According to the data released for the year 2023-2024, India has exported goods worth 16 billion U.S. dollars to China and imported goods worth 101 billion U.S. dollars, resulting in a trade deficit of 85 billion U.S. dollars with China. At the same time, discussions regarding Indo-China relations are taking place with great intensity.
The Gen Z-led protests earlier this year sparked a wider debate over the relationship between young citizens and the state. Allegations of excessive force against protesters, including the use of pellet guns, tear gas and batons, raised questions that continue beyond the protests themselves: When young people challenge institutions, how should a democracy respond ?
इस साल की शुरुआत में हुए जेन ज़ी के नेतृत्व वाले विरोध प्रदर्शनों ने युवा नागरिकों और राज्य के बीच संबंधों को लेकर एक व्यापक बहस छेड़ दी। प्रदर्शनकारियों के खिलाफ अत्यधिक बल प्रयोग, जिसमें पेलेट गन, आंसू गैस और लाठियों के इस्तेमाल के आरोप शामिल थे, ने ऐसे सवाल खड़े किए जो प्रदर्शनों के बाद भी कायम हैं: जब युवा संस्थाओं को चुनौती देते हैं, तो लोकतंत्र को किस तरह प्रतिक्रिया देनी चाहिए ?
From protests and political participation to education, careers and entrepreneurship, Gen Z is increasingly challenging ideas that earlier generations accepted without much resistance. As young Indians become a larger part of India’s electorate and workforce, is the bigger challenge to change Gen Z or to change the systems Gen Z is pushing back against ?
