Governance

The success of BHAP will depend on bridging the funding gap and galvanizing political buy-in.

The manifesto details systemic exclusion of LGBTQ people and proposes sweeping social and economic reforms.

The absence of female panel members in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s ADR committees and the exclusion of non-Muslim members make clear that what may appear as decentralised and accessible justice may in practice perpetuate discrimination.

Germanwatch’s report urges India and other developing nations to press for stronger global mechanisms at the COP30 climate summit.

Drivers will be conscious that they are teaming up with cooperation minister Amit Shah’s pet project.

While the gathering in Belém sets the tone for two weeks of negotiations, the key test will be whether developed countries step up to match rhetoric with financial, technological and capacity-building support. India and its partners argue that ambition without means is hollow.

Without urgent action, environmental collapse could lock Afghanistan into a vicious cycle of poverty, migration, and instability for generations to come. The war may have ended for now, but the battle to save Afghanistan’s environment, and the lives it sustains, is only beginning.

Rahul Gandhi, despite his charisma, is still searching for a way to convert his message into a sustained political movement.