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Political will, which is otherwise scarce in New Delhi, is precisely what Modi demonstrated whether it was Balakot, the Kinetic Direct Ascent Anti-Sat
While significant steps have been taken in recent years to boost the startup ecosystem, a lot more still needs to be done for India to emerge as a glo
Even though India has little to offer in comparison to other countries in terms of defence technology, it can aspire to become a hub for cooperative d
As a response to the rising energy needs, India has come up with a battery swapping policy: A necessary but not a sufficient step.
There are calls for India to declare a net-zero year and offset its carbon emissions by various processes of absorption and removal of greenhouse gases. For India, such calls are irrational; despite international pressure, it has avoided making pledges or setting hard targets beyond its commitments at the Paris climate conference in 2015. This brief argues that “net zero” is not possible with India’s current levels of reliance on coal. Its
A gas-based future looked promising for India, but the country has failed to live up to expectations.
To protect its strategic interests in the Gulf region, India is expanding its defence outreach
There are enough indications that the standard of living of Indian people remains the same despite India’s robust urban economic productivity
For India’s G20 presidency to be successful, it would have to both prioritise the causes of the Global South and bridge the North-South divide
The manufacturing of electrolysers remains crucial for India’s aim to become the global hub for GH.
Global energy markets have battled continuous uncertainty over the past three years, disrupted first by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, and by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. India has been adept at navigating both these disruptions, using economic diplomacy to position itself favourably in the geopolitics of oil. New Delhi’s delicate balancing of its political relationship with both Washington DC and Moscow has been accompanied
Global partnerships across domains hold promise for bridging developmental disparities and bolstering the Northeast's economic outlook
It is high time to integrate India’s innovative perspectives, technical intelligence, and engineering abilities to secure its space journey
Is the cost of maintaining India’s strategic petroleum reserves justified?
Establishing India’s “Intranational COP” can help thrash out a national consensus on India’s climate goals and the means to achieve them.
As a precursor to the wider project of energy cooperation between Central Asia and South Asia, India and Pakistan must take baby steps towards energy trading as part of their ongoing trade liberalisation. Petro-products delivered by Indian refineries in the north and west to Punjab and Sindh regions would save Pakistan at least $14 per barrel of oil.
India and the US are poised to expand agricultural cooperation with the hope of bringing about a "Second Green Revolution" in India. Cooperation in this area would, however, need to take into account the interests of Indian farmers as well as issues related to bio-diversity and the environment.
Upward trends in crude oil prices and inflation have made a further increase in taxes on petroleum prices unlikely.
Its future will be defined by how it responds to the crisis in Ukraine, and in the shadow of growing Russia-China ties
मध्यम-उत्पन्न अर्थव्यवस्था विरुद्ध प्रगत अर्थव्यवस्था�
Iran is critical for stabilising India's northwestern marches, providing access to Central Asia and in meeting India's future energy needs. The pursuit of these separate but significant interests in the West Asia is bound to produce multiple contradictions. Managing them will be a great challenge for Indian diplomacy.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is currently investigating Iran's nuclear program, especially the possibility that Pakistan helped it with substantial transfers of technology and materials in the past. There has been no conclusive evidence so far, except for a piece of evidence that Pakistan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's trip to America will show if there is any political energy left in the UPA government for purposeful international engagement. If the answer is in the negative, the rest of the world will simply wait for stronger leadership to re-emerge in Delhi. India might pay a price for the wasted moments, but the ruling party may not much care, having grown rather comfortable with a do-nothing foreign policy.
Hydrogen is not just a fuel, but more a universal carrier and a way to store energy.
Recent developments in developing sodium-ion battery technology might provide a solution to the materials crisis in the electric mobility transition.
If hydro power potential of 150,000 MW is to be realised by the end of 2030 as assumed in the Integrated Energy Policy 2006, the government must ensure that policies address the crucial stumbling block of regulatory, social and environmental instability.
The loss of output is the single, worst and most sudden of disruptions to oil market so far.
The recent decision by the government of Naoto Kan to denuclearise Japan by 2050, regardless of its naivete, has certain traits that could help in overhauling the political economy of Japan's energy sector.
Pursuing a transition to cleaner cooking fuels could help achieve long-term goals of an environmentally sustainable economy, social inclusion, and emp
The assumption that energy transition will also ensure social transition may prove to be inaccurate in the long-run
Global North and South have different ambitions, but LiFE helps draw a common thread somewhere between the two without asking them to compromise on th
Dovetailing the renewable power generation programme with the target of lighting every home by Deepawali 2018, is the best fit.
Climate change and economic development are emotive subjects that are closely related: yet one is caused by the other. People’s lives are increasingly getting affected by the negative side-effects of climate change, particularly in developing countries which, at the same time, face enormous challenges to their aspirations for economic growth. Leading scientists agree that global warming is a reality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are requir
Growing economic protectionism and recurrent geo-economic and geo-political tensions in recent years are testing the resilience of the global economic order. Erstwhile proponents of globalisation such as the United States and the European Union are themselves recoiling from the global value chains that are over-reliant on China. As the localisation of goods and services has become more critical, it calls to question the viability of a globalised
LPG subsidies, and other energy access programmes, continue to be a major point of contention for India.
देशभर में बदलाव की सफल कहानियां इंगित करती हैं कि लड़किय�
Post-9/11, counter-terrorism experts all over the world have been focussing attention on three new aspects of counter-terrorism: counter-terrorism relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD), maritime counter-terrorism and counter-terrorism relating to energy security. Each of these requires a new approach and a new thinking.
The Nepal-India-Sri Lanka initiative could be used to pursue better people-to-people relations.
This brief explores four scenarios of climate action for India using a systems dynamics model called the Energy Policy Simulator for India. It investigates policy trade-offs and co-benefits and estimates the costs of climate action. It finds that deep decarbonisation in the Indian economy is possible while also boosting jobs and GDP and avoiding millions of premature deaths due to harmful air pollution. The low-carbon transition will require mass
The man is full of energy, strong in the saddle and is likely to be around till 2030.
The India-Japan partnership has matured into an important component of the new security and economic architecture of the Indo-Pacific region. For a long time, the partnership was centered on economic matters. But it has diversified to cover a wide spectrum of interests including security, counter terrorism, sea-lanes, UN reforms, energy security and climate change.
The opening up of Myanmar has added a new strategic value to the Bay of Bengal. Isolated for decades, Myanmar is actively engaging the world's major players in redefining its geopolitical identity today. This has further encouraged naval exchanges, exploration of energy resources and development of connectivity infrastructure in a vital littoral of the Bay. Within this evolving context, this paper attempts to examine the implications of these cha
The Observer Research Foundation organized a round table discussion on Climate Change on August 26, 2009 at its New Delhi campus. The theme speaker was Mr. Owen Jenkins, Counsellor for Climate Change and Energy, British High Commission and the DFID.
The European Union’s proposal for a new green taxonomy holds valuable lessons for India.
