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Although #Russia dominates #India-#EAEU trade, the agreement’s long-term value will depend on whether it opens doors to the wider Eurasian market. Deepening trade ties with #Armenia, #Belarus, #Kazakhstan, and #Kyrgyzstan could give India access to new markets and critical resources amid persistent supply chain disruptions: @AlexisZakharov & Kushagra Agrawal or-f.org/39141
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India’s rural self-help group model offers more than a development success story—it provides a practical framework for South-South cooperation. By sharing lessons on community institutions, financial inclusion, and women-led livelihoods, #India can support locally driven development across #Africa: @swatiprabhujnu & @AmbarKumarGhos1 or-f.org/39138 #GlobalSouth #Development
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#BRICSIndia2026 | Can #BRICS help bridge the global climate finance gap?
Watch Egor Muravev, Fatima Hamayon, @pdash76, Nirmala Gopal & @Aparna_R1 discuss green finance, the cost of capital, and the role of the New Development Bank in supporting the energy transition.
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India can dig up the ore and assemble the magnet. The refining in between still happens abroad. Until that changes, #India stays at the edges of its own value chain: Akarsh Srivastava or-f.org/39160#CriticalMiner… #RareEarths
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China holds 46 percent of global steel capacity. Its overcapacity and aggressive export pricing are driving India, Japan, and South Korea toward deeper alignment on trade safeguards and low-carbon steelmaking: @ParulBakshi_ & Krishna Vohra or-f.org/39041 #SteelTrade
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For the #Gulf states, disruption to cable networks in the Strait of #Hormuz would affect far more than internet access. Financial services, cloud infrastructure, and ambitions to become global AI hubs all depend on secure, high-capacity data links:Pranoy Jainendran or-f.org/39176 #Connectivity #Geopolitics
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For India, Myanmar’s value lies less in immediate mineral procurement and more in its strategic position within the regional rare earth ecosystem: @Sreeparna_b17 or-f.org/39062
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Three decades after the PC&PNDT Act, the ban on sex selection remains necessary. But India must ask whether an ultrasound-centred law, designed for one technological moment, has become misaligned with modern medicine: K. S. Uplabdh Gopal or-f.org/39167 #PublicHealth #GenderJustice #HealthPolicy
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Crimes against women in #India's metropolitan cities rose from 43,414 in 2021 to 51,393 in 2023. Safety is not only a policing issue—it is also a budgeting and urban design challenge: @dddorf or-f.org/39058
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The old rules are fading. A new great game is underway.
As power shifts across #Asia, the competition between #India and #China is shaping trade, technology, connectivity, and the future of the global order.
Watch @samirsaran unpack the strategic choices, rivalries, and opportunities defining the next chapter of Asian #geopolitics. youtube.com/shorts/vox32dyGy…
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Beyond power asymmetries and military deployments, how do border tensions impact the communities living along the Line of Actual Control? This issue brief by @tushar_joshii examines the post-2020 LAC conflicts through the lens of #Ladakh’s #Changpa pastoralists. or-f.org/39006
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As climate change, economic uncertainty, conflict, and rising inequality deepen insecurity, integrating social protection into national development and inclusive growth strategies has become more important than ever: @sunaina_kumar & @AmbarKumarGhos1 or-f.org/39145
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#WestBengal’s next growth phase will depend on one critical foundation: reliable, round-the-clock clean power. Industrial revival, #infrastructure expansion, and #investment inflows will all hinge on how the state powers its #economy: @Aparna_R1 or-f.org/38958
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The World Health Organization (#WHO) recommends combining long-term GLP-1 therapies with intensive behavioural therapy. Real success requires high-quality diets, strength training, and adequate protein intake: @shoba_suri or-f.org/38996
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As #shipping moves toward net zero, the key question is no longer just which fuels will power the future—but who will have access to them. Equitable access to sustainable maritime fuels must become a core priority of ocean governance: Carlo Raucci or-f.org/39022 #MaritimeDecarbonisation #OceanGovernance #SustainableShipping
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India’s coastal economies drive trade, fisheries, and livelihoods—but they are increasingly vulnerable to sea-level rise and extreme weather. A new coastal urbanism is urgently needed: @dddorf or-f.org/39037 #CoastalCities #ClimateChange #ClimateAdaptation
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#Spain has emerged as the most outspoken #NATO critic of the #US-#Israel war with #Iran. By opposing the strikes on legal grounds, denying the use of US bases, and invoking the lessons of Iraq, Madrid has highlighted the limits of alliance solidarity and the enduring role of national interests: Abhishek Khajuria or-f.org/39054
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From the #G20 Common Framework to the #UN’s Sevilla Commitment, #debt governance is evolving, but key structural challenges persist, including creditor fragmentation, unclear rules, and limited private-sector participation: @lavanya_mani or-f.org/39072
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As climate change reshapes routes and geopolitical tensions choke key straits, #MaritimeGovernance is failing to keep pace with the geography that underpins 80 percent of global trade: Matthias Catón or-f.org/39084
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As sanctions enforcement collided with geopolitics, the #Hormuz crisis exposed a structural vulnerability: when a state controls a critical node in global networks, pressure can shift from the target to the enforcer itself: Veer Puri or-f.org/39105
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