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The Next Frontier for India’s Defence Against Antimicrobial Resistance Is Governance, Not Just New Drugs

The Next Frontier for India’s Defence Against Antimicrobial Resistance Is Governance, Not Just New Drugs

Sudha Chandrashekar, Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP); Shambhavi Nimisha Prasad, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS); Ramesh Masthi N R, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) ...

13 Mar 2026
What Mumbai Reveals About the Political Economy of Urban Land Reform

What Mumbai Reveals About the Political Economy of Urban Land Reform

Sangeeta Banerji, New York University, Shanghai

11 Mar 2026
One Policy, Two Paths: What India’s R&D Tax Credits Really Did

One Policy, Two Paths: What India’s R&D Tax Credits Really Did

Pavel Chakraborty, University of Bath; Sankalp Mathur, CAFRAL; Sujaya Sircar, IIT Kanpur ...

09 Mar 2026
How Are Digital Wallets Shaping Health Insurance Choices in India

How Are Digital Wallets Shaping Health Insurance Choices in India

Reshmi Sengupta, FLAME University; Debasis Rooj, FLAME UNiversity

08 Mar 2026
India’s Development Gains for Women Still Fall Short on Agency

India’s Development Gains for Women Still Fall Short on Agency

Rana Amanat Singh, Plaksha University; Shreya Garg, Plaksha University; Karan Babbar, Plaksha University

08 Mar 2026
When Clean Cooking Meets Tribal Self-Governance: Why LPG Use Stalls in Scheduled Areas

When Clean Cooking Meets Tribal Self-Governance: Why LPG Use Stalls in Scheduled Areas

Samarpita Ghosh, University of Kalyani; Prasenjit Sarkhel, University of Kalyani

07 Mar 2026
When Heat Enters the Classroom: India’s Most Overlooked Climate Investment

When Heat Enters the Classroom: India’s Most Overlooked Climate Investment

Benston John, St. Stephens College, Delhi University; E. Somanathan, CECFEE, Indian Statistical Institute; Rohini Somanathan, Delhi School of Economics

03 Mar 2026
Hosting Ambition, Economic Reality: What It Will Take for India’s Olympic Dream to Pay Off

Hosting Ambition, Economic Reality: What It Will Take for India’s Olympic Dream to Pay Off

Vaibhav lalwani, XLRI, Delhi-NCR

01 Mar 2026
Why Financial Inclusion Isn’t Transforming Rural Women’s Work

Why Financial Inclusion Isn’t Transforming Rural Women’s Work

Durairaj Kumarasamy, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies; Prakash Singh, Goa Institute of Management; Sukhvinder Kaur, Mata Sundri College For Women, Delhi University

28 Feb 2026
When Breakthrough Cancer Care Meets India’s Policy Reality

When Breakthrough Cancer Care Meets India’s Policy Reality

Arpita Mukherjee, Independent immunologist and Biochemist

25 Feb 2026
Hidden Subsidies, Fragile Farms: How Women’s Unpaid Labour Sustains Kashmir’s Agrarian Economy

Hidden Subsidies, Fragile Farms: How Women’s Unpaid Labour Sustains Kashmir’s Agrarian Economy

Mehak Majeed, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir; Rakshanda Kokab, Islamic University of Science & Technology, J&K

23 Feb 2026
How Job Ad Language Shapes India’s Gender Wage Gap

How Job Ad Language Shapes India’s Gender Wage Gap

Sugat Chaturvedi, IIT Delhi; Kanika Mahajan, Ashoka University; Zahra Siddique, University of Bristol

22 Feb 2026

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