Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?

How the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake. IMAGE: An aerial view of an area submerged in water amid heavy rainfall caused by cyclone Montha in Warangal, October......

Trump loyalist confirmed as US envoy to India

Sergio Gor has been confirmed by the Senate as the next United States Ambassador to India, becoming the youngest American envoy to Delhi. IMAGE: Sergio Gor's confirmation as the next envoy of the......

India's Startup Dreams, Ready to Bloom

Let's work flat out and create a policy framework that fosters the growth of Indian non-family business VC and private equity firms.This will allow our Indian startups' dreams to flourish, explains......

Afghans Are Adept At Playing India Against Pakistan

'During the 5-day visit, Amir Khan Muttaqi would have, conceivably, bumped into our powerful security agencies one way or another and some interaction would have ensued, which, in turn, can lead to......

'Retaliatory Tariffs By Us Won't Hurt US'

'When Prime Minister Modi met President Trump, they agreed to initiate a bilateral trade dialogue.''It makes sense to give these negotiations a chance.' IMAGE: US President Donald Trump boards Air......

Global crisis: World agencies call for consensus

A new 'multilateral consensus' is needed to help head off a global economic slowdown and recession, the head of the United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) has told the International......

World Bank, IMF meet ends sans consensus

The annual conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund where India was represented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, ended in Washington with no consensus among developing......

Private investment: Engine to drive India's economic growth

By enabling, not colluding, with the private sector, the government can drive growth and deliver social protection on a much larger scale, says Rajiv Lall. Some of the sheen has undoubtedly......

US officials to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

IMAGE: US President Joe Biden said last month that he was considering such a diplomatic boycott to protest China's human rights record. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters The Biden administration is......