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Delhi Winters Are Now About A Frothy Yamuna And Hazardous Air
Manoj MisraDilli ki Sardi (Delhi's winter) has over the years turned from being a cheerful season to a toxic time...
No carte blanche for Xi Jinping at 6th CCP plenum as...
Srikanth KondapalliIndia should not let its guard down as China is likely to up the ante by furthering militarisation, construction of dual-use ‘well-off...
Joe Biden-Xi Jinping summit: Good beginning, but virtual outcome
Chintamani MahapatraThe meeting turned out to be just a conversation between ‘old friends’ over their critical differences over strategic, economic, and political developments...
A fully Organic Ladakh?
In March 2020 I wrote about how Ladakh, India’s northernmost region bordering Tibet, faces a stark choice between succumbing to the dominant logic of ‘development’ that would erase its ecological and cultural uniqueness, and forging its own path of well-being building on this uniqueness. The context was that in August 2019, Ladakh went from being a region within the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), to a union territory (UT), administered directly by the central government in New Delhi. This was part of a decision by Delhi to make a dramatic change in the status of Jammu and Kashmir as a whole, from being a state with relative independence guaranteed under special provisions in the Indian constitution, to being two union territories under central government control (J&K as one, Ladakh as the other). The consequences of this action for J&K have been serious, but here I focus on Ladakh.
Will the Glasgow Declaration Save the World’s Forests?
On 2nd November, at the 26th Climate Conference of Parties, 124 countries issued a Declaration on Forests and Land Use. It contains a bold commitment to “halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation.” Such a goal, it recognizes, is essential to meet the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to below 2 degrees and if possible, to 1.5 degrees.
Health Digitalization: Transforming the Health System
Urvashi PrasadThe health sector is information intensive. Over the last few years, India has announced several policy measures to usher in a new era...
RBI’s Retail Direct: No Masterstroke, Just Breaststroke Outside the Water
TK ArunRetail Direct will entice no retail investor to government bonds and only serves to keep Sebi off the central bank’s jealously guarded G-sec...
Prospects for Energy Cooperation in South Asia
Energy Security has always been a concern for all the countries in the world, as with modernization, the use of energy has been increasing...
Prospects for Energy Cooperation in South Asia – IMPRI Impact and...
Energy Security has always been a concern for all the countries in the world, as with modernization, the use of energy has been increasing...
India’s Obsession With Coal And Delhi’s Air Pollution
Manoj MishraThe irony couldn’t be crueler and the power of the lobby any more evident. Last week, when Environment Minister Mr. Yadav steps out...
