Women possess a unique capacity and knowledge to promote, and to provide for adaptation to, and mitigation of climate change, but often have insufficient resources to undertake such initiatives.
July 31 was the casting date for a much-feared escalation in the Middle East as Israeli leadership acknowledged killing of the Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr (July 30) but keeping enigmatic silence on the killing of the Hamas top leader and negotiator Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran under the nose of the almighty Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). It happened when the new reformist- conservative Iranian President Dr Pezeshkian was just sworn in who hoped for some improved relationship even with the West. Iranians obviously were livid not only that Haniyeh was killed but killed in Tehran violating their sovereignty. They concluded Israeli hand and vowed revenge including by the 3Hs- Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis and add the Shia militias in Iraq to the list, which makes a powerful and potent mix of resistance groups so called “Axis of Resistance” against their wily enemy -whose very existence is an anathema for them. Major powers came into action.
The Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, 2023, which seeks to replace the three-decade-old Cable Television Networks Regulation Act of 1995 (CTN Act), seeks to broaden the MIB's regulatory framework by including over-the-top (OTT) and digital news platforms along with TV channels and FM radio besides distribution platforms like cable TV, direct to home (DTH), Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and head end in the sky (HITS).
Policy Update Meenu Mohan With the Union Budget 2024-25, nuclear energy has once again taken the center stage, signaling a renewed focus on this vital energy source. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, emphasized, “Nuclear energy is expected…
The Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (CCTS) 2023 marks India's stride toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with its commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Arranging pensions to be paid out of returns on a corpus created by contributions from employees and employers, while investing the corpus funds wisely, is a sound practice
Zelensky criticises India’s purchasing of Russian oil while ignoring that his own benefactors in Europe have been buying billions of dollars of gas from Russia
It appears that two hugs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Volodymyr Zelensky in Apulia and Kyiv have been weighed lightly compared to the one given to Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Zelensky had invited and hosted PM Modi and has been asking India, along with other Western leaders, to leverage its influence with President Putin to end the conflict. Hence PM Modi used his personal diplomacy and credit with Putin in July to find a reasonable solution through dialogue, diplomacy, and respect for the UN Charter.