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independence day

Greater focus and investment are required to understand the evolution of India's diverse and inclusive cultural heritage

Reclaiming India's past

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economic slowdown

China could be staring at the start of a deflationary phase similar to the one Japan experienced in the early 1990s

Is Japan China's future?

clean energy, fuel, hydrogen fuel

India should take the lead in establishing a global alliance for promoting hydrogen, whose role as a clean fuel is dependent upon how it is produced

Fuelling a truly green transition

Climate Change

In the context of the General Assembly resolution, India should not hesitate to make its submission to the ICJ, reflecting its views on climate-change issues

The next step in climate efforts

Yuan

As China steps up efforts to graduate to a leading role in global currency markets, India faces a choice between aligning with the Western-dominated financial system and the Chinese one

China's RMB project making steady progress

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China unveils a new government and an altered economic strategy

Slide towards centralisation

Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

The war represents a failure of diplomacy, but the forthcoming G20 summit is an opportunity for diplomacy to redeem itself

Lessons from the Ukraine war

The tragedy of Joshimath demonstrates the perils of disturbing the fragile Himalayan ecology. Let us not anger the deities that reside in these sacred mountains

Crisis in the Himalayas

Planet earth, COP, Conservation

It's time we looked at planetary ecology as an inter-connected system demanding a comprehensive approach

The planet gets short-changed again

women empowerment

The West Asian kingdom is rapidly shedding its image as an insular Islamic state. Nowhere is this change more remarkable than in the status of women

Change is afoot in Saudi Arabia

China, Xi Jinping

Chinese president's address to the 20th Party Congress makes it clear China will stay the course with its assertive external policies, despite the threatening international environment

CCP meet: An irreversible march ahead for Xi

Illustration: Binay Sinha

There is merit in carefully examining the recent developments in China's sovereign digital currency space and participating in it if India's interests are served

Understanding the e-yuan initiative

Despite its misgivings, India stands to gain from the overlap in the agenda of the Quad and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Missing the significance of IPEF

Xi Jinping

China's new worldview eschews triumphalism in favour of a more cautious external posture

Xi Jinping's Global Security Initiative

The war in Ukraine has added urgency to its plans to internationalise the yuan and establish an alternative inter-bank messaging service

China renews focus on financial self-reliance

At the end of it, Russia will become an even lesser power in comparison with what it has been in the recent past

Widening fault lines over Ukraine

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As India celebrates its 75th anniversary, the most precious of its legacies are at risk of falling prey to the politics of the moment

Amrit Mahotsav without Gandhi

China's economic statecraft is in service of its geopolitical ambitions

Geopolitics drives Xi's economic agenda

The Ganesha temple at Dodital

Bandarpoonch from Dwara Pass

Crossing a mountain stream

Dodital Lake

The majesty of the Himalayas evoke a strange mix of contrary emotions

In the land of myths and legends

A more nuanced relationship between the world's two largest powers may diminish the value of India's ties with the US

What Biden-Xi summit presages for the future

Its Panchamrita pledge at Glasgow burnishes its climate credentials, but a perilous future awaits the world

India's green shoots for the planet

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Indo Pacific

The available data does not obviate the significance of the recent performance and resilience of the Indian economy, including in the context of the concomitant global trends

Economic growth, GDP

The US bolstering its alliances in the region to counter China puts India's strategic autonomy to the test

India's renewable sector is booming but just not fast enough to become 1.5-degree Celsius compatible, and the country is heading in the opposite direction entirely when it comes to phasing out coal power, a new report by Climate Action Tracker claimed on Tuesday.
The Union environment ministry, however, said the report completely ignores the concept of "fair share and cumulative historical responsibility of developed nations".
It said the Indian government has been implementing a number of schemes and programmes, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation and the report totally ignores this aspect.
The report by the independent research group that tracks government climate action and measures it against Paris Agreement goals comes on the eve of the United Nations' Climate Ambition Summit.
It analyses whether the plans of 16 countries to decarbonise their power sector align with the goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
These 16 countries include Australia, Braz

India's renewable energy boom not fast enough for 1.5-degree Celsius goal: Report

Tata Power acquires Welspun's renewable energy assets

Putin will attend the third Belt and Road Forum after an invitation by Xi during a high-profile visit to Moscow in March

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, in Uzbekistan

Jawan's box office performance shows that more Indians and non-Indians are now watching our films on more screens than ever before

Jawan movie

The ruling party has absolute majority and firm faith in over-centralisation, writes Pranab Bardhan

voting

Courtesy in political dialogue and tolerance of policy dissent are a central requirement of democracy

Democracy

Through reforms and e-commerce innovation, India must supercharge its MSMEs

MSMEs

Many states need a new electricity policy that can support high economic growth

electricity

When Google Translate was launched in 2006, instant language translation became available to millions

Heatmap

Shyam Saran