The West’s past ignorance isn't a modern pass to pollute. You can’t mask national pride as being "unapologetic" when you’re consciously making the exact same mistake with full scientific awareness.
I cannot remember the United States ever apologising for "overcapacity" when it was the world's leading industrial power. Should Italy apologise for its overcapacity in fashion, France for its overcapacity in wine, the UK for its overcapacity in financial services, or Belgium for its overcapacity in chocolate?
*** The real challenge of our time is that centuries of Western dominance have come to an end, and there is a need to adjust to a multipolar world.
In our latest analysis for @CNBCTV18News, @Dhurairaaja and I dive deep into India’s expanding trade imbalance with China. Shifting the needle requires looking far beyond short-term import restrictions or tariff barriers.
📉 Is India's #TradeDeficit with #China becoming a structural dependence?
In this #CNBCAccess analysis, @parthu_p and @Dhurairaaja examine why India's widening trade gap with #China goes beyond #imports, highlighting deeper supply chain dependencies and the challenges they pose for #manufacturing and the green energy transition.
Read the full analysis here: 👇
https://t.co/P5Rjnu8I97
Student uprising in India over exam scandal forces resignation of education minister
Blow to Modi government as Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after country’s prestigious medical exam is leaked to highest bidder
✍️ Shoaib Mir and Parthu Venkatesh Pendari
https://t.co/0AWMGjPmLa
Sonam Wangchuk, a prominent Indian social activist demanding the education minister's resignation over exam paper leaks, entered the 17th day of a hunger strike as his condition worsened, prompting opposition leaders to urge him to call off the fast https://t.co/guxEc1mYx9
A report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago @UChiEnergy shows that air pollution is shortening the life expectancy of Delhi residents by nearly 12 years!
"The air in this city is so thick and full of pollutants that with every single breath, my chest feels heavy" says Rohit, gig worker.
I and Shoaib report for @japantimes from New Delhi, India.
India's massive e-commerce industry runs on the efforts of millions of gig workers. Their health is suffering as India's major cities struggle to improve air quality. https://t.co/wCoYKYblk1
@japantimes A report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago @UChiEnergy shows that air pollution is shortening the life expectancy of Delhi residents by nearly 12 years.
Kazakhstan enters rare earths, minerals race as China alternative
Central Asian country has deposits and mining expertise, but processing remains difficult
News flash: This is the case for every "China alternative"
https://t.co/02E4ixLIu0 via @NikkeiAsia
In Ghana, tapentadol is driving a surge in abuse.
India's biggest exporter: Syncom Formulations, shipped nearly Rs 390 crore worth of tapentadol to many countries including Ghana.
@PratyushDeep1 reports.
https://t.co/haC2iLodJE
“The humanities are not a system for the production of positive ‘research results.’ They are a practice of self-cultivation, or they are nothing” https://t.co/lxXWFINMcl
if you care about the human costs of the war, you should care about people in developing countries most exposed to the economic shocks. Who are those? 1/