Insight
Shadows of a dream
13 July 2024 1:00 PM GMTThe COP22 meet at Marrakesh focused on implementing the Paris Agreement but lacked progress on finance, technology transfer, and loss and damage...
Refreshing pastures of Hindi literature
13 July 2024 12:58 PM GMTShortlisted in the Hindi non-fiction category, the biographies of Pandita Ramabai, Rahul Sankritayan, and Osho Rajneesh highlight a renewed interest...
Sticking to the role
29 Jun 2024 2:43 PM GMTAmidst optimistic factors like US-China bilateral climate talks and India’s invigorated commitment—countered by setbacks in the form of Europe’s...
Translations of a literary mosaic
29 Jun 2024 2:36 PM GMTThis set of synoptic remarks on five translations of literary gems from ‘Bhashas of Bharat’ in Hindi emphasises popularising and preserving India’s...
Prelude to Paris
15 Jun 2024 2:30 PM GMTThe eighteenth COP (COP18) was held from November 26 to December 8, 2012 in Doha. The eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the...
Hope amidst desolation
15 Jun 2024 2:27 PM GMTYour childhood is your homeland’, said Epictetus, and so did the poet and Nobel laureate Louise Glück, “We look at the world once, in childhood. The...
Paltry progress
8 Jun 2024 5:12 PM GMTThe COP17 kicked off on November 28, 2011, in Durban and continued till December 11, 2011. The seventh meeting of the Conference of Parties serving as...
An empathetic exploration
8 Jun 2024 5:06 PM GMTManoj Mitta’s 596-page magnum opus Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India on the hitherto under-explored intersection of caste and law...
Forward momentum
18 May 2024 2:41 PM GMTCOP14, serving as a preparatory platform for the significant COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, aimed at establishing crucial post-2012 emissions treaties...
Himalayan Heroics
18 May 2024 2:40 PM GMTEnriched with historical insights and prompting further research into unexplored manuscripts of the region, Col Ajay K Raina’s book, ‘Beyond the...
Gems of wilderness
4 May 2024 2:30 PM GMTStanding tall with their architectural grandeur amidst ecological serenity, the two prominent forestry institutions of Uttarakhand—Forest Research...
Navigating through riddles
4 May 2024 2:30 PM GMTWith climate-related challenges mounting to still greater heights, both COP12 and COP/MOP2 continued the work on Kyoto Protocol issues but lacked...
Pakistan using terror, proxy wars to stay relevant: PM Modi
26 July 2024 8:12 PM GMTMamata to push for abolition of NITI Aayog, revival of Planning...
26 July 2024 7:45 PM GMTMamata rebukes Cong CMs’ last-minute NITI meet boycott
26 July 2024 6:54 PM GMT‘Indo-Bhutan River Commission’: State to pass resolution seeking...
26 July 2024 6:52 PM GMTSiliguri Police start case against rumor mongers
26 July 2024 6:45 PM GMT
Olympics begin with colourful Seine celebration
26 July 2024 8:14 PM GMTArson attacks paralyse French high-speed rail network hours before...
26 July 2024 8:13 PM GMTPakistan using terror, proxy wars to stay relevant: PM Modi
26 July 2024 8:12 PM GMTNTA declares final NEET-UG results, number of toppers down to 17 from...
26 July 2024 8:11 PM GMTMoidams of Ahom dynasty included in UNESCO World Heritage List
26 July 2024 7:48 PM GMT