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World still falling behind on clean water & sanitation, says UN. ‘Millions of lives lost each year’

Nearly 90% of countries have policies for water, sanitation, but fewer than 13% have enough funds & trained staff to fully implement them, says a 2025 UN report.

In FTA, India offers EU auto quota six times larger than the UK deal

The free trade agreement will gradually allow up to 250,000 European-made vehicles to enter India at preferential duty rates— far above the 37,000-unit quota extended to the UK.

Trump’s US officially exits Paris climate deal: What does it mean for rest of the world?

Climate organisations will have to grapple with the loss of billions of dollars of US funding — unless other nations or philanthropies step in to fill the void.

With discounts & no US deal, Russia oil flows to India prove unexpectedly resilient

Flow is very unlikely to drop to near-zero as many had forecast after the US blacklisted Russian crude giants Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC.

What would it take for a European reset to succeed?

Insulted and bullied by Donald Trump, European leaders are asking where they go from here. The right choice isn’t to kneel or fight back, but to disengage.

A baby’s death & mother’s suicide rock Bangladesh as Awami League student leader denied funeral parole

Kaniz Suborna Swarnali ended her life after killing her infant son. She had reportedly exhausted every legal avenue to secure the release of her husband, a leader of Chhatra League.

Trump is a lot like Kaiser Wilhelm: ‘He’s vanity itself’

His narcissism, self-obsession, lust for flattery and absolute indifference to the welfare or interests of others echo Germany’s last kaiser.

How underwater drones map blue carbon projects, from Japan to Indonesia

Fujitsu uses a microwave-sized underwater drone that can zig-zag across the ocean floor, scanning and identifying plant species that gather CO2 and then store it.

From Indonesia to India, Asia’s pivot to political satire is no laughing matter

Politics in Asia is getting funnier, but the punchlines are falling flat. From Indonesia to India, young people grappling with economic uncertainty and shrinking trust in institutions...

China’s low birth rate isn’t doomsday for formula milk suppliers

Despite fewer Chinese babies, there’s evidence that firms with premium branding and international cachet can still grow their market share — and charge more for their products.

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

India among top 5 for expanding research in critical technologies, despite low R&D investment

The Economic Survey 2025-26 shows India among the top five countries in 45 out of 64 critical technologies in the Critical Technology Tracker.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.