India is at a tipping point in terms of its development trajectory. Urbanization is happening fast, with people moving from rural to urban areas in search of economic growth. But both urban and rural areas are under threat from the consequences of climate change. The rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, droughts, floods and other climate risks…
The Ledger of Progress and Its Hidden Deficit There is a number that should prompt reflection before celebration. India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare received an allocation of ₹1,06,530.42 crore in Union Budget 2026-27. This was a 10% increase over the revised estimates of FY 2025-26 and a cumulative 194% growth over 12 years…
As India races to become a global AI hub, its data centres are quietly consuming water from some of the country’s most stressed aquifers. The environmental cost of India’s digital economy is a policy conversation we are overdue to have. Every time you stream a film on a Mumbai morning commute, every email you send…
On June 5, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Robin Khuda, the founder and CEO of AirTrunk, at his New Delhi office. What followed was an announcement that set a new benchmark for foreign investment in India’s digital economy. Modi announced AirTrunk’s plans to invest around Rs 3 lakh crore (USD 30 billion) in India…
Every food delivery, every cab ride, every quick commerce order placed in India is fulfilled by a worker who has no minimum wage guarantee, no health insurance, and no pension. That is not an oversight. It is how India’s platform economy was designed to function. That is now changing. The government has set June 22,…
For years, corporations have measured their environmental footprint by what happens inside their four walls, the electricity they consume, the fuel their trucks burn, the emissions their factories produce. Clean up the factory floor, switch to renewable energy for the head office, and the sustainability report writes itself. The problem? That number, tidy as it…
Second Place. Ten Golds. Best Performance Ever Away from Home. It did not happen on home soil. That matters. When India’s U-20 athletes delivered a 19-medal haul including 10 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong. They finished second overall only behind China, without the advantage of…
One Agreement, Multiple Frontiers It is unusual for a trade deal to carry the weight of energy security, diaspora diplomacy, and strategic geography all at once. The India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which entered into force on June 1, 2026, does all three. It was signed in Muscat on December 18, 2025, in the…
New Delhi: Mother Dairy unveiled India’s first naturally degradable milk pouch on June 2, 2026, at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi. The new packaging — being rolled out with the company’s cow milk variant across Delhi-NCR from June 5, World Environment Day — breaks down in soil within a few years without leaving behind…
The Numbers Behind the Movement Walk down any Indian city street today and you will encounter a chai vendor, a fruit cart or a cobbler. The harshest part is they are invisible in our policies, but very essential in life. For decades, this workforce worked outside formal finance, trapped in debt cycles with local moneylenders…
