The writer is director general, The Energy & Resources Institute and chairman, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
November 22,2014 00:37:11 AM
Adaptation alone will not help in meeting the climate change challenge. We need cost-effective mitigation strategies.
March 06,2006 00:00:00 AM
There are very strong reasons to believe that the historic India-US deal will define India as an emerging power. But perhaps the biggest rea...
January 13,2006 00:00:00 AM
It’s never been so cold in 70 years, the Met office has told us. Before that we were told that it’s rarely been as rainy as it did...
August 06,2005 00:00:00 AM
The past few weeks have been a hectic period for Indian diplomacy, with forays into territory not traversed so intensely in previous years.A...
August 05,2005 00:10:43 AM
The city of Mumbai has been through a frightening trauma with the cloudburst that took place on July 26 and incessant rains on several days ...
August 04,2005 00:00:00 AM
The Iran-India pipeline has been in the news. As one of the two co-authors of this project way back in 1989, I feel gratified by the movemen...
October 08,2004 00:00:00 AM
One OF the most significant outcomes of the New York meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was their ...
August 12,2003 00:00:00 AM
Newspaper reports indicate that under Deputy Prime Minster L.K. Advani’s initiative, two professors from IIM Ahmedabad carried out a da...
June 05,2003 00:00:00 AM
Today is World Environment Day. For those of us living in India, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan’s message, on the occasion...
February 24,2003 00:00:00 AM
The annual budget of any government is in some sense like a performance by the proverbial Indian juggler. It is not merely an exercise in ba...
January 21,2003 00:00:00 AM
It is significant that the chief guest at this year’s Republic Day parade would be the President of Iran, Mohammed Khatami. Prior to th...
November 16,2002 00:00:00 AM
The most remarkable feature of China’s growth in the past two decades has been its ability to set course and stay on it against all odd...
November 15,2002 00:00:00 AM
Now that the Prime Minister has highlighted the reality of India competing with China, this nation must reflect on the nature of this compet...
January 25,1999 00:00:00 AM
Investing in environment -- Delhi has suffered freak weather conditions for almost a month now. Several opinions have been voiced on the ...
November 30,1998 00:00:00 AM
In an era where institutions round the world are undergoing major changes, and the accountability of privately controlled organizations to t...
November 09,1998 00:00:00 AM
The Government has announced its perspective plan for development of the power sector up to the year 2010. It is essential for any country t...
June 15,1998 00:00:00 AM
Budgets must promote sustainable developmentThe annual budget presented to Parliament is not merely an accounting exercise to be approved by...
