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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicObserver Research Foundation

Topic: Observer Research Foundation

From Trump to Netanyahu to Modi’s MEA, Twiplomacy is the new diplomacy. And it’s working

Social media has become an indispensable arrow in the quiver of diplomacy. And Twitter has proven to be a soft power tool by providing a direct channel between diplomats and citizens.

Indian media’s tendency to brand madrasa students as terrorists is ruining institutions

Authors Ziya Us Salam and Aslam Parvaiz have documented how madrasa textbooks are caught up in a time warp but mainstream media not doing its job.

‘Like China, India should invest across Indo-Pacific to ensure regional security’

A report by Dhruva Jaishankar of the Observer Research Foundation calls on India to continue to work with China whenever possibilities present themselves.

G7 summit shows post-war liberal world order is failing. India’s diplomacy offers a solution

PM Modi participated in two sessions at Biarritz summit, on climate change and digitisation, signaling India’s growing willingness to lead on issues.

The sheer folly of Modi govt’s media managers plotting a Kashmir-is-normal story

It is preposterous for anyone to have expected celebrations in Kashmir when Modi govt had placed 7 million people under a clampdown.

MMR vaccine doesn’t increase autism risk, says Denmark study

Scientists at Statens Serum Institut also find that vaccines do not trigger autism in children who are at risk. Study comes amid fears of falling vaccination rates.  

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.