Will AI kill solar and wind energy?
Global warming policies were expected to drive a rapid shift toward a renewables-based energy system dominated by wind and solar.
Global warming policies were expected to drive a rapid shift toward a renewables-based energy system dominated by wind and solar.
World Environment Day , observed on 5 June every year, serves as a reminder of humanity's collective responsibility to protect the environment and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.
Every country counts its people. The real test lies in whether people are willing to be counted.
India's emergence as a healthcare destination for South Asia is often measured in numbers: foreign patients treated, hospitals accredited, surgeries performed and revenues earned.
There are some deaths that leave us heartbroken. There are others that leave us bewildered. The recent death of my nephew, filmmaker Anik Dutta, left me feeling both.
A couple of weeks ago, on 18 April, the annual ‘World Heritage Day’ came and went almost unnoticed in Kolkata. It is usually a moment when a city looks at herself, at old buildings, inherited rituals, and spaces that remember more than people do.
In an era defined by electoral intensity and unceasing political spectacle, the quiet moral authority of history often fades into the background.
An election does not lose credibility in a single moment. It erodes gradually ~ through procedural choices, administrative discretion, and the cumulative effect of opacity.
In India’s industrial imagination, small manufacturing clusters are often celebrated as engines of resilience - nimble, labour-intensive, and deeply rooted in local economies.
The first lesson from economics, appearing at the beginning of Nobel Laureate Paul A Samuelson’s magnum opus “Foundations of Economic Analysis” (1948), is that a country must choose between military spending ~ guns ~ and spending on social goods ~ butter.
