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In Afghanistan, in addition to emitting millions of tons of carbon dioxide during the conflict, the US military footprint contributed more directly to the immediate destruction of the Afghan environment.

Today the distance between the vision and way of life of Tagore and Gandhi and current perspectives is growing. And though the effort and work done with fervour in their names continue, most of that energy is outside India.

The report notes that India has the highest child-wasting rate in the world, at 18.7 per cent, reflecting acute undernutrition. It places India way below a neighbour like Bangladesh, which has a score of 19, a rank of 81 and is categorised on the GHI Severity of Hunger Scale as “moderate” – a class jump over the Indian numbers.

The reason the dollar is the currency of choice is because of the implicit trust in its stability

'We, the concerned doctors, and civil society representatives from Rajasthan and across the country are writing to appeal you to rise above our interests and affiliations, and constructively engage with the Act...'

More recently Prime Minister Modi declared in his 2022 Independence Day speech that we should take a pledge to make India a developed country by 2047, the hundredth year of our independence. From the days of the speech of PM Vajpayee, the goal has shifted by another twenty seven years.

Not even a single rupee can be spent by the government without the consent of the people. Hence the requirement that a budget proposal be tabled as the Finance Bill in Parliament and be passed.

India can take solace that its growth rate is higher than most of the other large economies. But in the coming year the focus needs to be on increasing resilience and ensuring that lower growth does not cause more hardship to the poorest in the country

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could fatally wound belief in the post-WWII European project as well as hurt India economically, diplomatically.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a pre-election address, made the rather unexpected announcement that the three contentious farm laws that his government had rammed through Parliament last year would be repealed in the coming session of Parliament. Because this decision comes close to impending state elections, it is not possible to shrug off the feeling that it was influenced