Editorial Analysis

A clean, transparent, and accountable system needed for economic growth and national development, as India aspires to become Viksit Bharat (developed nation) by 2047.

For over a decade, the BRICS countries have been steadily working to reduce its dependence on the dollar-dominated Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) global financial system.

The ongoing wave of layoffs in India’s IT sector, often described as ‘silent exits’, reflects deeper structural changes, as IT giants like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro are aligning their workforces with a new digital reality driven by AI and automation.

As India approaches the 76th anniversary of the Constitution, there is renewed reflection on its core values and structural foundations. The Indian Federation continues to exemplify the balance between national unity and regional diversity.

India’s new Labour Codes, consolidating several existing laws into a unified, modern framework designed to foster clarity, consistency, and equity across the workforce.

Recent strikes by National Health Mission (NHM) staff and ASHA workers across multiple states, including Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Kerala, have highlighted a deep-rooted crisis in India’s public healthcare workforce.

The introduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 aiming to enhance governance and accountability, along with serious risks to democratic principles and civil liberties.

The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) has emerged as a pivotal maritime region where security, trade, and diplomacy converge, once seen as a remote expanse, and a peripheral concern in global geopolitics.

Recently, India and the European Union (EU) announced a New Strategic EU-India Agenda, which includes a proposal to explore the integration of India’s Carbon Market with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), marking a step toward aligning carbon market mechanisms between the Global North and South.

In recent years, India’s constitutional courts have revived the concept of ‘constitutional morality’ for constitutional interpretation and judicial reasoning, and has become a litmus test for the constitutional validity of laws and a safeguard against the volatility of public morality.