For decades, population growth has been portrayed as one of humanity's greatest environmental challenges. Policymakers, scientists, and environmentalists have often argued that a larger population places greater pressure on natural resources, increases energy demand, and accelerates carbon emissions.
It was Benjamin Netanyahu who pushed Donald Trump into the Iran conflict promising multiple gains, including regime change, degradation of the IRGC and surrender of Iran with just a short and swift bombing campaign.
India’s states are discovering an uncomfortable truth: economic growth and economic security are not the same thing.
The unprecedented security surrounding the re-conducted NEET-UG examination may ultimately be remembered for what it revealed rather than what it prevented.
India stands at a paradoxical crossroads. As one of the world’s youngest nations with a massive demographic dividend, it confronts a swelling army of educated but unemployed youth.
100 YEARS AGO How are banks responding to an era of massive tech disruption and prospects of lower interest rate margins as global interest rates fall? The banking industry used to be the most profitable business, because interest rate margins (lending rate less deposit costs) were high.
We recently published a paper titled “Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24” where we looked at the fortunes of different Indian states over the last seven decades.
As the US Presidential election draws near, the tight race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump highlights a growing political divide and the immense challenges the incumbent Vice President faces in holding together a fragile coalition of voters.
China’s delicate and evolving role in Myanmar’s escalating civil war underscores the country’s shifting priorities in the region and the risks of balancing support for a faltering junta with the need for border stability.
History will bear that the Joe Biden era goes down as amongst the more restorative, progressive, and successful presidencies, after the tumultuous, unstable, and polarising tenure of Donald Trump.
