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Barricaded Dissent

The barricading of the Shambhu border in Haryana to prevent farmers from travelling to Delhi raises a question larger than the protest itself.

Strategic Distance

The renewed war between the United States and Iran has again placed American and Israeli military interests on apparently common ground.

Data exclusivity

India’s agrochemical industry, a major global hub for crop protection product manufacturing, is at the heart of a significant policy discussion that could shape the future of agricultural innovation, domestic production, exports, and farmer welfare.

Buying time

The US Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady is less a mark of confidence than an admission of constraint.

Wasted skills

India is not facing a jobs crisis in the conventional sense. It is facing a utilisation crisis ~ of talent, education, and aspiration.

Water and gender equality

Since 1993 the global community has been observing every year on March 22 the World Water Day (WWD) focusing attention on the importance of fresh water and advocating for sustainable management of water resources.

Dangerous strike shuts path to de-escalation

The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on 18 March 2026, represents one of the most consequential escalations in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, as the first direct strike on critical energy infrastructure, and will have global economic significance.

Treating a mass

India is about to test a radical idea: can a country known as the world’s pharmacy also become its slimming clinic? The imminent arrival of low-cost versions of semaglutide ~ marketed globally as Wegovy and Ozempic by Novo Nordisk ~ could turn a once-exclusive therapy into a mass-consumption drug.