No longer seeing eye to eye?

Context: With India recalibrating its relations with other powers, the India-U.S. equation is not quite balancing out. Oceanic gulf To begin with, India referred to the Indo-Pacific, a term coined…

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High Level Principles on Cooperation on Persons Sought for Corruption and Asset Recovery

Corruption damages citizens' trust in government, undermines the rule of law, and hinders economic growth and development. For the G20, preventing and combating corruption contributes to the shared objective of…

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Decoding Europe’s new data protection law

Context: European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation has came into effect on May 25, 2018. However, many firms in India are still not ready for compliance with the new law which…

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India and Indonesia-Maritime Stretch

Context: Recent visit of PM of India to Indonesia is an uptick in India-Indonesia relations that will be a welcome development for both the nations who through their respective ‘Global…

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The cost of deterrence

Context: Earlier this month, India marked the 20th anniversary of the nuclear tests at Pokhran, which signalled its de facto status as the sixth nuclear power nation of the world.…

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Why are crude oil prices going up?

What is the trigger? Brent, the international benchmark for oil prices, crossed $80 a barrel this week, touching the highest level since November 2014. The current price is almost three…

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