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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicDeveloped countries

Topic: Developed countries

The developed world’s anti-incumbency wave & why the new RBI governor’s allowing rupee to be flexible

Global media also offers insight into why India is reaching out to the Taliban now, 3 years after Kabul fell & how Modi govt's 1st Kumbh is also the most politicised.

With 2 days left, new COP29 climate finance draft text is out—but the actual number is missing

Deciding the quantum and other aspects of climate financing was one of the central aims of this edition of the climate conference, dubbed the 'finance COP' for this reason.

Developing nations propose ‘at least’ $1.3 trillion/year in climate finance, face resistance

Developed nations had made a commitment to deliver $100 bn in climate finance to developing nations every year, up to 2020, but never raised this amount.

Thomas Piketty is back with a 1,200-page guide to abolishing billionaires

Thomas Piketty’s new book doesn’t just focus on Western economies, but also the political ideologies that lie behind inequality.

Economic growth rates look almost medieval in rich countries too

Even before the recent bad news, growth rates had slowed down in most rich countries, to historically low levels in some cases.

On Camera

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

Women form about one-fifth of India’s digital workforce, leadership roles a rarity, says LEAD report

The report released at Charcha 2025, an annual gathering of India’s social development sector, found that women remain largely concentrated in low-value and routine roles.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.