Ram Karan

#DTNEXT EDIT | There is a long haul ahead to iron out all the ethical, legal, medical and procedural issues of euthanasia. dtnext.in/edit/editorial…

CJI’s view on #menstrualleave sounds like a cue to HR:’The moment you say compulsory in law, nobody will give them jobs, nobody will take them in judiciary or govt jobs.’ hindustantimes.com/india-news/wil…

If you ain’t poor, you ain’t a story.

11 Indian nationals, all named Patel, charged in U.S. for staging fake store robberies to enable visa fraud. - thehindu.com/news/national/…

For @ORCA_India’s latest Op-Ed, Senior RA @RahulKaranRedd1 details the key takeaways from #China’s 2026 Government Work Report. The report signals a cautious economic outlook, with a lowered #GDP growth target of 4.5–5% and stronger emphasis on boosting domestic demand amid global uncertainty. It also underscores #Beijing’s push for high-quality development, prioritising #technological innovation, new growth drivers & social stability as China navigates structural economic transition in 2026. 🔗orcasia.org/article/1630/c…

#DTNext EDIT | The insights from Nepal, suggest the need to give youth a greater role in politics, not as aides to eminences grises but in leadership positions. dtnext.in/edit/editorial… #Nepal

True or false?

Srinath Raghavan: ‘never mind what we claim about the nuances of our strategic silences….in the cynical currency of international politics, talk is cheap and actions speak louder than words. theindiaforum.in/international-… @TheIndiaForum

Former NSA Shiv Shankar Menon on India’s ‘strategic autonomy from its own foreign policy.’ #IranIndia youtube.com/watch?v=O0eFqF…

Eminent historian K.N. Panikkar passes away thehindu.com/news/national/…

#DTNEXT EDIT | It's time all South Indian states followed the Tamil Nadu example of setting up specialized wings to recover stolen heritage objects from the West. #RecoverHeritage

DT NEXT EDIT | Tigers are bursting out of reserves, adapting to diurnal hunting patterns and developing a taste for cattle. dtnext.in/edit/editorial… #

Energy security. thehindu.com/business/Econo…

As high-speed railways saturate China, how far can their global reach extend? - sc.mp/numlu

My latest for @ORCA_India on #China's first central policy document of 2026. In the context of the 15th FYP and Two Sessions, it makes new prescriptions for China's food security strategy, poverty alleviation policy transition, agricultural modernization and rural development.

🎙️For the 31st episode of The ORCA Files, @ORCA_India’s @bhole_omkar and @RahulKaranRedd1 speak with Sir @vincecable on his latest book 'Eclipsing the West: #China, #India and the Forging of a New World', examining how the rise of 🇨🇳& 🇮🇳 as “superstates” is reshaping global power balance, the risks of #US–China rivalry, and how the world order will evolve in the decade ahead. Tune in here: orcasia.org/pages/orcafiles

DT NEXT | Modi has departed from the policy of non-alignment, which was Nehru’s, but also from strategic ambivalence, which is his own. Is this not bye-bye BRICS, and hello to Bibi? dtnext.in/edit/editorial… #IranWar

DT NEXT EDIT | Karnataka, Bihar and Odisha are among only a handful of states to give women employees menstrual leave. #MenstrualLeave # PeriodPain dtnext.in/edit/menstrual…

DT NEXT EDIT | Hyderabad’s #Musi project is the product of an arrogant imagination that riversides are meant for princes to cavort with lovers, that they are wasted on fishermen. dtnext.in/edit/editorial…