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UNCTAD, in its latest report titled ‘A World of Debt: A Growing Burden to Global Prosperity’, highlights the alarming surge in global public debt,...

B K Nehru was the Indian Ambassador to the US from 1960 to 1968. In one of his Memoires, he shared an episode on Smt Indira Gandhi depicting her...

As the COP16 in Cancun revived climate negotiations post the Copenhagen fiasco, barely any major agreements were made, with longstanding issues like...

The eminently readable book, ‘Kathmandu Chronicles’ — by KV Rajan and Atul K Thakur — goes beyond facts to delve deep into the socio-political...

The much-awaited COP15 at Copenhagen failed to meet the expectations for a Kyoto Protocol successor, increasing distrust between developed and...

Unlike stereotypical coffee table books focussing on design and imagery over text, ‘Responsibility’ by Amit Sachdeva and Mugdha Arora adopts an...

Despite a slew of measures aimed at strengthening domestic industries, India's rapidly increasing trade deficit with China highlights its growing...

While Dwijen Sen, a Bengal-born revolutionary artist in Dehradun, founded the iconic Kala Kendra named after him, Swami Rama, the spiritual leader who...

Following dramatic negotiations and certain compromises, COP13 managed to establish an independent Adaptation Fund under UNFCCC and outlined the Bali...

As Bengal's jute-producing regions, historically facing a neglect and policy bias by the Union government, head into the next five phases of the...

Below par budgetary allocation for the health sector and abysmal emphasis on serious healthcare issues during the first two phases of election are...

The fast-emerging ‘blue economy’ and the passage of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 present two scenarios revealing the...