by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
A Tightening of the Fist, India’s Draft IT Rules and the Future of the Digital Public Square Imagine this. You leave a sharp, satirical comment on social media or under a news article about rising fuel prices, and it gets a few likes. A few hours later, the...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
Sun’s Strong Gravity, How the Organon Acquisition Reshapes India Inc’s Global Ambitions The acquisition of New Jersey-headquartered drugmaker Organon pushes Sun Pharma further into the high-margin dermatology, oncology and obesity segments. This, apart...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
Saint Francis Xavier at the Centre of a Storm, When YouTube Hate Reaches Goa’s Patron Saint A YouTuber, a saint, and a state’s communal harmony—these are the elements of a controversy that has gripped Goa in recent days. Gautam Khattar, who describes...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
Modern Parenting, Discipline or Convenience? The Quiet Crisis of Character in the Age of Instant Gratification In restaurants, homes, and even schools, a familiar scene unfolds: a young child fusses, and almost reflexively, a smartphone or tablet is handed over. The...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
Sun’s Rise in the West, A Deal That’s Priced Right, But R&D Remains the Missing Piece Sun Pharma would appear to have got itself a sweet deal when it agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of US-based Organon...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
The Free-Floating Rupee Myth, Why Market Forces Alone Cannot Determine India’s Exchange Rate The Indian rupee fell sharply from 88.49 per dollar on November 19, 2025, to 95.21 in late March 2026, before recovering to 94.3 in April. The sharp slide has sparked...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
The Tangled Web, Why the 131st Amendment Was Not About Women’s Reservation “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.” This Walter Scott quote is a fine summary of the events of the past week. On the evening of April 18, a...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
The Contradiction at the Heart of Indian Politics, Celebrating Women Voters, Resisting Women Lawmakers India’s political class often speaks of women with reverence and negotiates with them with caution. Every election celebrates the woman voter through promises...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
India’s Resilience to the Fore, How the Country Weathers the Iran War Shock The Iran war has posed the greatest external shock for India since the pandemic. Firstly, oil prices rocketed, from 65−70perbarrelto65−70perbarrelto83-106 per barrel in only a few days....
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Apr 28, 2026 | Courses
Beyond Complementarities, How the India-New Zealand FTA Redefines Trade for Like-Minded Democracies With a series of disruptions in recent years, marked by geopolitical tensions and the reconfiguration of global supply chains, the geometry of trade agreements is being...
