An Egyptian paramedic holds a Palestinian child evacuated from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on January 9, 2024. — AFP
Egyptian Red Crescent volunteers play with balloons with a Palestinian child in an ambulance, after he was evacuated from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on January 9, 2024. — AFP
A Palestinian child waves from inside an ambulance after being evacuated from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on January 9, 2024. — AFP
The government no longer has the budgetary space to continue carrying hundreds of billions of rupees in untargeted subsidies while the power sector itself remains trapped in circular debt, inefficiencies, theft and under-recovery.
Our financial system is geared towards short-term, risk-averse lending, while climate adaptation and green infrastructure require patient, long-term capital.