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Monday, July 21, 2025
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Topic: WEF

How Gen Z is driving a fundamental shift in cyber policies

Gen Z is the first true digital natives, and this immersion has shaped them into a generation that intuitively understands digital systems and expects them to operate transparently, inclusively and responsibly.

What smoking can teach sustainability—design works where guilt doesn’t

We need systems that reward low-emission lifestyles, nudge people toward sustainable meals, and normalise pride rather than shame in acting for the planet.

Fashion has gone from physical clothes to digital identity. It’s defined by code & pixels

The real question is no longer what fashion looks like or how it’s made, but who gets to shape it and why it matters.

Middle East and Asia are leading food-water innovation—a blueprint for the world

Emerging economies are turning resource scarcity into a catalyst for ingenuity. Asia Pacific and the Middle East are key growth markets for green food and water technology.

What Japan can teach us about tackling rising heat in everyday life

Addressing the threat of extreme heat requires long-term, sustained climate action. Equally critical are immediate measures that protect the most vulnerable from heat-related illness.

Global gender gap narrows to 68.8% but full parity 123 yrs away, finds World Economic Forum report

WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 shows Iceland remains global leader in gender equality for 16th consecutive yr at 92.6%. India among lowest-ranked countries in South Asia.

How climate change is taking a toll on people’s mental health

More countries now recognise the link between mental health and shifting climate patterns, but very few have plans for how to address it.

We’re building ‘anxious cities’. How urban design can avoid this

Delhi's slum-dwelling adolescents and their affluent counterparts show major mental health disparities. Inadequate infrastructure and limited privacy intensify symptoms of depression.

Women’s health is a moral issue & an economic opportunity—worth $1 trillion

Despite comprising 49.7% of the world’s population, women’s health receives just 5% of global healthcare research and development funding.

AI is reshaping the traditional career ladder, with entry-level jobs at risk

While 170 million new jobs are projected to be created this decade, the rise of AI-powered tools threatens to automate as many roles as it creates.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.