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Opinion

Renewables Race

India’s clean energy ambitions are bold and necessary, but the country faces an uphill battle in turning them into reality.

Reform Urgent

India stands at a crossroads in the global clinical trials market. Despite its vast and diverse patient pool, cost-effective medical ecosystem, and expanding hospital network, the country holds a mere 8 per cent share in global trials, significantly lagging behind China’s 29 per cent and America's 25 per cent.

Emperor Trump

As befits a monarch, Trump makes outrageous statements, and makes equally outrageous demands from leaders who come to pay homage to him. Later on, as is the wont of kings, Trump mellows down a bit, and allows himself to be persuaded to agree to somewhat more rational solutions.

Consumer Illusion

India, often touted as a land of vast economic potential, faces a stark contradiction. Despite its 1.4 billion population size, only a fraction truly participates in discretionary spending.

The Cash Cow

Students of these colleges save the prestige of the college and the energy of a teacher by bunking general classes like compulsory English en masse.

Sunday showdown

 But cricketing minutae, technical nittygritty and expertspeak have often been outweighed by psychological factors when India meet Pakistan.

Diplomatic test

What is of concern in diplomatic circles, however, are the flashpoint issues which could end up making the G20 presidency a poisoned chalice for India.

BCL has become a total menace

Over the years, the ruling party has provided immense leeway to its student activists, despite their repeated involvement in violent, uncivilised, and criminal activities.

External Challenges

The power of these China-made institutions is alarming; the Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2020 notes that many AIIB projects challenge US global and Japanese regional leadership roles.