Perspectives

By Sukumar Muralidharan, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Journalism & Communication  Centuries of history are invoked in China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) — by any measure an audacious effort at creating a new strategic architecture in the Eurasian land mass. Official China has referred back to its age of Continue Reading

-By Deepanshu Mohan, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs After 15 years, a new National Health Policy (NHP) finally became a possibility after being approved by the Union cabinet a few days ago. Prior to the NHP of 2017, two previous health policies of 1983 and 2002 were aligned Continue Reading

To reiterate a cliché, the rail journeys themselves become the destinations, rather than simply being peripatetic wagons. –By Arup K Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School Thanks to JK Rowling’s literary clairvoyance, Harry Potter and his ilk travel to and aboard fraction-numbered platforms (9 3/4) and mythical trains (Hogwarts Continue Reading

-By Vishavjeet Chaudhary, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School & Gursharan Singh, alumnus of JGLS Raising productivity, reforming land policies and solving the remunerative price mess will require massive amounts of public investment and political will. Is the Modi government up to the task? The Niti Aayog recently came out with its Continue Reading

By- Prof. Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik, Director, Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies, Jindal Global Law School The Indian Army using a human shield in Kashmir to evade stone-pelters has caught significant media attention, leading to a number of questions under the purview of national and international laws. What is the Continue Reading

-By Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School The US missile attack on the al-Shayrat airbase in Syria on the night of 6-7 April in response to the Bashar al-Assad regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons has received positive reactions from Western politicians and commentators across the board. Continue Reading

-By Deepanshu Mohan, Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs & Shivkrit Rai, Student, Jindal Global Law School “Somewhat bizarrely, the issue of learning is not very prominently positioned in international declarations…the implicit assumption, presumably, was that learning would follow from enrolment. But, unfortunately, things aren’t that simple…” ∼ Poor Economics Continue Reading

-By Sushant Chandra, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School THE closure of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Allahabad High Court marks an end of a glorious era and ushers in a new one — adorned by hopes and promises of reinstating the majesty and regal traditions of the court. This Continue Reading

–By  Sriroop Chaudhuri and Mimi Roy, Assistant Professors at Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities As the adversities of climatic aberrations start making inroads into global water resource development strategies, the need to protect and conserve freshwater resources and impetus to search for alternate water sources has soared. To Continue Reading

-By Dr. Armin Rosencranz, Prof. of Law & Dushyant Kaul, Student, Jindal Global Law School By putting the NGT in charge of monitoring the Ganga, the Supreme Court has highlighted the ineptitude of the central government, which has failed to take major action for more than 30 years, despite the Continue Reading