Dear Reader,
As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues unabated, the Ukrainian leadership cannot be faulted for feeling a pang of remorse. In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear deterrence in the face of security guarantees by the US, Europe and Russia!
ThePrint asks if Russia would have so brazenly barged into Ukraine if it still had its nuclear stockpile. This will also make nations like North Korea, Israel and Iran resolve to never forsake their undeclared nuclear capability. On its part, India must be reflecting on its ‘fortuitous’ decision to go nuclear decades ago despite moral questions and global pressures.
The Ukraine imbroglio has also drawn attention to the plight of thousands of Indian medical students in that country and raised questions about why students from India are forced to go abroad for acquiring a medical degree. Swarajya examines the reason why and looks at what needs to be done to remedy the situation.
The government’s recent clampdown on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), especially on its capacity to access foreign funding, has been unprecedented in India’s history. The inability of some CSOs to up their governance performance in line with corporate standards has been construed as abdicating responsibility in spending of funds and sound management. The India Forum analyses the implications.
Five premier institutions in India dealing with the environment and forests, including the Wildlife Institute of India, were “disengaged” from the Union Ministry of Environment. The Bastion focuses on how this “financial and administrative” divorce has affected the funding and functioning of these establishments.
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Warmly,
Sunil Rajshekhar
IPSMF
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