BioE3 and Gene Editing: Biotech’s Promise vs Biosafety and Ethics
A UPSC Mains GS3 editorial on the BioE3 Policy, India's $195.3 bn bioeconomy, world-first gene-edited rice, and the biosafety, ethics, and trust questions that…
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India’s Quantum Bet: The National Quantum Mission and the Race Not to Lag
A UPSC Mains GS3 editorial on the National Quantum Mission, the Amaravati Quantum Valley, and India's post-quantum cryptography roadmap, balancing ambition against scale and…
AI Governance in India: Regulating Power Without Strangling Innovation
A UPSC Mains editorial on AI governance in India, balancing the IndiaAI Mission and IT Amendment Rules 2026 against the EU's risk-based AI Act.
India in the Arctic: Why a Scientific Footprint Isn’t a Strategy
A UPSC Mains GS2-GS3 editorial on India's Arctic strategy: strong science at Himadri and IndARC, but access routed through Russia and no icebreaker of…
Geoeconomics as Statecraft: Trade, Semiconductors and Critical Minerals
A UPSC Mains editorial on geoeconomics as statecraft, mapping India's FTA push, critical-minerals mission and semiconductor build-out against China's supply-chain chokeholds.
Neighbourhood First, Under Strain: The China Factor in India’s Backyard
A UPSC Mains editorial on India's Neighbourhood First policy under strain as China deepens its South Asia footprint, from Bangladesh's new government to Hambantota.
India and the Iran Question: Strategic Autonomy Under a West Asia War
A UPSC Mains GS2 and GS3 editorial on India's strategic autonomy as a 2026 West Asia war squeezes its Iran channel against its Israel,…
IMEC vs BRI: India’s Connectivity Bet Under a West Asia Shadow
A UPSC Mains editorial on IMEC versus BRI, India's connectivity strategy, and how the West Asia war tests a corridor built on Saudi-Israel rail.
BRICS Without a Joint Statement: Does Multipolarity Have a Core?
A UPSC Mains GS2 editorial on the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting that ended without a joint statement, and whether the multipolarity the bloc claims…
The Price of Strategic Autonomy: Russian Oil, US Tariffs and the Limits of Multialignment
A UPSC Mains editorial on the price of India's strategic autonomy: Russian oil, US tariffs, the 6 Feb 2026 trade framework, and the limits…
India and the US–China–Russia Triangle: Strategic Autonomy in a Realigning Order
A UPSC Mains GS2 editorial on whether India can sustain strategic autonomy and multialignment as Beijing emerges as the hub of a realigning US–China–Russia…
Heat Is Now an Urban Governance Test
A UPSC Mains editorial on why heat action plans must move beyond warnings into funded urban design, worker protection, ventilation and public health capacity.