Govt as the biggest power defaulter
The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills being received by the people and the ensuing protests. Analysts…
As world swelters, will new IPCC climate science chief be a woman?
Amid scorching heatwaves from Europe to China and the United States, governments will this week pick a new leader for the UN’s flagship science panel on climate change - with…
‘Plan B’: not an alternate to ‘Plan A’
‘Plan B’ was announced amid much fanfare, backed by the civilian administration (federal and provincial) and military leadership this Tuesday past premised on a one-window operation tried and failed in…
Russia’s Uralchem readies alternative to Ukraine route for ammonia
Uralchem, Russia’s biggest potash and ammonium nitrate producer, expects the opening of an ammonia export terminal near the Black Sea to make a pipeline across Ukraine much less important. Russia,…
Alternate universes
“The whole world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” This is a quote ascribed to Saint Augustine, the fourth century Christian saint of…
Europe looks to geothermal energy as gas alternative
The heating plant in Munich’s southern Sendling neighbourhood has been run for more than a century on gas, often imported from far away. But increasingly, it is the hot waters…
Faltering exports – the longer term for textiles
When India was partitioned “West Pakistan” had only two cotton yarn spinning mills and “East Pakistan” had no jute mills. Almost all our cotton and jute were exported and we…
Faltering exports
The textile exports are faltering since July 2022. They have been growing rapidly for the previous two years, but we have now come to a barrier to further growth. While…
Behind facade of unity, Franco-German relations falter as crises mount
When Germany unveiled a 200 billion euro ($200 billion) package to shield its industry and consumers from soaring energy prices, its government failed to notify neighbouring France beforehand, leaving French…
The alternative moment
The brazen violation of the constitution that took place on April 3 was, in a simple sense, a demonstration of egotistical populism led by a man who has been consistently…
