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The relationship between New Delhi and Riyadh has been improving steadily. Saudi Arabia is a critical partner, and India is not wasting any opportunity to engage Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country's de facto ruler, and next in line to be King

As the focus on China+1 increases, India has a historic opportunity to promote industrialisation in all of South Asia. It will stabilise the region, increase jobs, and make it less vulnerable to Chinese enticements

G20 countries have committed to work towards tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030. Several challenges make achieving the target difficult.

The pink bollworm has taken a toll on the fibre crop, even as new “mating disruption” technologies to control the pest are showing promise

The use of the land route in the Arabian peninsula could mean bypassing the congested Suez Canal that cargo ships currently take. The project eventually aims at laying out a seamless corridor running all the way from South East Asia to Europe.

The Chinese negotiators, a diplomat from one of the G7 countries said, are playing a “constructive role” in many areas, especially those impacting the interests of the developing countries.

India’s 150 large reservoirs are a crucial source of water for the rest of the year, for not just households and industry, but also power generation. Storage levels are about 10% below the last 10 years’ average for this time of the year

In 2022, then CEC Sushil Chandra had said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was “fully geared up” to hold simultaneous elections. Current CEC Rajiv Kumar declined to comment on the issue on Friday.

The government has announced a ‘Special Session of Parliament’ from Sept 18-22. The Constitution does not define a ‘special session’. The term sometimes refers to sessions the government has convened for specific occasions, like commemorating parliamentary or national milestones

By Tuesday morning, the country had received 160 mm of rain this month. Never has the rainfall figure for August been less than 190 mm. What are the likely implications? What is the outlook for September?