For nations like India, #COP30 reinforces the ocean-climate nexus. Mangrove restoration, resilient ports, blue economy policies & community-led adaptation show what scalable action looks like. Empowering coastal communities is key to a 1.5°C-secure future: @anushastweets

Week 4 of #PolicyAgora introduced students to novel ways of thinking through policy dilemmas. We started with a session on how policymakers think through emerging technology regulation - balancing innovation, governance, and public interest. We were joined by Shweta Bansal

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The National Crime Records Bureau (#NCRB) must end the Principal Offence Rule, which hides multiple crimes in one FIR. This “definitional burking” lowers totals and distorts trends, hurting crime policy and public trust: Ramanath Jha

#COP30 Exclusive | Tropical forests are our strongest defence against #ClimateChange, yet financing lags behind. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility offers a permanent, equitable model for protection. Hear more on The #PolicyWall with Mauricio Bianco & @LeighhMante

Despite venturing into new domains of cooperation, the #Quad’s operational focus illustrates that the grouping has continued to remain most active in efforts to bolster #maritime security preparedness: @sayantan_h

This @orfonline special report by @rajivlathar argues that the infrastructure web spun by the #Chinese along India’s northern borders over the last eight years post #Doklam is purely hegemonic and coercive.

#Ports give the investing country a foothold in #foreign markets—stimulating industry, protecting trade and #energy, and broadening #naval options. They offer control over #maritime traffic and are critical to strengthening #bilateral ties: @SohiniBose13

The right to self-defence was meant to preserve peace, not preempt it. Unless the world restores restraint and clarity to #Article51, the #UNCharter’s core promise, to make #war the last resort, may fade into irrelevance: @UdayvirAhuja

“Power has shifted from borders to bandwidth — the new battleground is digital.” At @Vikram_Sood’s Great Power Games book launch, @smritiirani highlights how digital nationalism now shapes influence through platforms, algorithms & #data—not territory Watch

Regenerative #agriculture cannot achieve the scale of decarbonisation needed to link agrifood systems with global climate objectives in the absence of explicit Scope 3 emission reductions. This accountability is critical to any credible #climate strategy in global food systems:

With #USAID scaled back, #AFRICOM is carrying the load under #Trump. #Security can deliver strikes, not stability. Without development and governance, tactical gains won’t translate into #peace: @AmbGurjitSingh

#BookLaunch | Great Power Games: From Western Decline to Eastern Ascent At the #BookLaunch of ‘Great Power Games: From Western Decline to Eastern Ascent’, @swatichopra1 and @samirsaran delivered the opening remarks, reflecting on @Vikram_Sood’s decades of service and his

Eleven essays in this volume, curated by @malancha_1chakr, explore the #SouthAfrican #G20 Presidency’s core ambitions: solidarity, equality, and sustainability.

#BookLaunch | Author @Vikram_Sood launches Great Power Games, offering an insider’s view of how nations shape narratives, project influence, and compete for dominance in a rapidly changing world. The event brought together leading thinkers and policymakers to reflect on India’s

Targeted budgeting for the #SDGs and project-based financing must be integrated into policy. African countries should also mobilise long-term capital through blended and #GreenFinance, leveraging partnerships at multilateral forums such as #BRICS and the #G20: @jhanvi_t &

#India’s #diabetes crisis now begins in childhood. With rising pre-diabetes and obesity rates among school-age children, prevention must start early; in classrooms, canteens, and communities: K. S. Uplabdh Gopal

Politics is heating up: rifts inside the People’s National Congress (#PNC) and the #Maldivian Democratic Party (#MDP), plus the People’s National Front (#PNF) in the mix. With 2028 in sight, the Island Council polls could shift the landscape—because “time can change: N. Sathiya

#BookLaunch | Great Power Games offers a sharp look at a world order in flux—tracing how nations wield power through covert ops, proxy wars, disinformation & economic coercion as global rules are rewritten in real time. Watch @Vikram_Sood, @smritiirani, @PandaJay, @gchikermane,

For nations like India, #COP30 reinforces the ocean-climate nexus. Mangrove restoration, resilient ports, blue economy policies & community-led adaptation show what scalable action looks like. Empowering coastal communities is key to a 1.5°C-secure future: @anushastweets

The National Crime Records Bureau (#NCRB) must end the Principal Offence Rule, which hides multiple crimes in one FIR. This “definitional burking” lowers totals and distorts trends, hurting crime policy and public trust: Ramanath Jha