Few have been more wrong. Today, we produce more than enough to feed every person on the planet, and if we still have food insecurity in some corners of the planet, it is because we haven’t yet learned to deal with spoilage. If we can preserve all the food we produce till it gets to…
The annual post-monsoon festive season also brings with it a choke-hold associated with deadly air pollution—at levels so high that it makes our air-quality metrics worthless. December and January complete the cycle as we prepare for a new year, with its year-round challenges of solid-waste pollution and traffic congestion. All of these translate into huge…
The CEA’s fervent wish is reminiscent of what Samuel Johnson once said of second marriages. They represent ‘the triumph of hope over experience.’ The reason is simple. The Survey is authored by technocrats under the leadership of the CEA, who, unfettered by the compulsions of realpolitik, are free to make suggestions that most democratically elected…
The year 2024 is confirmed as the hottest year on record with a global average temperature of 15.10°Celsius, overtaking 2023, the previous warmest year, by 0.12°Celsius, the latest report by Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has revealed. 2024 is also the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°Celsius above its pre-industrial level,…
According to Udaya Kumar Hebbar, managing director, collections were delayed due to a combination of movement restrictions during the general elections, and more borrowers turning untraceable as they moved to cities. Stress owing to migration was visible in states like Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, Hebbar said. Earlier, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Ujjivan Small…
Should Trump emerge as the 47th President of the US, as is highly likely, global geopolitical and geoeconomic conditions would swiftly change, given his economic policy plan announcements. This will impact India directly and indirectly through the global spillovers. At a bilateral level, Trump has more than a working relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi….
