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The article critically analyzes the current implementation of the 'Indian Knowledge System' (IKS) project in educational institutions like IITs. It argues that the project, instead of focusing on genuine indigenous intellectual contributions such as Panini's linguistics, Nyaya logic, Kerala school of mathematics, or Wootz steel, promotes 'Puranic science,' mythology as history, and ritual as technology, lacking verifiability.
Read analysisThe article highlights India's critical challenge of achieving digital and technological sovereignty, citing vulnerabilities from its dependence on foreign digital infrastructure, software, and cloud platforms. Incidents like CCTV network compromises and denial of services due to foreign sanctions underscore risks to national security, commerce, and government operations. It proposes a multi-pronged strategy for India, including indigenous development (e.g., UPI, RuPay, satellite navigation), fostering private sector participation in defence, pursuing strategic international partnerships (e.g., Micron, Pax Silica, BrahMos), and significantly increasing R&D spending to ensure strategic autonomy and economic competitiveness.
Read analysisThe article discusses the Union Health Ministry's recent ban on 16 Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) drugs, citing lack of therapeutic justification, irrationality, and safety concerns. This follows a similar ban in 2016 on over 330 FDCs. FDCs, which combine two or more active ingredients, were initially intended to improve patient compliance, especially for chronic conditions. However, irrational combinations can be ineffective, harmful, and contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly with antibiotic FDCs. The article emphasizes the need for strict implementation and monitoring by regulatory authorities to ensure the ban's effectiveness.
Read analysisThe article analyzes China's strategy to reshape the global order amidst the perceived decline of American foreign policy. It argues that China is not seeking to overturn the existing international system but rather selectively revising it, preserving institutional structures while subtly rewriting the normative foundations. Beijing's engagement with the UN, WTO, and creation of parallel institutions like AIIB and NDB demonstrate its institutional revisionism. More significantly, China's four global initiatives (Development, Security, Civilization, Governance) are presented as a campaign of 'norm entrepreneurship,' aiming to redefine concepts like human rights, democracy, and sovereignty to align with its authoritarian objectives. The article highlights how China champions Westphalian norms when convenient but disregards them (e.g., South China Sea ruling) when not, posing a risk to the principles of sovereign equality, individual rights, and the rule of law, which is contrary to India's strategic interests.
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