India amends FDI rules to boost e-commerce for small businesses, artisans, farmers, and fishermen: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

India has amended foreign direct investment regulations to boost e-commerce trade. These changes will help small businesses, artisans, farmers, and fishermen access wider markets. BRICS ministers discussed enhancing trade, investment, and industrial cooperation among member nations. Discussions also focused on creating jobs through emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. India aims to leverage e-commerce for connecting…

Ahead of Xi visit to India for BRICS, China pushes for curbs on media houses linked to Falun Gong, Tibet

Ahead of Xi Jinping’s likely September visit for the BRICS summit in Delhi, China’s embassy is pressing India’s Ministry of External Affairs to restrict media accreditation for outlets linked to Falun Gong and Tibetan refugee groups, such as The Epoch Times, Radio Free Asia, and Voice of Tibet, all blocked in China. Source: THE PRINT…

Geopolitical Blueprint: Transforming Great Nicobar Island into India’s Strategic Sentinel

Geopolitical Blueprint: Transforming Great Nicobar Island into India’s Strategic Sentinel By Leena Research Associate, Swadeshi Shodh Sansthan. Introduction The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, once viewed primarily as an isolated maritime outpost, is currently the site of independent India’s most ambitious geostrategic endeavour. Driven by NITI Aayog and executed by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated…

Sustainability Imperative: Why Sustainability Now Underpins Every Enterprise Process Underlines Every Enterprise Process

Sustainability Imperative: Why Sustainability Now Underpins Every Enterprise Process Underlines Every Enterprise Process Vaidyanathan Chandramouli[1] The Old Frame No Longer Fits For decades, sustainability occupied the margins of enterprise strategy — a reporting obligation, a communications exercise, a concession to regulation. Corporate social responsibility reports were published, carbon offsets were purchased, and the real business…

Chinese scientists turn to bamboo to strengthen the Great Green Wall

Chinese scientists are exploring bamboo, the world’s fastest-growing plant, as a new tool to fight desertification along China’s Great Green Wall. As part of a five-year conservation plan released in July 2026, researchers hope bamboo can overcome limitations of existing sand-fixing methods like straw grids, offering a more durable, sustainable barrier against expanding deserts in…