Editorial Analysis

Despite its emergence as a global economic force and digital innovator, India continues to face serious challenges in gender equality, as highlighted by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report (2025). 

India needs to embrace deeper engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations rather than retreat from existing trade agreements, as Asia reconfigures itself around trade, technology, and strategic alliances.

The recent surge in custodial deaths across various Indian states has brought the spotlight back on a dark and persistent issue: the abuse of power by law enforcement authorities and the systemic failure of India’s criminal justice system.

The Great Nicobar Island has emerged as a focal point for India's strategic and developmental ambitions, as the government pushes forward with a massive infrastructure overhaul.

As climate change accelerates sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, and coastal erosion in India’s coastline affecting its environment, socially and politically.

As the trade deadline approaches, the USA is ramping up pressure on India to open its agriculture market to genetically modified (GM) crops.

On July 5, 2025, India marks both the fourth anniversary of its Ministry of Cooperation and the International Day of Cooperatives, during a year globally recognized as the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives. 

Manufacturing has long been the backbone of economic growth, employment generation, and technological advancement for emerging economies. 

India’s development cooperation with the Global South has been showing a rising trend for the last several years.

The editorial highlights the significant role of technology in integrating and empowering various initiatives under the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) in India.