“Even if you are stuck on the Mars, Indian Embassy there will help you,” tweeted SushmaSwaraj, India’s then external affairs minister, on 8 June 2017, to an Indian abroad. Over the last month, the ministry, along with Air India,supplemented by the Indian Air Force, has, under challenging circumstances, evacuated2,981 Indian citizens, stranded in the hotspots of the coronavirus epidemic around the read more

Precision analytical instruments, diagnostic kits, medical equipment, sensors, actuators, optics, semiconductors, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), are the backbone of any civilian and defence Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDTE) activities. Modern practical scientific investigations are incomplete, imperfect, and flawed without these high-end gadgets. Very few countries have the competency read more

All governments will be judged byhow they managed the coronavirus epidemic of 2020. There will be no escaping the final statistics: how many people died and how figures compare with other countries. The four key policy dilemmas with which all governments have been struggling are: how transparent to be with their citizens. The balance is always between avoiding complacency, on the one hand, and causing panic, on the other; read more

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is an unparalleled global challenge, requiring much more concerted regional and international cooperation than currently evident, says Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House. The former ambassador to five countries points out that the Indian government's approach has evolved from monitoring, and learning from, other countries and the strategies they have adopted. read more