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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicDeveloping countries

Topic: Developing countries

Is Bangladesh ready for ‘developed country’ status? It’s all optics for Sheikh Hasina

The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.

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.

Emerging economies, including India, criticise $300 bn COP29 climate finance deal as insufficient

The target, hailed by UN as 'insurance policy for humanity against global warming', aims to help 'poorer nations' cope with climate change.

It’s now ‘big shovels’ over ‘big oil’—critical minerals are the international economy’s new staple

The transition to renewable energy, digitalisation of the economy and pressure to keep pace with developments in cutting-edge technology all hinge on a select few minerals.

‘Climate action inadequate to meet Paris Agreement goals’ — UN report shows decline in adaptation funds

UN Environment Programme report comes ahead of this year's annual COP28 climate change conference, scheduled to begin in Dubai on 30 November.

Can a good acronym give currency to a group that’s lost relevance? The curious case of BRICS today

BRICS is in danger of becoming a vehicle for Chinese diplomatic thrust. This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with Beijing.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.