India’s rank marginally improves in peace index
Context: India’s rank has marginally improved in “global peacefulness”, at a time when there is an overall decline of global peace owing to escalation of violence in West Asia and…
Context: India’s rank has marginally improved in “global peacefulness”, at a time when there is an overall decline of global peace owing to escalation of violence in West Asia and…
Context: Iran should cooperate with Europe and China to work around U.S. sanctions A New Plan: Iran’s notification to the UN that it would launch a plan to increase its…
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…
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…
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…
Context The US military has renamed its Pacific Command to US-Indo Pacific Command, underlining the growing connectivity between India and Pacific Oceans. The symbolic move came in recognition of the…
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…
Context: In a sign of the efforts to improve India-Pakistan relations in recent months, the heads of maritime security agencies of both sides met after a gap of two years…
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.…
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…