climate change

Climate change: India must rethink its heat action plans

Without major reforms to heat action plans, India risks a surge in climate change-related deaths as extreme weather becomes the new normal. #climatechange #heat Read more »
India Bangladesh ties

Undoing 1971: Bangladesh’s new power play alarms India

The removal of Mujib’s legacy and release of war criminals threaten Bangladesh’s democratic fabric and its historic ties with India. Read more »
ATM count

ATM count falls as India turns to digital payments

RBI data reveals falling ATM count as digital transactions dominate financial services in urban India. #RBI #ATM #cash #digitalpayment Read more »
Digital divide in india disrupts public service delivery

India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias

Digitalisation of government schemes is widening the digital divide, distrupting the delivery of services to the marginalised. Read more »
US-Pakistan bromance

US-Pakistan bromance tests New Delhi’s diplomatic nerve

The latest US-Pakistan embrace is an Israel-Iran war tactic, yet it exposes complacency in India’s diplomatic playbook. #trumpmunirmeet #trumpmodi #indiaus Read more »
aviation industry, Air India crash

India’s aviation industry boom faces a grim safety test

As India eyes aviation industry expansion, safety lapses, aging aircraft, and weak oversight threaten to ground its ambitions before take-off. #aviation #AirIndia Read more »
The Israel-Iran war impact

Israel-Iran war risks global stagflation shock

The Israel-Iran war revives 1970s-style supply shocks, sending crude toward triple digits and rattling markets from Mumbai to Manhattan. Read more »
poverty in india

Why India’s poverty decline may not be what it seems

Despite claims of #poverty elimination, changes in survey methodology and outdated #povertylines render such conclusions dubious.  Read more »
Fed holds rates

Fed freezes rate: Why Powell chose the high ground

#Fed chair Jerome #Powell warns of a 'hot summer' for #inflation as tariffs bite and #crude rises, justifying his hold-and-watch stance. #fomc #inflation #trump Read more »
urban governance

Liberating urban governance from middlemen networks

India's digital platforms are challenging the middleman model in urban governance, offering citizens direct access to services. #urbangovernance #policy #smartcities Read more »