US and Iranian officials meet with mediators in Pakistan as talks kick off despite disagreementsUS and Iranian officials met Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad. Talks occurred amid a fragile ceasefire and continued f...
11 Apr, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
Iran’s ‘License Raj’ resembles 1960s India — those close to the regime get permits and oil revenues, the educated get no jobs: Jeremy S. FriedmanDespite sanctions, Iran's economy stagnates with an over-educated population and limited job opportunities. The 1979 Islamic Revolution had...
19 Jun, 2025, 11.28 PM IST
Facing competition from Big Tech, states dangle incentives and loosen laws to attract power plantsSome states are dangling financial incentives. Others are undoing decades of regulatory structures in what they frame as a race to serve th...
09 Mar, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
Is nuclear energy making a comeback? New regulations may signal a shiftIndia aims to triple its nuclear power capacity by 2030, incorporating Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to complement traditional plants and a...
07 Dec, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
China keeps its distance as Russia and North Korea deepen tiesChina reacted guardedly this week as Russia and North Korea deepened their ties and vowed to resist the U.S.-led West, with Beijing avoidin...
19 Jun, 2024, 02.04 PM IST
Coal keeps powering India as booming economy crushes green hopesIndia's energy dilemma at Tuticorin plant showcases the struggle to shift from coal to renewables. Despite global pressure, the country lea...
16 Apr, 2024, 06.57 AM IST
Quad countries can establish mechanism for real-time data sharing: Vivek Lall, CEO of General AtomicsVivek Lall, CEO of General Atomics, proposed establishing a new mechanism for real-time data sharing among Quad nations to address maritime...
11 Feb, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
Putin needs money to fund the Ukraine war. The US and its European allies are helping him to make itThe US and Europe are importing nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia despite sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, providing hundr...
10 Aug, 2023, 01.28 PM IST
Wagner halts revolt but Putin seen as weakenedWagner mercenaries were headed back to base on Sunday after Russia's President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason...
25 Jun, 2023, 08.08 PM IST
Putin waves nuclear sword in confrontation with the WestBy merely suggesting a nuclear response, Putin put into play the disturbing possibility that the current fighting in Ukraine might eventual...
25 Feb, 2022, 08.02 PM IST
Where does India's strategic & defence relationship with Russia stand in a world of two superpowers?It appears that the recent string of large Indian arms contracts secured by US suppliers is nothing but an extension of India's long-standi...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.26 AM IST
Not expecting major shift in trade with Iran post US sanctions: Rita TeaotiaExplaining that the sanctions on Iran were in place for many years and only a partially lifted by the Obama-administration, Teaotia said th...
09 May, 2018, 08.34 PM IST
Abe + Abbott + Modi: The AAM trilateral that could stop China's riseLike Modi and Abe, Abbott represents a right-wing political constituency, has no-frills style and has made China’s ascendancy central to hi...
04 Sep, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
- Mahindra & Mahindra opens first toy store Beanstalk to give tough competition to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail
Mahindra & Mahindra has launched a toy store and driven into a new market that pits it directly against the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Reta...
03 Oct, 2011, 03.18 AM IST
- NRI readies power plant in a box
The world of energy and entrepreneurship is crackling with electric anticipation this week after an India-born scientist-CEO provided a sne...
23 Feb, 2010, 01.33 AM IST
- Govt monopoly in coal a major hurdle for power sector
Making a case for private sector's entry into the coal sector, the pre-budget Economic Survey today said the nationalised coal sector is a ...
02 Jul, 2009, 01.13 PM IST
- Russians choose Putin successor in one-sided election
Russians voted Dmitry Medvedev in a presidential election seen by critics as rigged to hand victory to Vladimir Putin's chosen successor.
02 Mar, 2008, 01.35 PM IST