Even the outstanding liabilities of states have been growing at double digits

Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs

Livelihood opportunities should take precedence in global trade talks as it is more about employment than anything else right now

उत्तराखंड भारत का पहला राज्य होगा जो अर्थव्यवस्था को सकल घरेलू उत्पा द की बजाय सकल पर्यावरण उत्पा द के आधार पर गणना करेगा। 

रेत की कमी और अवैध उत्खनन के दोहरे खतरे से लड़ने के लिए आयातित रेत की क्षमता को महसूस किया जा रहा है। 

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to political protests and accusations of bias as many states that have done well in controlling population will end up receiving less money from the Central tax pool

The history of the working class and how working people gained and lost privileges through the ages

Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global trading system

With the US halving its contribution to the Global Environment Facility, the oldest green fund sees first budget cut in 27 years, hurting the Least Developed Countries the most

The absence of concrete measures gives the government space to shrug off all responsibilities

WIPO begins talks on controversial proposal to allow countries to outsource their patent examination processes to another country

The revised price will push more sugar mills to produce ethanol and increase their revenue

Being an EU member state, the UK had been insulated from WTO rules that dictate the size of subsidies and how they are paid

The countries say that talks on further discipline on domestic support can only happen after harmful subsidies are reduced

1.6 people should escape poverty every second but currently just 1.1 are doing so. Worryingly, by 2020, the rate of poverty reduction would further slow down

India's patent office has ignored the strict safeguards against evergreening and allowed a flood of secondary drug patents

Centre is urging Finance Commission to finalise tax-devolution formula keeping in mind the national development programme

As people hunt animals from zoos to feed themselves, the President, accused of extrajudicial executions, is busy blaming the US and the opposition party

As opposed to the promise of creating 2 crore jobs, the government now stands witness to a steady decline in job growth

उत्तराखंड में पलायन रोकने और पशुपालन को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए बकरी स्वयंवर की अनूठी पहल की गई है। स्वयंवर को सफल बनाने के लिए निमंत्रण पत्र भी छपवाए गए हैं। 

An important but contested roles of journalism is the act of putting political violence into words. If they sound neutral, it’s likely you’ve avoided layin responsibility 

सोयाबीन अमेरिका-चीन के बीच व्यापार युद्ध का मुख्य केन्द्र बन गया है। क्या भारत इसका उत्पादन और प्रसंस्करण क्षमता बढ़ाकर लाभ ले सकता है?

Spatial distribution of rainfall is one of the factors ensuring healthy agriculutral production that keeps food inflation under control

An abridged selection of his memorable statements on the environment

If the world spends even a fraction of the predicted loss, it can reverse land degradation, which affects the poorest the most

The Arab Spring may not have put an end to re-colonisation of the Middle East and North Africa, but the fall of long-time dictators shows signs that democratisation is possible 

The reason socialist awareness is not possible in the 21st century is that the middle class in India in the 60s was primarily dominated by the established middle, says Ashis Nandy  

In the 21st century, counter reactions to globalisation have been taking radically different forms

Social media could be just the start of a slippery slope leading to an Orwellian world controlled by Big Data Brother

To address the growing unrest across the world, we need to effectively utilise the demographic dividend

Their frustrations in an unjust world can take various expressions—a fidayeen in Iraq, a stone pelter in Kashmir, a mercenary in Saudi Arabia, a rabid gaurakshak (cow protector) in India or a hedonist in Shanghai

The WTO mini-ministerial held in March in New Delhi showed a poverty of ideas on how to protect the multilateral trade bloc from US assaults