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#India is seeing an increase in #women’s political participation, parallel to higher levels of education & growing financial independence. Yet the number of women contesting parliamentary & state legislative elections remains low, notes

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makes a case for #India to conduct stringent monitoring of its partnerships and ensure that these projects are abiding by the country's #development cooperation principles. or-f.org/113840

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surveys the #security situation in the #IndianOcean and Western Pacific and identifies impediments to the flow of #maritime traffic in Asia's sea lanes. or-f.org/113906

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argues that in the pursuit of universal #ethics on the development and use of #AI, principles alone will not suffice; nor can rules and requirements. or-f.org/113957

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Urban #agriculture can help develop community bonds through community agriculture where people come together and share their experiences in growing a variety of #food, notes Ramanath Jha.

Optimising Urban Agriculture: A Pathway to Food Security in India | ORF

Urban agriculture refers to agricultural practices in urban and peri-urban areas.[1] Peri-urban areas are those transitioning from rural land

analyse the impact of schemes being implemented in #India to promote #women-led enterprise.

Women-centric Approaches under MUDRA Yojana: Setting G20 Priorities for the Indian Presidency | ORF

The World Economic Forum estimates that it would take at least 268 years to close the gender gaps in economic participation and opportunities

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Given the ambitious scale of the #SDGs, the financial wherewithal required is the most complex bottleneck in achieving the goals, a challenge that is more acute in the least developed countries:

investigates the evolution of #Qatar's foreign policy in the backdrop of three events: the #ArabSpring protests; the diplomatic crisis within the GCC; and Qatar's mediation between the US and the #Taliban. or-f.org/112893

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outlines the challenges faced by Western militaries in implementing #military enlistment schemes akin to India's #Agnipath. or-f.org/113035

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Despite progress in recent years, #gender inequities remain persistent in #Ukraine. Russia's invasion has made the challenges more acute. This special report by

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calls attention to the gendered impacts of the ongoing war or-f.org/113108

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What does it take to make your story heard in an overcrowded #creatoreconomy?

@supriyapaul93

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@BeingUpile

discuss at #CyFy2022!

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This survey by Harsh V Pant

aims to gather the views of #India’s youth and offer insights that can be useful for the country’s foreign-policymakers or-f.org/112970

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examines the strengths and weaknesses of offensive applications of #cyber capabilities. or-f.org/113161

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examines the state of #malnutrition in India's #NorthEast states, where the patterns are worse than the country averages.

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offers a historical account of how #India acquired its first aircraft carrier in the 1960s, the forces that have either supported or resisted the idea of a carrier-centric navy, and the consequences for the #Navy.

Nehru’s Navy: India's Tryst with Aircraft Carriers | ORF

On 2 September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier.

#India has world class #healthcare in urban agglomerations, but public healthcare continues to be overcrowded and underfunded. From Ovee Karwa &

@DeoSahil

Why is healthcare expensive in India? | ORF

They will treat you for free, but there is a chance that the doctors themselves are missing, and you might have to wait for the whole day

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raises the red flags on interconnected #macroeconomic parameters impacted by global events—a contraction in remittances, FOREX depletion, and weakening #Bangladeshi Taka. or-f.org/113394

Ramesh Agarwal,

@scrab017

, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath,

@ShamikaRavi

take stock of the successes and failures of #MadhyaPradesh. They highlight the required interventions in #health services delivery, financing, governance & data infrastructure. or-f.org/113528

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compendium seeks to explore what future #warfare might look like, the different theatres & domains where wars will be fought & the role of #emtech in aiding the goals of future warfare.

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analyses the challenges facing the #youth of the #Commonwealth countries, where 60 percent of the combined population are under-30. or-f.org/113688

Representative governments have increased across the world in the last few decades but the participation of #women remains low.

@AmbarKumarGhos1

looks at how women’s representation in India’s #Parliament has improved since independence. or-f.org/113758

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outlines recommendations for a set of indicators to monitor #India's performance as a partner in #development cooperation. or-f.org/113840

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argues that while the #security of sea lines of communication (SLOCs) remains critical for Asian and African littoral states in the #IndoPacific, geopolitics complicates security cooperation between them. or-f.org/113906

Digital Trust Targeting Stressed Systems | Benedikt Wechsler | CyFy...

#Digital trust is important for political systems as they are under stress due to fast #technological changes. Watch Benedikt Wechsler's address at #CyFy2022!

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ORF CyFy 2022 || Benedikt Wechsler: Digital Trust is indeed important for political systems as the system is under stress due to fast technological changes....

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studies documents on #AI ethics released so far by states, NGOs, and private entities, and finds that themes of #sustainability and solidarity are sparsely referenced in them. or-f.org/113957

🚨 #Rewind PolicyPod: Something in the Air: Taking Stock of #India's #AirPollution Crisis 🚨 With

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As the world urbanises and #climatechange accentuates problems of food, urban and peri-urban areas must play a significant role in global food and nutritional security, argues Ramanath Jha.

Optimising Urban Agriculture: A Pathway to Food Security in India | ORF

Urban agriculture refers to agricultural practices in urban and peri-urban areas.[1] Peri-urban areas are those transitioning from rural land

The legal lacunae in regulating political parties and #election finance need to be plugged, states

@ahluss

Regulating political parties and opaque election finance | ORF

The legal lacunae in regulating political parties and election finance need to be plugged

Prohibition in #Bihar is making the state lose excise revenues while spending heavily on the #liquorban’s implementation, writes Ramanath Jha

Bihar prohibition: An unmitigated disaster | ORF

Ever since the government of Bihar prohibited liquor sales in the state in 2016, it has invited scathing criticism for is substantial failure

The #EU and its officials should not alienate the world at a time when it is in need of partners in the midst of the #Ukrainecrisis, opines

@MalhotraShairee

For Europe, all publicity is not good publicity | ORF

It is rare for the European Union (EU) foreign policy chief to be trending on social media platforms across the globe.

By demonstrating #CleanTech’s potential to catalyse #climateaction and forging international partnerships around technological innovation, #India is advancing the COP agenda, explains

@asarma2710

. #COP27

Advancing the COP27 Agenda: India’s push for cleantech | ORF

COP27 got off to a sobering start in Sharm el-Sheikh with the release of the WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022 report.

As the world inches towards establishing #cybernorms, questions around #cyber sovereignty emerge. From

@anubha31_gupta

Can cyber sovereignty rein in cyber anarchy? | ORF

In 1983 at Camp David, President Ronald Reagan watched the then new Hollywood thriller WarGames in which a teenager hacks

The #digitaldivide affects every aspect of life. Therefore, for a fast-growing nation such as #India, the focus needs to shift from simple economic growth to equitable and #inclusive growth. Vaishnavi Chandrasekhar writes

Understanding the digital divide in financial inclusion | ORF

With the world readily embracing the digital age, the applications of technology have had far-reaching impacts in all realms of society.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit marks a point of tension in #Germany’s stance of seeing #China as “a partner, a competitor, and a systemic rival,” writes

@ankitadutta5

Business as Usual? Chancellor Scholz’s visit to China | ORF

The year 2022 marks the 50th year of the establishment of Germany-China diplomatic relations. While the partnership has gone from strength

The Global South experiences a disproportionate impact of #climatechange which in turn leads to #foodinsecurity, points out

@shoba_suri

. #COP27

Climate change and food security in the Global South | ORF

The largest food crisis in recent history is currently affecting the entire world. Unless immediate action is taken to address the drivers

Adopting a #netzero strategy for the COP for the coming years would push the whole ecosystem into full swing. It would help consolidate the practices related to the #greentransition, suggests Galit Palzur. #COP27

Moving from pledges to implementation: Let's start by making the COPs net zero | ORF

A while back, I used to be a climate finance negotiator for Israel in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

N Sathiya Moorthy writes on how the global downturns have made it tricky for the #Maldivian government to keep #debt financing in check

Maldives: Achieving debt sustainability might prove difficult | ORF

At a time when the nation is limping back to normalcy after two long years of COVID-imposed economic downturn the world over.

Power of Conversation || Piyush Kulshreshtha || CyFy 2022

Watch

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discuss #technology and the power of conversation at #CyFy2022!

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ORF CyFy 2022 || Speedtalk: Piyush Kulshreshtha, CEO and Founder, Loktantra Mediatech, India#PowerofConversation #CyFy2022 #PiyushKulshreshtha #orf Watch mor...