If India lags in switching to a more climate-friendly steelmaking method, a recent United Nations report finds that its top steel exports could decline by up to 30 percent by 2035 as key trading nations impose a carbon-content-based border tax. But if India moves early, then it can trim the decline to just 10 percent….
In 2022, as per the National Crime Records Bureau, there were 2,878 children who were victims of human trafficking in India; however, several ministries at the Union level have stated in Parliament that there are thousands of children who go missing every year, but none of them are ever traced to the crime of human…
Every year, the same Indian cities make headlines twice over. In June, newspapers report bone-dry reservoirs and residents lining up behind water tankers. By August, the same streets are underwater, cars floating past flooded metro stations. Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi have all lived through this strange double crisis: too little water one season, too…
India’s prostate cancer surgeries are getting more precise. Whether patients can reach the operating table at all remains a separate, and far less technical, problem. As recently as 1990, the rate of prostate cancer was 11th in India, while today, according to the National Cancer Registry Programme, it is the third most common in the…
Agriculture Under Growing Climate and Disaster Risks India’s agricultural sector is becoming more prone to the dual effects of natural calamities and climate change. In recent years, farmers in various regions of the country have suffered from an increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as unseasonal rain, hailstorms, droughts, floods, cyclones, heat waves, cold…
Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much – with a few notable exceptions, this appears to be one of them. A new Pew Research Center poll shows that 56 percent of U.S. Adults believe social media platforms should be entirely prohibited for individuals younger than 16, while just 21 percent disagree. For Republicans and Democrats,…
When the India AI Impact Summit wrapped up in New Delhi this February, the headline numbers were about investment: over $200 billion in commitments, a $15 billion data centre hub from Google in Visakhapatnam, and a national AI market expected to grow from roughly $9.5 billion in 2024 to $130 billion by 2032. Less discussed,…
THE BIGGEST CHEQUE AN INDIAN DRUGMAKER HAS EVER WRITTEN Indian pharmaceutical companies have spent the better part of two decades quietly building global manufacturing reach, mostly through incremental capacity expansion and a steady drumbeat of mid-sized acquisitions. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries just broke entirely from that pattern. The company announced it will acquire New York-listed Organon…
THREE WEEKS TO CLEAR A BACKLOG BUILT OVER MONTHS Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has confirmed the dates: India’s 2026 Monsoon Session will run from July 21 to August 12, a roughly 3-week window that, by design, overlaps with the southwest monsoon at its peak intensity in the national capital. The compressed timeline carries unusual…
A NUMBER THAT SOUNDS SMALL UNTIL YOU BUY GROCERIES 3.9%. Said out loud, India’s May 2026 headline inflation figure sounds almost reassuring. It is comfortably below the Reserve Bank of India’s 4% medium-point target and below market expectations of 4% as well. But headline inflation numbers, by design, average away the specific pain points that…
