On the heels of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's three day stay in India, President Joe Biden sent another top aide for high level meetings in New Delhi. This highlights the importance placed on India by the Biden-Harris Administration. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met with Indian Prime Minister...
MIT, Harvard's edX Courses To Be Co-hosted in India
Harvard University- and MIT-founded edX will provide 2,300 courses that will be co-hosted on India’s Massive Open Online Course platform, SWAYAM. Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX, sealed the deal with Prakash Javadekar, head of the federal Human Resource Development ministry. edX counts the world’s leading universities, nonprofits, and institutions as...
India Aims for a Fivefold Increase in Clean Energy
Before leaving to attend the U.N. climate talks in Lima, Peru, India’s Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that India would be focused on boosting its renewable power capacity fivefold rather than cutting carbon emissions. With hundreds of millions without access to electricity, India cannot afford to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...