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Making sense of Sudanese quagmire

South Sudan is no exception to the rule that a state of anarchy prevails in the large dark continent in the want of effective diplomacy and conflict resolution. It’s not that the aforesaid take on Africa is very much symptomatic of the larger troubles which bedevil the continent. Sudan is rich in natural resources including minerals, oil and natural gas reserves. Thus, Sudan too is perche

How digital libraries are raising awareness about climate change

Access to Information     Digital libraries have played a significant role in making environmental information more accessible to people worldwide. The Climate Change Knowledge Portal, a digital library launched by the World Bank, provides access to over 15,000 climate-related documents. These documents include reports, scientific studies, and multimedia

What you can learn from Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

The Big Bull of Dalal Street: How Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Made His Fortune By Neil Borate, Aprajita Sharma, Aditya Kondawar Penguin Business, 256 pages, Rs 399 “Respect the market. Have an open mind. Know wha

Why India needs a national urban policy

India’s Blind Spot: Understanding and Managing Our Cities By Devashish Dhar HarperCollins, 408 pages, Rs. 899.00 Indian policy has been characterised by a denial of urbanization. This has prevented us from meaningfully addressing the blizzard of policy issues that come with the phenomenon: from governance deficit to infrastructure sh

ChatGPT in higher education… or the fear of a revolution in the making

If the strong reactions in the field of education are anything to go by, ChatGPT, the conversational Artificial Intelligence chatbot, is creating shockwaves and debates in schools around the world. So should it be banned or thoughtfully embraced? Artificial Intelligence, a revolution for education? The use of AI in education is growing stea

Leadership skills you should hone/develop to grow in life

American author, speaker, and pastor John Calvin Maxwell once said, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. Leadership is a skill that some naturally possess, while some hone it over the course of their lives. When we think of leadership, our minds automatically drift to the senior management of a company, like a C-suite executive or maybe even a politician. Howeve

Central Bank Digital Currency has game-changing potential

When discussing digital currency, you might think of one or two well-known varieties. There is the digital representation of currency that you access with mobile and online banking services. This currency is the liability of a commercial bank. There is also cryptocurrency, a digital medium of exchange issued by private organizations. Cryptocurrency ownership and transaction records are stored o

Make your kid financially future-ready

Irrespective of the term itself beginning with a “fin”, financial literacy beholds the utmost power to monetarily liberate the younglings who will behest the future of the posterity. Subjects like financial literacy that make tangible value additions to the lives of students

Empowering young women to drive change in rural economy

A movement of young women trained as ‘agricultural guides’ is now leading effective action on climate change through sustainable agriculture in rural Africa. More than 8,500 individuals, mostly young women, have been approached by these Agricultural Guides. These Guides are part of an initiative that was launched in 2013 to train young women from poor, marginalised farming communiti

A regulatory framework for the online gaming sector

With the rise in the access to the internet, online gaming has also been making waves. This calls for the setting up of a regulatory framework. While the government has been moving in that direction, Pahle India Foundation (PIF), a not-for-profit policy think tank established in June 2013 by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, has published a research study evaluating the reg

China’s ‘balloonist’ ambitions raise questions of international law

The Chinese should be wary about the city air quality in their metropoles as one of the surveillance balloons unleashed from the People’s Republic of China was shot down by an American missile over Alaska. The Chinese ought to be more specifically particular about the iota of air as the air quality due to pollution already vitiates the metropole air. Then it took an F22 later on to shoot

Budget creates the ground – now it’s time for these steps

On February 1, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Union Budget. As Dr. Rajiv Kumar, the Pahle India Foundation chairman and former NITI Aayog vice chairman, succinctly summed up, “Budget 2023 is a consolidation of the gains over the years, and a positive step towards sustained economic growth and development for our country.” In this article, we aim to provide a few p

Why we need an ‘atmanirbhar’ policy-making process

‘Atmanirbharta’ of self-reliance is the buzzword within the circles of Indian policymakers. The irony here, however, is that though all policies are focused on becoming self-reliant, the thought processes behind the same come from foreign institutions and other sources. Yes, this may sound ironical, but this is the reality of the Indian policy-making process. It is quite a disturbin

Sustainability legislation: A welcome beginning, scope for improvement

Effective legislation addressing sustainability is critical for the implementation of India’s sustainability goals. The government planned to introduce a total of 16 new bills and consider seven already introduced bills for passing in the parliament’s winter session of 2022, which began on December 7 and ended on December 23, six days ahead of the schedule. Ultimately, nine bills we

India Inc. is now looking at CSR through a new lens

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown concurrently and risen to enormous prominence in recent years. Initially, business owners started CSR by making charitable donations in an unstructured manner. The focus was on fewer areas such as environment, upliftment of the underprivileged. Corporates are now constantly looking for new opportunities for CSR initiatives that are out of the box

‘Chhello Show’: The show that mirrors an aspirational India

Indian cinema is the largest national film industry in terms of the number of films produced (2,446 feature films annually as of 2019). The United States cinema (also called Hollywood) is the oldest film industry in the world and also the largest in terms of revenue. The Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales but third largest in terms of rev

Mahamana’s vision of education was 100 years ahead of time

In recent times, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is probably among the very few policies that have steered collective envisioning to redesign the education system in India. It is undoubtedly an example, both in terms of policy formulation and policy direction. While the NEP envisages turning around India as a Vishwa Guru, its genesis is as old as 100 years, if not more. Evidence of wel

Centralising secrets: How organizations can manage identity and credentials

For many organizations, maintaining consumer trust is paramount. The more users trust an organization, the more that organization can grow its services and revenue. Should a data breach occur, that trust can be compromised. This is especially true for organizations handling highly sensitive data, such as those within the financial and government sectors. A common cause of data b

The changing nature of CSR in India

With the advent of globalization came a new set of challenges for corporations, notably the duty of ensuring the well-being of all stakeholders while also protecting the planet`s natural environment. Although we are dedicated to a faster and more inclusive rate of growth, it is equally imperative that we focus on the issue of sustainability. There can be no development that ignores the ecologic

How to execute large-scale social impact projects

The number of social innovators and entrepreneurs has considerably increased recently in India. The idea of social entrepreneurship, which aspires to provide novel solutions for the world`s most critical social issues, is now receiving more attention. Challenges like overworked healthcare, long-term unemployment, education and skill development, lack of access to necessities lik

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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