Challenges and opportunities for Indian diplomacy in 2024
The transition from 2023 to 2024 has no meaning really in geopolitics. Countries do not make New Year resolutions to usher in a more...
Putin grants Russian citizenship to US boxer Kevin Johnson
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting citizenship to a number of prominent foreigners. Renowned US boxer Kevin Johnson, who moved to...
Trade unions alarmed by EU’s industrial collapse
Europe’s major trade union organisations have expressed deep concern about the scale of the EU’s industrial decline, as structurally high energy prices continue to...
UNDP And African Leaders Launch Timbuktoo Initiative to Unleash Africa’s Startup Revolution
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched today the bold and ambitious “timbuktoo” initiative together with African countries. In a special session of the...
African nations want to tell a different story in Davos
From South Africa to Rwanda to Nigeria, African countries put on a show of force at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos,...
Josep Borrell: Israel was funding Hamas
The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell openly accused Israel of having financed the Palestinian militant group Hamas, informs POLITICO.
“Hamas was financed by the Israeli...
BRICS bank to release bonds in local currencies
BRICS, a bloc of leading emerging markets, is preparing to launch new bonds in global markets, which will be available in local currencies rather...
Red Sea unrest is bad news for World’s food supply
Shipping disruption risks higher prices and food spoiling. That’s threatening to halt a slowdown in global food inflation, notes Bloomberg.
Chaos in the Red Sea...
Iran’s self-defence in the new regional and international milieu
The stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours and Tehran taking...
The elites’ absurd Davos crusade – ‘destroy freedom… to save humanity’
A very sharp and mocking commentary is published by ‘The New York Post’ following the results of the World Economic Forum in Davos-2024: Who...