What Happens After a Rocket Fails? | Space Launch 3
Failure is an unavoidable part of developing launch vehicles, but not every launch company survives it. Lokendra Sharma and Ashwin Prasad Ra...
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Laughs and SCO-ffs At Bishkek
In this episode of All Things Policy, Anisree Suresh sits with Manoj Kewalramani and Anushka Saxena to unpack the 26th SCO Summit. They anal...
What India Gains from BRICS and the SCO
India’s participation in BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation often appears contradictory. New Delhi shares the table with China,...
NPC Watch: China's Defence in Jeopardy?
In this episode of 'All Things Policy', Aditi Palo quizzes Anushka Saxena on her takeaways from the recently concluded session of the 14th S...
Reading the Himalayan Warning Signs
The devastating floods in Nepal are a reminder of how hazards in one part of the Himalayas can cascade into disasters hundreds of kilometres...
Navigating the Ice Silk Road
A Chinese shipping company – Sea Legend- announced that it will be starting container shipping services between China’s east coast and the U...
What Does The Mecca Pact Actually Change?
What does the emerging Mecca Pact mean for regional security and, more crucially, for India? In this episode of All Things Policy, Research...
Semicon 2.0 Focuses on Getting India's Chip Design Game Right
On 31 August 2026, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) notified Semicon 2.0 – Scheme for the development of Semicon...
You Can Have a Rocket and Still Lose Access to Space | Space Launch 2
A rocket is only useful if it has somewhere reliable to launch from. Lokendra Sharma and Ashwin Prasad Rao discuss how geography, launch ran...
Who Pays for Private Rockets? | Space Launch 1
Private rockets may be built by companies, but who gives them enough demand to survive and scale? Lokendra Sharma and Ashwin Prasad Rao disc...
Should India Aspire to Have 15-Minute Cities?
A 15-minute city is an urban planning concept where all daily essential services are accessible within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from an...
How Is The Iran War Impacting US Midterms?
In this episode of All Things Policy, Vanshika Saraf and Abhishek Kadiyala examine what the war on Iran means for the November 2026 midterm...
Where Will Future Growth Come From?
Since 1950, only a handful of countries have made the jump from poor to rich, and nearly all of them did it in a similar way. Put a lot of p...
The Great Indian Tournament
In this episode, 'The Great Indian Tournament' — Only a few "win" India's white-collar job market while millions compete for a shrinking num...
The State of Fiscal Decentralisation in Karnataka
Karnataka has long been seen as a leader in fiscal decentralisation, giving local governments both responsibilities and resources to deliver...
Pakistan in the Middle: Mediating West Asia
Pakistan has emerged as an unlikely mediator in the conflict in West Asia, balancing its relationships with Iran, Saudi Arabia, the US and C...
State Equity In AI Companies
In August, Sam Altman floated the idea of handing the US government about five per cent of OpenAI, dressed up as a sovereign wealth fund for...
Risk and Resilience: Built in Peacetime
Sooner or later, every country gets hit — a pandemic, a war, a shipping lane that closes, a bank that fails. And there is a comfortable beli...
Why Swimming Is A Policy Issue
India recorded 38,503 drowning deaths in 2022, 9.1% of all accidental deaths in the country (source: NCRB). Yet swimming is still treated as...
India’s Sovereign AI Stack: Beyond the GPU Race
India’s AI ambitions are often framed around chips, GPUs, and the race for cutting-edge models. But AI is much more than hardware. In this e...