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The muted voice of India with regard to the Iran War, in contrast to its recent celebration of Holi, encapsulates the multi-colored nature of this most populous country in the world. India has maintained good relations with Russia and relies heavily on its oil, while also navigating a path to engage with the United States.
India surpassed China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, a demographic milestone that is both cause for optimism and concern. While a young, growing population offers potential for innovation and growth, it also raises urgent questions about the country’s readiness to absorb the millions entering the labour market each year. The central questions are: Does
According to the United Nations’ latest estimates, announced on this year’s World Population Day, the eight billionth person on this planet is expected to be born on November 15 while India is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous count in 2023. The first World Population Day was celebrated back on July 11,
Just recently, a little-known American company with extensive connections to the Trump family and the son of the Secretary of Commerce invested in one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten, a metal that the United States desperately needs to produce missile warheads, fighter jets, computer chips and other critical goods. According to the
Geopolitical fragmentation now exceeds Cold War levels, superpower influence has plateaued since 2015, and the number of middle power nations has nearly doubled from nine in 1991 to 16 today. Nations like the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Türkiye and Indonesia are building influence by maintaining relationships with both Washington and Beijing while creating independent capacity
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Salud con lupa. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is made possible thanks to support from the Wellcome Trust. Lee esta nota en español. The first patient arrived just over two years ago. January was supposed
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) races ahead, its capacities and limitations are now being computed by those at the forefront of the revolution — people such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — in terms of gigawatts of electricity. This is because the data centers that power AI consume vast and increasing amounts of electricity. US media
Last month, Global Witness released a report titled “Roots of Resistance: Documenting the Global Struggles of Defenders Protecting Land and Environmental Rights.” The investigation found that in 2024, 146 people around the world were murdered or disappeared for their environmental activism. Eighty-two percent of those victims lived in Latin America. Across the region, people are
Today’s ESG Updates EU Banks to Exit Net-Zero Climate Alliance: Major EU banks are quietly withdrawing from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, citing political backlash from the U.S. Reform of EU Waste Management Could Cut Carbon Emissions: A new EU study found that improved waste sorting and recycling could save €136 billion annually and significantly reduce
The use of gas stoves has been linked to almost 40,000 early deaths in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom each year, according to a study out of Universitat Jaume I in Spain. These deaths have been attributed to nitrogen dioxide exposure that comes from burning gas. This same exposure is responsible for
J.D. Vance, the current U.S. Republican Vice Presidential nominee, created a firestorm when he said in 2021 during his Senate campaign — and doubtless much to his current consternation, now that he’s running for the bigtime and old eruptions are being reincarnated — that the United States was run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies
In August 2023, time was running out for health care workers along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Hospital administrators and staff had to decide how they would prepare themselves, their patients, and their facilities as Hurricane Idalia — a Category 4 — closed in on the coastline. Faced with the possibility of a six-foot storm surge that