by Global Indian | Aug 5, 2021
(This column first appeared in Hindustan Times on August 3, 2021) For India, the big takeaway from the Tokyo Olympics is the return of hockey to national consciousness. The men’s team lost in the semi-finals on Tuesday, but remains in contention for a bronze. The...
by Global Indian | Aug 6, 2021
(Prem Shankar Jha is a senior journalist and author. The column first appeared in the print edition of The Indian Express on August 5, 2021) On July 28, it was reported that 650 of the 8,033 Nexons — Tata Motors’ popular mini-SUV — sold in June were EVs, that...
by Global Indian | Aug 10, 2021
(This column first appeared in ThePrint on August 9, 2021) Hosting an Olympic Games is an economic disaster, even in non-pandemic times. After more than a century and over 50 installments, there are enough case studies to conclude that the home nation is invariably...
by Global Indian | Aug 12, 2021
(This column first appeared in The Hindu on August 12, 2021) As the curtains came down on the Tokyo Olympics, the world of sports had many reasons to smile. Notwithstanding the challenges posed by COVID-19, the worst pandemic in a century, the planet’s biggest...
by Global Indian | Aug 16, 2021
(The author is Principal Research Associate, AEEE. The article first appeared in the Economic Times on August 16, 2021) The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that human influence has changed the climate at an unprecedented...
