Editorial Analysis

As climate change accelerates sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, and coastal erosion in India’s coastline affecting its environment, socially and politically.

As the trade deadline approaches, the USA is ramping up pressure on India to open its agriculture market to genetically modified (GM) crops.

On July 5, 2025, India marks both the fourth anniversary of its Ministry of Cooperation and the International Day of Cooperatives, during a year globally recognized as the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives. 

Manufacturing has long been the backbone of economic growth, employment generation, and technological advancement for emerging economies. 

India’s development cooperation with the Global South has been showing a rising trend for the last several years.

The editorial highlights the significant role of technology in integrating and empowering various initiatives under the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) in India.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s second visit to Europe within a month reflects a deepening India-Europe engagement.

US President Donald Trump’s government now recognises only two genders, male and female excluding the Transgenders.

Recently, China hosted the first-ever trilateral meeting with Pakistan and Bangladesh in Kunming, on the sidelines of the China-South Asia Exposition. It has far-reaching implications for South Asia — particularly for India.

In an era marked by rising protectionism and fractured global trade alliances, India needs to reconsider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and deepen its integration with ASEAN and the European Union (EU) to safeguard its economic future.