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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

The Global Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment and Ethics

This article examines how rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, are transforming global employment systems. It highlights productivity gains, ethical concerns, skill disparities, and workforce inequalities while emphasizing the need for adaptive policies, education reforms, and responsible AI governance worldwide.

May 30, 2026 No Comments

Sustainable Cities and Communities

The Illusion of Sustainability: The Role of Integrated Governance in Achieving SDG 11The Illusion of Sustainability: The Role of Integrated Governance in Achieving SDG 11

This study argues the primary barrier to achieving SDG 11 is institutional fragmentation, not financial gaps. It introduces the “illusion of sustainability,” where isolated sectoral successes mask systemic ecological deterioration, necessitating cross-sectoral governance reform.

May 30, 2026 No Comments

Public Policies

Beyond the 2% Rule: Reimagining CSR for Biodiversity and Sustainability in India

India’s mandatory CSR regime recognises biodiversity conservation but drives symbolic, expenditure-driven compliance over genuine ecological outcomes. Governance gaps between CSR law and the Biological Diversity Act weaken accountability. This study argues for outcome-based metrics, biodiversity risk integration, and alignment with global frameworks like TNFD and CSRD to transform CSR from philanthropy into ecological responsibility.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

Public Policies

Time-Based Delivery Platforms in India: Algorithmic Mechanisms of Occupational Risk and Policy Gaps

This paper examines how India’s rapidly expanding quick-commerce sector exposes gig delivery workers to occupational risks through algorithmic management and strict delivery timelines. It highlights unsafe working conditions, regulatory gaps, and proposes policy reforms to improve worker safety and platform accountability.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

Sustainable Cities and Communities

A Comparative Analysis of Economic, Policy, and Behavioural Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption in Delhi (India) and Dhaka (Bangladesh): Sustaining Air Pollution Through Consumer Preference

This study compares EV adoption in Delhi and Dhaka, highlighting how environmental awareness drives interest in both cities, while policy support, infrastructure availability, and fiscal incentives significantly shape adoption patterns and market growth in emerging urban economies.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

Public Policies

Maternity to Mid-Life: Bridging the Gaps in Women’s Health Policies in the Global South

This paper argues that despite major gains in maternal mortality reduction, women in many low and middle-income countries(LMICs) remain trapped in systems that equate health with reproduction, neglecting mental health, NCDs, and ageing across the life course.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Oil, U.S. Intervention, and the Crisis of the Rules-Based International Order: The Case Study of Venezuela

This article examines the legality and geopolitical implications of U.S. intervention in Venezuela within the rules-based international order (RBIO). It argues that selective enforcement of international norms undermines sovereignty, weakens the legitimacy of international law, and accelerates the erosion of the RBIO in an emerging multipolar world.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

Gender Equality

Echoes of the Attic: Contemporary Analysis of the History of Pathologisation of Female Distress

This study traces the historical pathologisation of female distress, revealing how androcentric frameworks persist beneath evolving clinical terminology. Using Qualitative Content Analysis alongside Feminist Standpoint and Epistemic Injustice theories, findings demonstrate that gendered pathologisation and systemic bias continue to marginalise women’s health, urging a paradigm shift toward gender-sensitive and experience-centered care.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

International Relations (I.R.) ( Book Review)

Beyond Humanitarian Norms: How Strategic Asset Value Shapes International Crisis Engagement

International responses to humanitarian crises are driven not by the severity of human suffering, but by Strategic Asset Value, the resource indispensability of the crisis zone, revealing that moral discourse is selectively weaponized to justify geopolitical interests.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

International Relations

De-Dollarisation as Strategic Signalling in a Dollar-Dominated International System

De-dollarisation functions less as a genuine monetary exit strategy and more as a strategic signal — a costly, observable action projecting political resolve while nations quietly maintain underlying dependence on the US dollar.

May 24, 2026 No Comments

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