The Times of India

Developing countries have contributed very little to the total greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Why should they not be able to produce what the rich countries produced to become rich? Climate summits are occasions for massive hypocrisy. COP28 in Dubai has just […]

COP28 is discussing reforms of global food systems but the western argument for locavorism is actually protectionism in disguise. The current climate summit in Dubai, called COP28, will once again call for a wide range of measures to save the earth. Because of

Economist and columnist Swaminathan Aiyar said that global investors have to some extent already factored in a Narendra Modi victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. India is a new locomotive that is taking the place of China, says Swaminathan

Bollywood spies make for hit films but in real life, killing terrorists only creates martyrs Bollywood has glamourised Indian secret service agents. Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are so irresistible in spy films that even Pakistani secret agents

Bangladesh has long overtaken India in life expectancy, fertility, child mortality, sanitation, school participation and gender equality. And now Nepal, with a per capita income half of India’s, has also begun to surge ahead India is falling behind other countries

It is the largest economy in South Asia, but it’s not the best-off. Important lessons, not just for India but also its neighbours, based on per capita incomes from 1980 to 2023 The Government of India boasts that India is

Art historian Ranjit Hoskote has been accused of anti-semitism. The charge is being increasingly used by the West to muzzle any critique of Israel’s actions in Gaza I am appalled that art historian Ranjit Hoskote had to resign from the

What’s the use of India’s decarbonisation if climate denier Trump comes back to the White House? A new climate summit, COP28, will be held later this month in Dubai. The climate pledges and actions of countries will be scrutinised. Many will be

India won world sympathy when it did not use force against Pakistan after the 26/11 attacks. Israel should realise that, while revenge is tempting and may yield votes in local elections, it will not win global sympathy Having got enormous

Mahatma Gandhi’s message of non-violence is lost as both sides are overcome with rage and passion Friends have been asking me why I have not written on the Hamas-Israel bloodbath. I reply that I have little new to say on