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COP29 fails to clear trust and equity test

Climate finance is not just a matter of numbers; it is a matter of justice. The Global South has contributed the least to the climate crisis but bears the brunt of its impacts (AP)
Published on Nov 25, 2024 13:46 IST

India’s RCEP and CPTPP challenge

India will have to deviate from its Model BIT and the existing investment treaty practice if it wishes to accede to CPTPP and RCEP (REUTERS)
Published on Nov 25, 2024 13:46 IST

Poll lessons for the BJP and Congress

Within a decade of being the pre-eminent party in the state, the Congress’s tally has fallen to its lowest in Maharashtra (Jitendra Takale/ANI)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 15:57 IST

What clicked for JMM in Jharkhand?

As far as spinning welfare schemes as vote magnets is concerned, while the BJP has repeatedly played a strong hand by parading the reach and superior implementation of such schemes designed by the Centre, it was the local schemes that mattered more in this election when it came to establishing beneficiary connect and seeking votes (Somnath Sen/ANI)
Published on Nov 23, 2024 15:48 IST

In Maharashtra, a tale of two coalitions

These results will also likely accelerate the decline of the two regional parties that have long dominated politics in Maharashtra (Deepak Salvi)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 23:40 IST

A double whammy for women in informal sector

Government solutions trotted out every year when pollution levels reach critical levels seem to be oblivious to the reality of the lives of the poor and the marginalised (PTI)
Published on Nov 22, 2024 13:19 IST

Lessons in democracy from the US elections

For Trump’s voters, his questioning of the electoral process is a “democratic corrective” (Bloomberg)
Updated on Nov 21, 2024 14:38 IST

Urban voters need to overcome poll apathy

Young voters pose at a polling booth after voting in New Delhi. (HT Photo/Sonu Mehta)
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 14:54 IST

Tapping the potential of the creative economy

India’s 1.1 billion internet users and 700 million social media users are driving democratisation of creativity
Published on Nov 19, 2024 14:48 IST

The baffling silence on climate and pollution

Sky enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality turns "hazardous" due to alarming air pollution.
Published on Nov 17, 2024 16:11 IST

In Sri Lanka, mandate for continuing change

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his finger as he leaves after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.
Published on Nov 17, 2024 16:11 IST