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India's critical minerals opportunity lies in battery waste

India, Nov. 13 -- Critical minerals are now instruments of statecraft, and so is the waste that contains them. China accounts for more than three-quarters of the world's capacity to pre-treat battery ... Read More


Higher fertiliser subsidies are a prudent move

India, Nov. 13 -- On Wednesday, the Union government announced a revised subsidy allocation for phosphatic and potassic fertilisers for the rabi (winter) cropping season. The new allocation of Rs.62,3... Read More


Ladakh impasse must be resolved quickly

India, Nov. 12 -- Since popular discontent first became apparent in Ladakh in 2025, common wisdom has held that only free-and-fair elections to build a representative government can defuse simmering t... Read More


Correct count of farm fires needed

India, Nov. 12 -- Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana peaked for the season on Diwali, and the surge was far steeper than the usual numbers suggest. Analysis of data from INSAT-3DS, Isro's weather satell... Read More


Correct count of farm fires needed

India, Nov. 12 -- Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana peakedfor the season on Diwali, and the surgewas far steeper than the usual numbers suggest. Analysis of data from INSAT-3DS, Isro's weather satellit... Read More


Ladakh impasse must be resolved quickly

India, Nov. 12 -- Since popular discontent first became apparent in Ladakh in 2025, common wisdom has held that only free-and-fair elections to build a representative government can defuse simmering t... Read More


Hundred Grandmasters later, India poised to rule

India, Nov. 11 -- It has taken nearly 40 years since Viswanathan Anand first earned the title for India in 1988 to reach a century of Grandmasters (GMs). The initial years were a slow crawl; by 1997, ... Read More


Lessons from Kuno on conservation planning

India, Nov. 10 -- India's wildlife conservation/species-reintroduction efforts often focus on the rise in animal numbers. While numbers matter, making them the centrepiece of the narrative glosses ove... Read More


Lessons from Kuno on conservation planning

India, Nov. 10 -- India's wildlife conservation/species-reintroduction efforts often focus on the rise in animal numbers. While numbers matter, making them the centrepiece of the narrative glosses ove... Read More


Keep politics out of UGC equity rules

India, Nov. 7 -- The Union government's admission that it is contemplating setting up a committee to reconsider the University Grants Commission's (UGC) 2026 equity regulations will have significant s... Read More