India’s banking sector appears poised for a structural shift, entering a new era after one defined by the rise of “new” private banks such as Global Trust Bank and Yes Bank. In what could prove to be a new milestone,…
This April marked the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference held in Indonesia that brought together high-level representatives from 29 countries, most of which had won independence from colonial rule riding the wave of decolonisation that accompanied the onset and…
Early into his second term, US President Donald Trump has lived up to his image of being a Great Disruptor with his across-the-board (country-wise and commodity-wise) increase in tariffs on imports into the US. In the process, he has launched…
Advocates of neoliberal financial policies still argue that the post-1991 licensing of the so-called new generation private banks was a major step in enhancing competition and spurring “innovation” in the banking space. This position is maintained despite a raft of…
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government seems set to initiate another era of trade liberalisation. In recent weeks, there has been a flurry of ministerial-level delegations visiting the country and travelling abroad, announcing the revival after years in some cases…
If the first month of Donald Trump’s second term as US President is any indication, global capitalism under US hegemony appears to be undergoing an internally driven restructuring. It must be noted that this process, as other restructuring episodes in…
When Azerbaijan as the Presidency of this year’s Conference of Parties (COP29) held at Baku, in Azerbaijan, informed delegates working on extended time that participating countries had arrived at an agreement, there were many who disagreed. India, using an odd…
Extended by a day in a show of symbolism, this year’s climate summit, the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29), ended in collapse. The widespread consensus that this was the case concealed, however, differences as to what reflected the collapse. Developed…
In global climate negotiations, that continued at the twenty ninth edition of the Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, there is agreement on one issue. If the international community has to take forward a multilateral agenda to keep global…
There’s no doubt that the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States sets the stage for further expansion of fossil fuel production in the US, especially of natural gas, of which the US has emerged…
