Opinion

Avilash Roul Can the Belem, Brazil, of the emerging economies bloc BRICS, stitch together rich (North) and poor (South) countries to shape the future governance of climate change? Among other substantive agendas, the major focus in Belem is to minimise the deep distrust between developed...

Dhurjati Mukherjee Seas are rising, forests are burning and governments are still courting fossil fuel companies as if none of this is happening. As the Earth crossed a crucial, irreversible climate tipping point, the scale of destruction seems too vast and the climate-deniers too influential...

Sourajeet Pradhani “Today, if you go to a ‘pani puri wala’ in India, he might even claim to prepare his pani puris using AI. People, especially businesses, are using the term Artificial Intelligence in everything they do.” In recent months, the global financial community has...

Ajit Ranade India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force on 12 October 2005. It is one the strongest transparency laws in the world. It essentially says that if any information cannot be denied to a lawmaker, then it cannot be denied to any...

By Melvin Durai   I recently had my annual physical, which was really my annual blood analysis. The nurse practitioner who conducted the check-up barely examined me physically. What she mostly did was review the data from a laboratory’s analysis of my blood. I had...

By Maciej Artur Gaca   I n the past three years, both the European Union and India have been forced to redefine what “strategic autonomy” actually means. For Europe, the shock came from the pandemic, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and the deep realization that its...

By Bruno Surdel   Europe in 2025 has faced a complex puzzle: how to maintain pressure on Moscow while responding to unpredictable US–Russia diplomacy under President Donald Trump. Recall, the high-stakes Trump–Putin summit in Anchorage in mid-August, framed as a reset but yielding little clarity,...

By Joseph H Davis What are we to make of gold and US stocks, especially tech-heavy indices, recently hitting record highs around the same time? Traditionally, gold surges when equities correct, but this time, both have risen together, defying conventional wisdom. Faced with what look...

Shivaji Sarkar The New York mayoral election is being watched far beyond city limits. New York is not just the largest city in the United States; it is a cultural and financial power centre whose policy choices often ripple across national politics. The contest has...

Rakesh Mohan & Janak Raj Efforts to mitigate climate change have largely focused on the shift away from fossil fuels in energy production. As a result, most climate-finance assessments have studied the costs of such a transition and determined that large investments are required to...