International

The results of the first round of French national elections held on June 30 are out on expected lines. The far right National Rally (RN) led by Marine Le Pen has got 34 per cent of the votes against the Leftist New Popular Front’s 29 per…
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India and Bangladesh have signed several agreements during the recent visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India. These agreements cover various areas including connectivity, health, trade, energy, defense, maritime…
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The fundamental issue raised by Hollywood writers when they had gone on a strike against being replaced by artificial intelligence, somehow receded to the background after the resolution of that particular conflict; but it remains a…
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Last month, Afghanistan faced another major natural disaster with severe flooding in the northern provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, and Takhar. It is estimated that hundreds of people lost their lives and thousands were forced to leave…
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The news that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, has been invited to address joint session of US Congress has come at a time when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli…
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gambled on a snap general election, announcing on Wednesday a poll likely to bring down the curtain on 14 years of miserable Tory rule. He surprised Westminster by announcing that the country will vote on…
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Russian crude oil not only it shielded India from oil shock, but also rejigged its economy and exports. India’s retail inflation recorded normal growth during the sanction. This led lesser pressure on BOP (Balance of Payment).
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Despite recent tensions over Washington's views on New Delhi's human rights record and an assassination attempt in the U.S., the challenge posed by China continues to bring India and the United States together. Experts suggest that despite…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau is NOT a liberal. Liberals used to believe in liberty and conservatives believed in conserving it, that was the common-sense consensus we had in Canada. Justine Trudeau does not believe in liberty, he…
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Xenophobic remark of US President Joe Biden is receiving criticism from many groups. Such remarks will be insulting to key allies that would undermine American security.
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The much fanfare with which the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi announced the 100-page long maiden National Security Policy 2022-2066 meets with both bouquets and brickbats.
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As predicted by the scientists, the third wave of SARS COV -2 is spreading fast around the world. First case of the variant of the virus, the Omicron was reported in South Africa only a few weeks ago.
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After the decisive victory of the Left candidates in four out of the five presidential elections in Latin America in 2021,
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For Government of India (GOI), enforcing its ban on illegal cattle smuggling to Bangladesh has become harder than before.
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The year 2021 ended with a significant outcome of civic polls in Chandigarh where the Aam Admi Party (AAP) emerged as the single largest party pushing the ruling BJP to the second and the Congress to the third position.
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Just when the world seemed to conveniently forget the military rule in Myanmar and the oppression, torture, and killing of pro-democracy protesters over the last 10 months,
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Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric won on Sunday the Presidential elections by getting 55.8 per cent of the votes as against 44.1 per cent received
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The Covid-19 pandemic has marked the end of an era for Southeast Asia’s combined oil and gas production, pushing the region’s output in 2021 to below 5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) for the first time since 1998,
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The struggle of the civilian population of Myanmar against the ruling military junta has reached a new phase following the conviction of the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi to four year jail term which was…
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The India-Pakistan war in 1971 over the liberation of Bangladesh ended on December 16 of that year with the surrender of the Pakistani forces in Dhaka.
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Not a day passes these days without the news of one global Indian or the other having done something remarkable.
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India-Russia ties are an extension of the Indo-Soviet bonhomie that lasted several decades, nurtured by successive leaders of both countries. The break-up of the Soviet Union and the emergence of Russia did not weaken the ties.
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A disastrous spell as party chair and prime minister notwithstanding, reelection of 69-year old Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal –United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) at the party’s 10th General Convention…
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The El Salvador government headed by its colorful president Nayib Bukele adopted bitcoin as the legal tender with effect from 7 September 2021.
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At current value, the students of the world would lose their lifetime earning to the tune of $17 trillion, which far exceeds the $10 trillion estimated a year ago, indicating that the global education crisis due to closure of schools during…
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