The most critical assessment is this: there is nothing truly social about social media; it is, at its core, a predatory, anti-social infrastructure.

COP30 has concluded, but the conversations it provoked continue to echo through diplomatic channels, civil society networks, and editorial pages.

The triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution—has converged on the land.

COP30 in Belém became a theatre of unconventional climate leadership. As stalled finance and green protectionism threatened global paralysis.

The Delhi Police has started registering e-FIRs for complaints of cyber financial fraud involving Rs1 lakh or more from November 1.

A major missed opportunity at COP30 is the failure to produce meaningful oversight of climate-related unilateral trade measures.