Explore why the US launches ‘Pax Silica’ a strategic critical tech & minerals coalition. Discover its implications and future impacts and what is India's position in this regard.

Taiwan’s revised Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) rules around installation of floating and on-ground solar PV projects stand out as a critical example of how a country can respond to the dual pressures of meeting global ambitions for renewable energy deployment and the necessity of maintaining environmental safeguards that are aligned with national commitments.

For over a century, benzene has been the foundation block of modern chemistry — a molecule that enabled everything from plastics and pharmaceuticals to fuels and detergents. Yet, it’s also among the most controversial, carcinogenic substances in industrial use today. Despite decades of reform and substitution efforts, benzene and its derivatives remain deeply entrenched in the global value chain. Their persistence tells an uncomfortable truth: industrial dependency rarely dis