Mass poverty is back in India
After 45 years, the world’s fastest poverty-reducing country adds the maximum poor in a year
Redundant since 2019: The 12th ministerial conference fails to revive WTO Appellate Body
Reappointment of judges to the appellate body stopped in 2017
Building back after COVID-19 blow can create safer livelihoods for transgender community
The pandemic restrictions robbed the community of their livelihood options
Kenya’s Turkana County experienced the highest increase in inequality: Report
It is among the 12 counties in the country where inequality rose
Power and perils of artificial hand
Considering artificial intelligence through the ideas of Adam Smith
Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: What the choices might look like
Decision makers need to employ strategic foresight to better navigate uncertainty, upheaval and inevitable change
No offshore wind project has commenced in India: Are we on track for 30 GW by 2030?
Some 195 GW of technological offshore wind potential in India’s EEZ still unharnessed
India’s deep economic paralysis just set in
Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India enters into a situation that currently looks unimaginably distressed.
Watch: How the global food crisis is unfolding, with 1 in 5 people in need of urgent action
Children and women most affected; conflict & extreme weather events biggest driver of food insecurity
A third of businesses in South Asia not in operation amid COVID-19 pandemic: World Bank
Firms in South Asia witnessed an overall sales decline of 64%
Public spending to rescue Indian economy: Economic Survey 2020-21
The Survey hints Union Budget 2021-22 will be a 'maximum government' affair
Deepening green tech divide between Global North, South to worsen economic inequality, warns UN
Without decisive action by governments, developing countries may miss out on economic opportunities from green tech
Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term
India recorded extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days between January 1 and November 30, 2022
Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals
Researchers from the EU and other OECD nations demonstrated high levels of scepticism
As told to Parliament (February 13, 2023): Climate change likely to pull down wheat yield by 6-25% in 2100, says minister
Rainfed rice yields in India are projected to reduce marginally
Good health, reduction of poverty, hunger rated as today’s top priorities in Ipsos poll
Half of respondents said their government was not doing enough to achieve SDGs
Fourth Industrial Revolution: What is it all about?
A collection of DTE articles on the ongoing use of technologies to blur the boundaries between the digital, physical and biological worlds
Climate change will hit us hard: 7 in 10 people express fear in WEF survey
Survey conducted by World Economic Forum and Ipsos across 34 countries throws up revealing findings about attitudes towards climate change
Agriculture least hit by COVID-19: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey also pointed out that higher growth in allied sectors, especially livestock, has also contributed to the total agricultural …
Is net-zero concept zeroing in on climate change? A sustainable consumption critique
Increasing demand for resources and energy-intensive lifestyles make it nearly impossible for technological fixes to reduce carbon emissions
India should use renewable energy to meet its economic growth targets
The adoption and promotion of renewable energy in India from an economic and sustainability perspective, using qualitative and quantitative …
COVID-19 vaccine weekly: Sharing doses tops the G7 agenda
Nepal has seen a surge in cases but has only vaccinated 2.5% of its population; Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate per head of …
Don’t let Bolsonaro’s Brazil join you, non-profits urge OECD
Non-profits criticise Brazil’s candidacy to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development while dismantling socio-…
Why inequality is India’s worst enemy
India’s per capita gross domestic product increased five times between 2000 and 2019. The income, however, is concentrated only in a few …
Learning lessons from across Europe – the hidden costs of COVID-19 on lung cancer
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Lung Ambition Alliance, established a taskforce to learn from the impact of COVID-19 on lung …