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Why India’s Coal Power Fell in 2025 — And What It Signals for the Energy Transition

For the first time in nearly five decades, coal-fired electricity generation in India declined year-on-year in 2025. The shift, documented by the “Centre for Research on Energy and...

January 14, 2026

Why the Monroe Doctrine Refuses to Die — And What Trump’s Venezuela Move Reveals

When U.S. President “Donald Trump” invoked the Monroe Doctrine after ordering military action against Venezuela and capturing its President “Nicolás Maduro”, many historians were left bewildered. Among them...

January 14, 2026

Why Equality Is Not the Enemy of Growth — And Why India Can’t Afford to Ignore It

Public debates on economic equality in India are often framed in oddly moralistic terms. Equality is portrayed not as a policy concern, but as a bundle of four...

January 14, 2026

Are Data Centres Being ‘Dumped’ on India? Why Energy, Water and Governance Matter

In global trade, “dumping” is often dismissed as a red herring. After all, if a country imports a product cheaply, it is usually because domestic laws permit it...

January 14, 2026

What Trump’s Venezuela Strike Says About the Collapse of the Global Balance of Power

When U.S. President “Donald Trump” announced military action against Venezuela from Mar-a-Lago, framing it as a “spectacular assault” against narco-terrorism, the language was deliberately theatrical. Yet the substance...

January 14, 2026

If Biofuel Land Became Solar Farms, Could It Power the World’s Electric Vehicles?

Electric vehicles are now widely seen as the future of low-carbon transport, but two decades ago, biofuels held that promise. The idea was simple and compelling: instead of...

January 14, 2026

Why India’s Entry into Article 6 Carbon Markets Marks a Turning Point in Climate Finance

The decision to make carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement fully operational at COP29 has reshaped the global climate finance landscape. For India, this shift...

January 14, 2026

How the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill Seeks to Reset Higher Education Governance

When the Tamil poet-sage “Tiruvalluvar” wrote in the Thirukkural that education is meaningless unless it teaches one how to live in society, he was articulating a vision of...

January 14, 2026

Why Early Childhood Investment Is the Missing Link in India’s Viksit Bharat Vision

India’s ambition of becoming a Viksit Bharat and a $30 trillion economy by 2047 is both aspirational and necessary. But such a transformation cannot rest on slogans, headline...

January 14, 2026

Why ISRO’s Consecutive PSLV Failures Have Raised Questions on Transparency and Quality Control

The back-to-back failures of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) — long regarded as the most reliable rocket in India’s space programme — have unsettled both strategic planners...

January 14, 2026

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