Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman said that all restrictions imposed on government and police vehicles as part of the country’s fuel rationing measures have been lifted, in order to allow authorities …
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India’s Chief Economic Advisor Calls for Agile Fiscal Policy Amid Global Shocks at IMF-World Bank Meetings
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readIndia’s Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran emphasized the need for flexible and forward-looking policymaking as global economies navigate overlapping structural shifts, during a panel discussion at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings …
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New York Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar Introduces Ethics and Transparency Reform Package
by SAH Staff Reporter 3 minutes readNew York Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar has introduced a broad package of “good government, ethics, and transparency” legislation aimed at strengthening oversight and reinforcing public accountability. The measures are designed to …
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India’s Digital Energy Initiative Takes Center Stage at World Bank Spring Meetings
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 3 minutes readAt the 2026 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., India’s Secretary of Finance for the Department of Economic Affairs, Anuradha Thakur, delivered keynote remarks at the “Smart, Connected, Customer-Centric: …
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Ease of Doing Business Boost as Jan Vishwas Act Decriminalizes Cantonment Norms
by Parwinder Sandhu 5 minutes readIn a major step toward decriminalization and ease of compliance, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, passed recently by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, seeks sweeping reforms to …
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The Simplification Temptation: Modi’s Grand Wager on Uniformity in an Unruly Democracy
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 8 minutes readThere is a particular kind of political courage — or audacity, depending on where you stand — in proposing to simplify what has resisted simplification for seventy-five years. Narendra Modi, …
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As a student of law who always found political science interesting, I was taught how elections in India, more often than not, were battles of ideology, of competing visions of …
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Nepal’s political landscape appears to be undergoing its most dramatic transformation in decades, as early results from the March 5 parliamentary elections point to a sweeping surge for the reformist …
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From Data Sovereignty to Ethics, India Outlines Global AI Governance Vision
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readAt a moment when artificial intelligence is racing ahead faster than regulators and societies can comfortably absorb, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the Leaders’ Plenary Session of the India AI …
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Franco-Indian AI Collaboration in Health: A New Strategic Axis Beyond Washington and Beijing
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readArtificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every sector of modern life, but nowhere is its potential more profound than in healthcare. At a recent summit, India and France inaugurated the Franco-Indian …