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Shadowed commitments
27 July 2024 8:30 PM ISTSponsored controversially by a coal company, COP24 at Katowice was a procedural conference aimed at operationalising the Paris Agreement, but it...
Two Biographies
21 July 2024 12:10 AM IST'Sri Aurobindo' by Roshen Dalal and 'Bondhu' by Kunal Sen are two unputdownable biographies among the Valley of Words’ shortlist for best non-fiction...
Progress & pitfalls
20 July 2024 11:56 PM ISTCOP23 in Bonn, Germany, advanced Paris Agreement implementation but faced criticism for slow emissions reductions, inadequate climate finance, and...
Escaping pitfalls through prudence
13 July 2024 6:24 PM ISTSince the outcomes of India’s free-trade agreements with developed countries have thus far been mostly counter-productive, the country should weigh...
A milestone accord
6 July 2024 7:30 PM ISTThe Paris Agreement finalised during COP21 was a ‘historic turning point’ towards combating global warming. With increased US financial support,...
Embracing the East
6 July 2024 5:35 PM ISTIn the wake of the rising relevance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, India should avoid distancing itself away from the grouping under...
Investing in the people
29 Jun 2024 8:00 PM ISTBy making higher budgetary allocation to the social sector, the ruling parties can not only alleviate the prevailing socio-economic hardships of the...
Lacklustre progress
22 Jun 2024 7:11 PM ISTThough COP19 saw limited achievements in the form of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and some REDD+ progress, Japan's reduced...
A literary extravaganza
22 Jun 2024 7:09 PM ISTCelebrating the PN Panicker Book Reading Month, the Valley of Words announces its shortlist in eight literary categories catering to a diverse reader...
Lurking turmoil
15 Jun 2024 7:20 PM ISTUNCTAD, in its latest report titled ‘A World of Debt: A Growing Burden to Global Prosperity’, highlights the alarming surge in global public debt,...
When Indira Gandhi's resolve left the US scrambling
8 Jun 2024 2:59 PM ISTB 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...
Feeble resurrection
1 Jun 2024 7:31 PM ISTAs the COP16 in Cancun revived climate negotiations post the Copenhagen fiasco, barely any major agreements were made, with longstanding issues like...
Floods, Fury & Faultlines
6 Sept 2025 11:14 PM IST‘Education Must Build Social Cohesion’
6 Sept 2025 11:08 PM ISTCBAM’s Industrial Shockwave
6 Sept 2025 11:04 PM ISTLetters, Lineage and Liberation
6 Sept 2025 11:01 PM ISTReclaiming Punjab’s Forgotten Legacy
6 Sept 2025 10:58 PM IST
Election Commission must accept Aadhaar as proof of identity, says SC...
8 Sept 2025 2:58 PM IST42 injured as thousands protest in Nepal over social media ban; curfew...
8 Sept 2025 2:53 PM ISTGovt working on comprehensive package to support exporters hit by US...
8 Sept 2025 2:15 PM IST“What kind of retired SC Judge are you?”: Bihar Deputy CM slams INDIA...
8 Sept 2025 2:00 PM ISTPak intruder arrested along IB in Jammu, BSF to lodge protest with...
8 Sept 2025 1:45 PM IST