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People at the Centre: Rethinking Urban Planning in an Age of Migration

December 28, 2025

Cities today dominate the global imagination as engines of growth, innovation, and opportunity. From smart infrastructure to digital governance, urban policy often focuses on efficiency, scale, and competitiveness. Yet, in this pursuit, the most fundamental element of urban life is frequently overlooked—the people who inhabit cities, migrate to them, and continually reshape them. The widening gap between how cities are designed, how they are imagined, and how they are actually experienced points to a critical missing link in modern urban planning.

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India’s Foreign Policy in 2025: From Diplomatic Optimism to Strategic Reality Check

December 28, 2025

The year 2025 began with unusual confidence in India’s foreign policy. After a domestically focused election year in 2024, New Delhi appeared ready to re-engage the world—seeking trade agreements, repairing regional ties, and stabilising relationships with major powers. By the end of the year, however, that optimism had given way to strategic unease. Economic pressures, energy insecurity, shifting global alignments, and an unstable neighbourhood exposed the limits of India’s current diplomatic approach.

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Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling: A New Scientific Path in the Fight Against Obesity

December 28, 2025

Obesity has emerged as one of the most complex public health challenges of the 21st century, driving diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic disorders worldwide. While most treatments focus on appetite suppression or lifestyle modification, scientists are now revisiting a bold and once-abandoned biological idea: increasing energy expenditure directly at the cellular level. Recent research from the University of Technology Sydney has renewed interest in this approach by developing safer forms of mitochondrial uncoupling, potentially opening a new frontier in obesity and metabolic disease management.

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Rabies in India: A Preventable Disease Turned Persistent Public Health Failure

December 28, 2025

Rabies remains one of the most tragic paradoxes of India’s public health landscape. Despite being completely preventable through timely medical intervention, the disease continues to claim nearly one-third of global rabies deaths in India. The reality inside rabies wards—where patients are admitted not for cure but for palliative care—exposes deep systemic failures rooted in poverty, weak health infrastructure, policy gaps, and social neglect.

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India New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Strategic, Economic and Diplomatic Significance

December 28, 2025

India is poised to conclude 2025 on a high note in economic diplomacy with the successful completion of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Zealand. Announced jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, the agreement is expected to significantly deepen bilateral economic ties and potentially double trade volumes within five years. Beyond trade figures, the FTA reflects India’s evolving approach to global economic integration and strategic partnerships.

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