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Do weak sovereign ratings always choke clean-energy investment? Not equally everywhere. #India, rated BBB for 20 years, kept building on bank-led finance, state-linked lenders and domestic capital. #Africa, however, draws just 2%of clean-energy investment despite low infrastructure default risk: @manini_garg or-f.org/40859 #CleanEnergy #ClimateFinance
ORF Mumbai retweeted
.@orfonline is hosting an event titled 'Ganga Water Sharing Treaty at 30: Reimagining India-Bangladesh Partnership’.
The hybrid panel discussion featuring experts from India and Bangladesh will explore key questions, including:
1. How should the 1996 Ganga Water Sharing Treaty be assessed after three decades, particularly regarding equitable water availability during periods of low flow?
2. How can the renewed treaty move beyond water allocation to address biodiversity, sediment, climate change and the wider ecological health of the Ganga?
3. What diplomatic and institutional mechanisms are needed to ensure effective India–Bangladesh cooperation even during periods of political strain?
🗓️ 28 October | 📍Kolkata | Invite-only
Know more 🔗 or-f.org/40832
Why could the economy decide the #US midterms?
Rising petrol, electricity and diesel prices are adding to household and business pressures, while the war in #Iran is increasingly affecting domestic costs. For #Republicans, the #economic challenge could prove decisive.
@viveksans analyses the political stakes. or-f.org/40645
#Midterms2026
Can #India expand satellite connectivity without compromising control over its digital infrastructure?
Supporting domestic capabilities, enforcing Indian laws and strengthening local space technology are essential to long-term digital resilience. Global providers can compete, but security standards cannot be negotiable.
@Priyanka_Office explains why India’s digital future must be built on sovereignty, accountability and domestic innovation #DigitalSovereignty or-f.org/40706
A Pax Silica member. The only #BRICS member outside WAICO. Host of the 2026 AI Impact Summit.
#India is placed to bridge rival AI blocs. @SoumyaAwasthi17 sets out four steps New Delhi can take towards a common baseline for AI accountability 👉 or-f.org/40751 #AIGovernance
ORF Mumbai retweeted
⏳ 5 WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER!
International registrations for #RaisinaDialogue2027 are closing soon.
Register now ➡️ raisina-dialogue-2027.raisin…
🗓️ 18–20 March 2027 | 📍 New Delhi
Media, students and Indian residents — registrations will open soon. Stay tuned!
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India’s regulators do not derive their legitimacy from a foreign billionaire’s approval. @ProfHarshVPant argues New Delhi must stand firm on #Starlink. Market access in a strategic sector like satellite communications must rest on compliance and security, not Elon #Musk’s public pressure: or-f.org/40749 #Satcom #India
Quantity or quality? India’s air force needs both.
@ProfHarshVPant sets out four priorities: arrest the fall in fighter numbers, protect qualitative capability, push AMCA with clear milestones, and expand unmanned systems and integrated air defence.
Read more 👉or-f.org/40778 #IndianAirForce #AirPower
The world doesn’t need another AI declaration from #India. It needs proof that the last one mattered.
After the 2026 India #AI Impact Summit, the commitments are on the table. Now comes the harder task: building the machinery to deliver them.
@rudra_81 on why India must lead on AI—and how.
Read on @orfonline: or-f.org/40803
#Defence manufacturing is new to much of #Jhansi’s industrial base. A joint vendor-development programme by quality-assurance bodies, the #UttarPradesh government, and Bharat Dynamics could help local units meet defence standards and enter the supply chain: @katul02 & @mutuneer or-f.org/40834
Equal weights are a sensible place to start, but for #SDG budgets to inform spending decisions, the weights must come from evidence. Indian states, policy institutions, and other stakeholders should conduct the relevant study: @BardhanArya or-f.org/40835 #PublicFinance
As #AI systems become more autonomous, allocating liability among developers, deployers and users becomes more complex. India’s regulatory framework must address these gaps while avoiding fragmented rules, excessive compliance costs and arbitrary enforcement: @BasuChandola or-f.org/40814 #AIRegulation
#Bhutan continues to prioritise resolving its border dispute with #China before establishing diplomatic relations, even as unofficial exchanges grow through digital platforms and third countries. Beijing’s expanding practical cooperation may make formal ties increasingly difficult to avoid: @gs_aditya or-f.org/40823 #SouthAsia
The #GangaTreaty’s 2026 renewal offers #India and #Bangladesh a chance to move beyond water allocation to integrated river basin management. Accounting for #ClimateChange, biodiversity and sediment flows is essential to sustainable, mutually beneficial governance: @SohiniBose13 or-f.org/40847
#Starlink’s role in #Ukraine and #Iran highlights how decisions by private satellite operators can affect national security and strategic interests. For #India, the priority must be to enforce domestic regulations and build indigenous capabilities to reduce dependence on foreign-controlled networks: Gaurav Tyagi & Sandeep K. Shukla or-f.org/40844 #DigitalSovereignty
Governments must help consumers comply with environmental rules. #London’s vehicle-scrappage assistance and #India’s PARIVARTAN scheme show the way, but support must reach small operators and households facing unaffordable replacement costs, with eligibility disclosed early: @dddorf or-f.org/40850 #UrbanTransport #Mobility
Women accounted for 57.14% of #eSanjeevani utilisation in the October 2026 release. Given evidence of larger gender disparities among patients living farther from hospitals, the assisted model offers a route to medical advice at a nearby facility: @oommen or-f.org/40852 #DigitalHealth#Telemedicine #WomensHealth
Sovereign ratings can make #ClimateFinance costlier for the countries that need it most. Guarantees and concessional finance can ease capital scarcity, but not mispricing, which calls for better climate-risk data and rating methodologies that recognise borrowing for resilience: @manini_garg or-f.org/40859 #SovereignRatings
#Iran does not need to destroy ships to impose costs in the #StraitOfHormuz. Drones, mines and fast attack craft can raise insurance premiums, delay cargoes and force route diversions. #Hormuz remains a contested chokepoint, not an Iranian lake: @ProfHarshVPant or-f.org/40007
The #Taliban’s foreign policy reflects a new pragmatism. While formal recognition remains limited, engagement with #China, #Russia, #India, #Iran and other regional actors has expanded. For New Delhi, engagement offers a way to protect its interests while navigating a changing regional order: @ProfHarshVPant or-f.org/40051
