India and Finland have launched a Strategic Partnership in Digitalisation and Sustainability, focusing on AI, 6G, digital public infrastructure, and green energy to boost inclusive growth. Both countries also aim to double bilateral trade by 2030 and strengthen cooperation in technology, innovation, and sustainability. India and Finland have elevated their bilateral relationship to a “Strategic…
India and Bhutan are strengthening their power partnership through hydropower development, cross-border electricity trade, and clean energy initiatives, supporting economic growth, regional energy security, and climate goals. The collaboration emphasizes sustainable, socially responsible projects and institutional coordination to benefit both countries and local communities. ———————————————————————————————————— India and Bhutan have taken another step to deepen their…
India’s climate and energy discourse has entered a more mature phase, marked by a shifting intent from binding targets to inculcating a system readiness approach and embedding it into policy design. The outlining of India’s climate action strategies in the Economic Survey 2025-26 is notable because it repositions climate change as a structural economic variable…
CSIR laboratories in Lucknow have created pathways for the utilization of technology for startups to support the transformation of scientific research into applicable business and agricultural opportunities. This announce- ment was made through the CSIR Startup Conclave, which was hosted on September 14th and 15th, 2025 at the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow….
The European Union has just ruled out an exemption for India from its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism-the new climate-linked tariff that will tax carbon-intensive imports coming into the bloc. The news, reported in the Financial Times on 16 November 2025, affects some of the most trade-dependent industries in India, like steel, aluminium, cement and fertilizers….
The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) is cementing its place as an elite institution leading thought leadership into urgent current issues through its long-running conclave CRISP 2025 “Conference on Responsible Innovation & Sustainability Practices” this year in the company of an inspiring representation of academics, industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and students. An event with…
Photo Credit: Internet Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 24, 2025 05:42 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik Every Diwali, as the rest of India lights up the sky with crackling fireworks, a few villages in Tamil Nadu choose a different path. Around the Vadamugam Vellode Bird Sanctuary in Erode district, seven villages have kept alive a two-decade-old promise. They…
Photo Credit: Pepsico India Clear Cut CSR DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 07, 2025 03:27 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal In the peaceful rhythm of India’s countryside where the sun rises over green fields and the earth exhales under hardened hands a new tale is spreading its roots. It is a tale of restoration. Not by machines or chemicals, but by…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 30, 2025 02:55 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal For a long time now, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been a bellwether of global economic confidence, demonstrating how much businesses are willing to expand, innovate, and take risks across borders. Unfortunately, as detailed in the United…
Photo Credit: carribean.un.org Clear Cut Gender DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 24, 2025 12:15 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik The oceans are in crisis, and the evidence is now impossible to ignore. Scientists have verified that the world is witnessing its most widespread and intense coral bleaching episode ever recorded. From the Great Barrier Reef to the…
