The stock market indices in India continue to be below their record high reached in September 2024. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) frenzy in the US keeps its market indices elevated and buoyant. Other markets rise in sympathy, or, at least, avoid sharp falls. In any case, an IPO boom continues in India.
The economic relationship between India and Israel has evolved strategically, moving beyond the traditional defence-centric ties to encompass high-technology sectors like cyber, water management, and most significantly, Agri-Tech. This partnership leverages Israel's cutting-edge agricultural innovation and India's massive scale, diverse market, and vast talent pool, creating a powerful synergy for sustainable and inclusive growth.
No, not for the Israel-Hamas peace deal, which might yet unravel, but for systematically undermining, from within, the greatest imperial power the world has ever known.
US President Donald Trump has been campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize for some time now, claim have ended seven wars, and now, the eighth one in Gaza. Instead of seeing the plain logic in giving the award to a man who has changed the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the Nobel Committee has given it to a democratic campaigner in Venezuela.
Niranjan Sahoo India’s Fifth Schedule areas became the hotbed of Maoist insurgencies due to administrative neglect, exacerbating discontent and a lack of representation of tribal groups in local bodies. Effective governance is crucial to address these issues and mitigate the…
With increased urbanisation and intensification of climate risks, Indian cities face an unprecedented challenge: how to finance the massive infrastructure investments needed to build climate-resilient futures.
Opinions on the success of the Climate Conference of the Parties (COP30) range from extreme disappointment to good progress, with the truth lying somewhere in between. But COP30 provides an opportunity learn about the rapidly changing geopolitical world.
A storm is brewing around a race for leadership in Asia, with China rising further as a global force, at the Centre of it. The immediate trigger was Japan’s “iron lady” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement in Parliament that China’s military invasion of Taiwan would be an “existential crisis” to Japan. This is possible as any invasion of Taiwan could disturb the Indo-Pacific sea lanes of communications that now converge on Taiwan. Japan, in the 1930s, assiduously protected these trade routes.