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IdeasContextA Stronger India
Geopolitics & Foreign Policy
From the criminal markets of the 1970s to international trafficking and business infiltration today, the evidence demands scrutiny of the institutions, intermediaries and decisions that allow mafia power to survive.
Read analysisReligion
Orthodox Jewish and traditional Hindu households can give the body, the kitchen and the family calendar religious weight. Some practices look strikingly alike. But resemblance is not identity: the rules arise from different texts, histories and authorities, and they shape daily life in different ways.
Read analysisIndian Public Policy
India has rules for permitted additives, labelling, testing and recalls. The unsettled question is whether citizens can see what matters: how much people actually consume, which groups face the greatest exposure, what is under review, and what happens when products fail.
Read analysisEnergy, Oil & Shipping
India's strategic caverns can hold 5.33 MMT, but verified physical inventory was about 21.4 million barrels in March 2025—roughly 4.3 days using FY2025–26 crude imports. A stronger reserve requires auditable stocks, enforceable emergency rights and a funded expansion plan.
Read analysisEnergy, Oil & Shipping
The EV boom is cutting road-fuel use, but aviation, shipping, petrochemicals, freight and defence will keep oil strategically important for decades.
Read analysisIndian Public Policy
India launched DigiLocker in 2015—before several celebrated European public-document wallets—and exceeded 73.53 crore registrations by this article's 26 September 2026 research cutoff. Registrations do not measure regular or active use.
Read analysisDefence & National Security
India has stronger response forces, warning systems and disaster finance than it did in 2014. The next test is making national capacity work in every city, district and neighbourhood.
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