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Jul 25, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
Takshashila Policy with Parliament | Part 4

The ongoing session will likely see The Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2023 being introduced.

It seeks to replace the older Drug & Cosmetic Act, 1940 to reflect advancements in science & technology.

A 🧵on the Bill.

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Last year, a draft of The Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022 had been circulated by @MoHFW_INDIA for comments.

It is likely that a similar version of the Bill will be introduced in this session.

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Jun 16, 2020 9 tweets 4 min read
Today we'll be diving into our latest research publication, India’s Theatre Command System: A Proposal. Lt Gen @prakashmenon51 proposes a structural framework for India’s Theatre Command system with terrain and strategic threats being prime factors. takshashila.org.in/takshashila-di… (1/9) Image The conceptual foundation of the system is based on the human ability to cooperate flexibly and in large numbers. (2/9)
Jun 10, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
We're live with Ambassador @ShivshankaMenon ! On the agenda are the changes to the global order in the last few decades, challenges to societies and polities posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, transformations in India's neighbourhood, and what India's strategy needs to be. According to Ambassador Menon, the three big things that India needs to do in the coming years are: self-strengthening, especially on the border; searching for balancing arrangements with other countries; and working simultaneously on a maritime and continental strategy.
May 29, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
New #research!

In our latest policy document, @anupammanur, @psarthak19 and @AKanisetti suggest a pathway for an economic response to the pandemic. It's packed with big ideas, and proposes a plan to revitalise crucial sectors. bit.ly/COVECON (1/n) We suggest that India’s economic response to the pandemic should consist of immediate disaster relief, a stimulus for economic revival, and a multi-year economic reconstruction programme. (2/n)
Dec 17, 2018 42 tweets 15 min read
We're hosting the authors of our New World Order project in a round table discussion this morning. @pranaykotas and @AKanisetti are taking the gathering through how and why this project began. "We began the project back in 2014. The New World Order discussion wasn't a big thing back then. There is a new world order emerging, and we started this project with the aim of finding India's place in it." @pranaykotas