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…
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,…
On Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy’s birth anniversary, the data shows his founding question – who gets treated and where Every year on July 1st, the country remembers the life of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, National Doctors’ Day: Honoring Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy and the Unsung Heroes Bridging India’s Health Divide, the legendary physician, freedom fighter,…
MORE MONEY THAN EVER, REACHING THE SAME PLACES Here is a genuinely encouraging statistic, followed immediately by a genuinely uncomfortable one. Since India’s CSR mandate came into effect in 2014 under the Companies Act, more than Rs 2.2 lakh crore has flowed into the country’s development sector. Nearly two third of total spending in just…
A BILL THAT ALREADY FAILED ONCE, COMING BACK FOR ROUND TWO Most legislation that fails to pass quietly disappears from the agenda, reworked or abandoned. The Delimitation Bill, 2026 and its companion Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, are taking the harder path. The central government is now actively preparing to reintroduce both pieces of legislation when…
