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the study documented the trials and tribulations of frontline workers as they A policy note on The Impact of the COVID-19 responded to the pandemic. [...] Mukhopadhaya discussed Bangladesh, the North East of India and the Bay of Bengal in several webinars including Mukhopadhaya analysed the US-Taliban peace deal and those organised by the Calcutta University, the Centre of Bay the developments in Afghanistan through webinars and of Bengal Studies in Dhaka, Asian Confluence in Shillong brainstorming sessions with the Vivekananda International and the. [...] Kurian was a panelist at a webinar on Water Sharing in Gautam Mukhopadhaya discussed India-China relations in the Himalayas: India-China Border Standoff and the Future of the aftermath of the Ladakh crisis in a webinar organised by Transboundary Water Cooperation, organised by the University the Grandview Institute of China. [...] Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen, the following activities were undertaken: LRI was one of the fifteen organisations shortlisted for the inaugural Shamnad Basheer Citizenship Prize, out of o Namita Wahi taught in the online PhD course on Effects two hundred and fifty organisations, as part of the second of Lawfare: Courts and Law as Battlegrounds for Social edition of the Agami Pri. [...] Economy and State Capacity Education, Health and State Capacity In May 2020, the State Capacity Initiative hosted a webinar The Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) on Rebuilding the Rural Economy to discuss the implications of program is undertaking a study on the political economy COVID-19 and the nationwide lockdown on the rural economy.