Ranvir Nayar
Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group
India’s increasing footprint draws attention at Eurosatory 2026
June 22, 2026
On Friday, Eurosatory 2026, which was the largest edition ever of the world’s largest defence industry show, closed doors with record participation, not just in terms of exhibitors or exhibition area, but also in terms of visitors as growing global geopolitical instability and...
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India playing an increasingly important role at Eurosatory
June 19, 2026
What are the highlights of Eurosatory 2026? Eurosatory 2026 is very different from the previous editions due to the fact that there is a possibility of conflict between Europe and Russia within three years. So, the gap is enormous in order to be prepared for that. We have to comp...
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Global conflicts bring challenges & opportunities for Indian defence industry
June 15, 2026
A lot has changed across in the world of defence and geopolitics since June 21, 2024 when curtains were drawn on the 2024 edition of Eurosatory, one of the most important global defence industry exhibitions that is held every alternate year in Paris. A series of conflicts around ...
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Water crisis could hit India’s credit rating, warns AIIB Chief Economist
May 12, 2026
You have just released a report on the Asian water infrastructure. What is the most critical finding of that report? The most important finding or outcome, if I were to choose one, is that we need to think of the water cycle as an important infrastructure, as something we need to...
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La romance éternelle des touristes indiens avec le Cachemire
April 13, 2026
Parmi les centaines de millions de touristes qui ont visité le Jammuet-Cachemire, et notamment la vallée du Cachemire, le plus célèbre est sans doute Jahangir, le quatrième empereur moghol, qui occupa le trône pendant 22 ans, de 1605 à 1627. Jahangir était si amoureux du ...
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Overtourism opens paths to offbeat snow trails in India
March 31, 2026
Over the past several years, it has become almost part of the winter ritual to have social media platforms flooded with images and videos of immense traffic jams, stretching for dozens of kilometres all along the routes to key tourist destinations, especially in the Himalayas, th...
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Right wing seeks to overturn 25-year Socialist rule in Paris
March 22, 2026
The slide of the mainstream parties across France is expected to accelerate on Sunday when voters across France and its territories around the world head to election centres to cast their votes in crucial municipal elections as they come about a year before the next Presidential ...
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With energy crisis, India real loser in US-Israel attack on Iran
March 11, 2026
In barely a week since the beginning of the attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, India is in throes of a serious, if not the most critical, energy shortage in decades as not only have fuel prices risen sharply, but the country seems to be already running out of stocks ...
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Employment, environment & ethics need to be top priority of AI Impact Summit
February 19, 2026
As leaders of over 20 nations gather today in New Delhi for the AI Impact Summit, the fourth international gathering of global leaders to create uniform regulations to govern the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence, it is imperative that they use this meeting to...
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Global biodiversity body IPBES concerned over US withdrawal
January 9, 2026
The announcement by United States President Donald Trump that the US would withdraw from 66 international organisations, including the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a UN-backed body that assesses the state of global biod...
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Sarovar Hotels eyes aggressive growth in India & Nepal
January 8, 2026
How has the partnership with the Louvre Hotels influenced development of Sarovar Hotels? Well, from day one when Louvre Hotelscame in with their majority shareholding in 2017, they told us very clearly that we have a good story, we have a good brand and they would like us to buil...
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Rockefeller Foundation races against time to minimise deaths due to cut in international aid
November 14, 2025
Raising an alarm over the dramatic cuts to Overseas Development Assistance (ODA), mainly provided by rich world to the developing countries, Rockefeller Foundation says that global leaders need to act urgently and in unison to prevent deaths of over 14.5 million persons around th...
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