10 things to know about Biden-Xi meet at G20 in Bali
US President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping agreed to arrest the freefall in bilateral ties, yet Biden said this is not ‘kumbaya’.
FTX-Twitter jitters: The excesses of post-truth
Last week saw Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange implode and fake messages boom on Elon Musk’s platform, exposing the fragility of what’s held dear. The world needs to get real
Spare a thought for the trilemma of central bank digital currencies
Central banks may find they can have only two of these: a digital currency, transaction confidentiality and financial stability
RBI's secret letter on missed inflation target: what the MPC minutes tell us
If the govt doesn’t make the letter public, the statements made by the MPC members can be a good indicator of what the letter is likely to contain.
The enigmatic pact at the base of the Hinduja split
The pact bears eldest brother Srichand’s imprint, a testimony to his spiritual journey over the past three decades.
The West could gain by paying its climate bills
For too long have Western countries dodged what they owe others for global warming. As another cold war heats up too, a push for climate justice would enhance their soft power
The US mustn’t let its insecurity smash up the global economy
Washington’s approach is aimed at capping China’s power and the world’s people will pay the price
ESG frameworks must advance the interests of people
People should be accorded due priority by organizations aiming for profit without hurting the planet
We must catalyse India’s climate aspirations for large-scale impact
Corporate India should play a larger role in financing climate action to give the country’s sustainability efforts extra ballast
Facial recognition technology has shrugged off protests
Activists have raised concerns of bias but the use of such tools by the American government has been growing
Private rocket Vikram-S puts India’s space economy in a new-age orbit
The launch of the rocket marks the beginning of India’s diversified space economy that will create innovative applications for different sectors as well as high-value jobs.