide against China.
Musings from afarWhy the world must isolate China
The global landscape, which till a few months back looked benign for China, has now turned against the Middle Kingdom in a manner that Chinese policymakers can ill afford to ignore.
POLITICS
| 12-minute read
The Dalai Lama, contours of the Cold War and the 1962 Indo-China War
KMT’s defeat despite major US support, and close ties between the two communist blocs — China and USSR — led the US to focus on opening a new front against China.
POLITICS
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Why Dilip Ghosh's new upmarket apartment is important for BJP
The biggest advantage of Bengal BJP President's sprawling 12-BHK apartment is that it is closer to the airport. With the election not very far off, the BJP leaders will come trooping in regularly.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
How the new Indian welfare state fails in addressing core social, economic and political concerns
It seems what we are currently witnessing is a metamorphic, amalgamated evolution of the new-and old welfare state.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
How Pakistan has dumped Hurriyat and Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir
After 30 years of romance, Pakistan seems to have dumped both Hizbul and Hurriyat alike.
Kerala DiaryWhat is the new system to evaluate Congress leadership in Kerala?
Kerala Congress invented a system to reactivate its leaders by introducing Performance Assessment System (PAS) to rate its leaders and their popularity at grassroot levels.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why nations must unite to take China on
China, in recent months, has quite brazenly started to flex its muscles and to browbeat, bully, intimidate, threaten not just smaller countries in the neighbourhood, but also some of the bigger powers.
POLITICS
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