While carbon neutrality will be the pitch during the summit, PM Modi should use climate diplomacy not only to remind the developed countries about common but differentiated responsibilities and their past commitments, but also to institutionalize the mechanism and alliance jointly with USA, for tracking the climate finances to developing…
India’s initiative in supplying vaccines to UN peacekeeping forces and also to a large number of poor countries is a masterstroke of Narendra Modi’s government in vaccine diplomacy, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
Prime Minister Modi clearly laid out the importance of collective responsibility towards water conservation in February. He called for a 100-day campaign to clean up water bodies and prepare them for rainwater harvesting before the monsoon of 2021, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
Have you heard the phrases, circadian rhythm and heliotropism? These phrases are the scientific terminologies to describe the behaviour of a sunflower on the farm
India has a longer track record of supplying medicines and vaccines to the rest of the world, than any other country, including China, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
India is forecast to be the biggest contributor to the ‘new normal’ doubling its renewable additions in 2021. Wind and solar additions are expected to jump by 30 percent in both the US and China, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
Whoever is the winner, the planet would be the loser. The margins of the defeat of the planet would depend on who wins the American presidential race, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
It may appear rather incredulous for many people to know that US President Donald Trump, who is facing his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, in the Nov 3 presidential election and has been the subject of global criticism from liberals, has supported the work of WFP to the hilt, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
India may be considering itself a regional power but is still far from being a global power
Modi and Macron are the "Champions of Earth". Now they should join hands to champion the global action through ACE -Alliance for (COVID19) Eradication, writes Rajendra Shende for South Asia Monitor
