Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
A record-breaking snowfall in Madrid (loss of 1.4 billion euros), Storm Cristoph in the UK, Cyclone Ana in Fiji, winter storms in Texas, dust storm in China, flooding in New South Wales, Cyclone Seroja in Indonesia, record temperatures in Moscow, Heat Dome in the US and Bootleg fire in Oregon are 10 of the many extreme weather events witnessed in 2021.
Amita Singh A much-awaited October 23 verdict of the Supreme Court on fire cracker ban has come as a great disappointment. It only strengthens a popular conviction repeatedly expressed in many of my columns that judges need better exposure to…
Rajesh Tandon ”As maids, we do not have any spaces to freely talk with each other; employers’ homes are as restricted as our own crowded homes…” Bunmali, 29 yrs from Bengal in Gurugram. “I have been facing mental stress and…
Bikash Kumar Malick This year’s Nobel Prize to David Card for his experimental work with Alan Krueger ~ on empirical findings disapproving the common perception that raising minimum wages will cost jobs ~ is a clarion call for developing economies…
T K Arun India should commit itself to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2060 — not as surrender to blackmail or pressure, not as a concession, but as an expression of responsible global citizenship, technological prowess and growth…
Dr S Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs (EAM), was possibly the first Foreign minister to have visited Israel for five days (October 17-21) with a comprehensive engagement and agenda.
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee The acute coal crisis for thermal power plants could be good news in the long run. Domestic coal production has more or less plateaued; instead of trying to fill the gap with imports, which are expensive, the government would…