“The expansion of BRICS and the inclusion of new partners reflect its ability to evolve with the times…In the age of AI, where technology evolves every week, it’s unacceptable for global institutions to go eighty years without reform. You can’t run 21st-century software on 20th-century typewriters!” – PM Narendra Modi at BRICS 2025 The BRICS alliance, originally formed as a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) in 2006,

The relationship between India and Pakistan, despite their shared history and status as neighboring countries, remains strained, marked by decades of conflict, mistrust, and diplomatic setbacks. Pakistan has, time and again, attempted to cause unrest in India. Drawn into the crucible of conflict in 1947, when tribal marauders from Pakistan descended upon Kashmir, igniting a war that stood to scar the newly formed Republic of India. Again in 1965, the

Time Spent on Unpaid Domestic and Caregiving Services – Are today’s policies reducing women’s ‘Time Poverty’ Introduction The National Statistical Office (NSO) has recently published the findings of the Time Use Survey (TUS) 2024, providing a detailed snapshot of how people across India distribute their daily 1,440 minutes among paid work, unpaid tasks, and personal activities. As a vital statistical instrument, the survey offers crucial data on the utilization of

1. INTRODUCTION Flicking through any policy journal from the last decade, one will notice a singular theme popping up time and again: how to move money without it leaking away. In India, this puzzle matters most in farming villages, where a few thousand rupees can decide whether seed is bought on time or a family eats two decent meals a day. That is why the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) platform—a giant digital