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Fewer people will not save the planet

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.

Has Trump scuppered Israel’s W Asia plans?

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.

Missing Link

India’s states are discovering an uncomfortable truth: economic growth and economic security are not the same thing.

Security Theatre

The unprecedented security surrounding the re-conducted NEET-UG examination may ultimately be remembered for what it revealed rather than what it prevented.

When education fails youth

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.

Bureaucracy must embrace AI processes

There is a lot of hype about artificial intelligence (AI) and technology sparking off a revival of growth globally. As Nobel Laureate economist Robert Solow said in 1987 about the productivity puzzle: “You can see the computer age everywhere but the productivity statistics”.

India in the role of a global negotiator

Prime Minister Modi discussed the outcome of his visits to Kyiv and Moscow with President Biden when they met over the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware on the sidelines of the Quad summit.

Dynasty Dilemmas

The upcoming assembly elections in Haryana are set to be one of the most intense in recent memory, driven by fierce competition within and between three of the state’s most powerful political families ~ the clans of Devi Lal, Bansi Lal, and Bhajan Lal.

Lanka’s Challenge

Sri Lanka’s Presidential election marks a pivotal moment as Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxistleaning leader, gets set to assume the presidency after a victory that reflects the public's growing demand for systemic change.

Distressed Soil~II

A national database on land degradation prepared by the Indian Space Research Organisation in 2016 showed that 36.7 per cent of India’s total arable and non-arable land suffers from various forms of degradation, water erosion being the chief contributor (68.4 per cent).