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A problem of when, not how much

India's clean power just set a record. According to grid data tracked by CEEW, at 11.46 on the morning of 6 July 2026, more than half of the country's electricity came from clean sources for the first time ever, even as system demand climbed to 221 gigawatts.

Energy Crossroads

Trade policy has often been used as an instrument of strategic pressure, but when it collides with global energy markets, the consequences rarely remain confined to the intended targets.

Export Illusion

China’s latest economic numbers expose a contradiction that has been building for years.

Names deleted from a list

There was a time when a voter list was a dull document. It sat in the Block Development Office, it was consulted once in five years, and nobody imagined that a clerical entry in it could decide whether a man boards a flight, joins the Army, or feeds his family.

Ethics bypassed

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has made an unmistakably political calculation. Rather than allow a parliamentary standards investigation to define his future, he has chosen to put himself before the electorate first.

China’s waiting game

The meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the recent BRICS National Security Advisers’ gathering offered another reminder that despite decades of dialogue, the India-China boundary dispute remains unresolved.