by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Through Raghu Rai’s Lens, There Is Always Drama in Bengal, in Faces and in Nature Writing about the place where you grew up is a bit like writing about your mum. If you are too effusive, people shake their heads: “The boy loves his mother”. If you...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Assam’s Mandate of Assertion and Polarisation, How the BJP Conflated Identity and Development The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to form the government in Assam for a third consecutive term. In an Assembly of 126...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The AI Layoff Trap, When Productivity Becomes a Problem In many ways, a gig economy worker in a third-world country lives better than any 19th century monarch. The average 21st century individual lives decades longer, while enjoying better health and access to far...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The Hawkish Case, Why the MPC Should Have Hiked Rates The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to hold the policy rates unchanged in the April monetary policy, which remains largely in consonance with market expectations. In the last few months, as conflict in...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Beyond RCEP, How the India-New Zealand FTA Signals a New Era of Strategic Economic Statecraft The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed this week is far more than a conventional trade pact. It is part of a defensive architecture against a fragmenting...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Governance Is the Ultimate Currency in Kerala, Why the UDF Returned and the LDF Fell Kerala has long kept its own counsel at the ballot box. In the Assembly elections of 2026, the electorate of this politically alert State delivered what may be observed as a decisive...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Reimagining the Legal Frame for Cantonments, A Shift from Criminalisation to Compliance The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, passed recently by Parliament, marks a turning point in the legal history of India’s cantonments. While the Act has a...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
When Capital Heals and Harms, India’s Private Equity Healthcare Dilemma After the pandemic receded, India stood at a critical inflection point in healthcare. The crisis had exposed gaping holes in public health infrastructure, overwhelmed existing facilities,...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Capitalising on Changing Tamil Voter Mood, The Rise of Vijay and the Crisis of Dravidian Politics Social justice, especially the reservation policy, is not an existential issue in that it is yet another detail to be attended to while filling forms. Or it becomes a...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The Structural Dominance of the BJP, Beyond Charisma to the Machinery of Power The phase of Indian politics since 2014 has been widely termed the fourth party system, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) constituting a dominant pole that increasingly structures the...
