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Shale gas has been recently developed and poses as an attractive tool both politically and economically. In the U.S., the prices of oil and gas have dropped substantially. That, in turn, has reduced the cost of production of steel, fertilizers, plastic, and petrochemicals. It has allayed the fears of exhaustion of traditional oil and natural gas in the foreseeable future. However, shale gas and oil extraction have faced severe criticism from environmental groups. Environmental risks posed...

Focusing on a few “top” national research universities is now a conscious higher education policy choice of governments in many countries. By doing this, governments aim for a spot in the global university rankings, sometimes at the cost of ignoring the larger higher educational landscape. In the context of India, the latest move of the federal government to develop a few “Institutions of Eminence” (IoEs) is commendable. But in its grand vision to develop IoEs, the government should not ...

A wise (wo)man will always allow a fool to rob her/him of ideas without yelling ‘Thief’… If (s)he is wise, (s)he has not been impoverished... Nor has the fool been enriched The thief flatters us by stealing… We flatter her/him by complaining.

With the slow pace of reforms and measures, India’s approach towards fighting climate change seems half-hearted and piecemeal. In order to implement a comprehensive approach and join the war on carbon, she must adopt an emissions trading scheme. It is a widely accepted market-based mechanism whereby a cap is set on the emitters and they are allowed to trade their carbon allowances. To effectively implement the scheme, an independent regulatory authority must be set up. We discuss the three ro...