While the rising sea level and warming oceans are undeniably a part of the crisis in the Sundarbans, other factors are also in play. It's a tale of criminal enterprise, regulatory failure and violent dispossession of some of the world's most vulnerable people.
India is not merely a buyer of cheap oil from Russia or an exporter of refined fuels to Europe. India is a system stabiliser, ensuring the flow of oil in the world market in the context of economic necessity as well as geopolitical compulsions. India ranks among the top five refining nations globally.
European green laws represent a major shift in the relationship between trade and environmental sustainability. For South Asia, they create both risks and opportunities. While compliance costs and market access challenges are real, these regulations can also accelerate the region's transition towards greener and more resilient economic development. The long-term success of South Asian economies will depend on their ability to integrate sustainability into industrial growth strategies while ensuring that environmental goals complement, rather than hinder, broader development objectives.
India's Gen Z seeks opportunity, purpose and impact. The cockroach's greatest lesson is not survival but service—quietly sustaining ecosystems through recycling, resilience and adaptation. As young people lead the journey towards sustainability and Net Zero, the question is not whether they are cockroaches, but whether they will learn from them.
India has reiterated its call to Sri Lanka to fulfill its commitments to “protecting the interests of Tamils” by "conducting provincial council elections" and "meaningful power devolution" under the 13th Amendment of the Sri Lankan Consitution, a step, New Delhi said, is in the country’s own interest
After a Russian attack on a nuclear facility in Ukraine, India said it attaches “highest importance” to ensuring the safety of its own atomic plants
India's Pujani was exercising the right of reply in Geneva to Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari's statement at the High-Level Segment of the Council's 49th session
Bhutan broke ranks with India and joined the majority of countries in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in calling for respecting Ukrainian sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity and said it is deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Ukraine
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to censure Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while India abstained on the vote once again
Afghanistan’s economy is heading towards “a point of “irreversibility” and is nearing a “ tipping point” where there will be more businesses closed, job losses, the UN special envoy for the country has warned, asking the international community to work to address the issue of reviving the Afghan economy
In what comes a major relief for Afghanistan, the World Bank has approved a decision transferring $1 billion from the frozen Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) to United Nations' agencies and select international aid groups to support aid operations in the country gripped humanitarian crisis
India has offered to help evacuate citizens of neighbouring and other developing countries stranded in Ukraine but has said that efforts to evacuate its citizens from the war-hit country have been hampered by "adverse conditions" at the borders
Staying true to its traditionally neutral and nonaligned stand, especially on global issues outside its sphere of influence or core security interests, India abstained for the third time on a Security Council vote on Ukraine and said it welcomed the decision by Ukraine and Russia to hold talks
The United Nations Security Council is to meet on Sunday (early Monday India time) in a hastily convened session to vote on a resolution to convene an emergency meeting of the General Assembly to take up the Ukraine crisis
India has been assigned a key role in the US Indo-Pacific strategy which says it would "support India's continued rise and regional leadership". Now, ironically India has found itself alongside China in the Security Council balancing act
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet acknowledged Sri Lanka’s legal, institutional, and constitutional reforms, but added concerns remain about the lack of accountability in Sri Lanka after gross violations of human rights
India, along with China and the United Arab Emirates, abstained on a Security Council resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The UN resolution would be a test of India's position in a post-Cold War world that is quickly plunging into a new Cold War
As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced “special military operations” in Ukraine even as the Security Council was meeting in a late-night emergency session, India warned of a looming major crisis
