Written by An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend – in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount. So far 2024, called the “biggest election year in human history” by the United Nations […]
A quiet digital revolution with far-reaching consequences has been ongoing in India over the past two decades. Several layers of digital infrastructure have been stacked up to create the world’s largest system of inclusion and equity. This has lifted close to half a billion people out of poverty and laid the foundation for a more […]
The first time G20 leaders took their photo together at a summit in Rio, they forgot Joe Biden. On Tuesday, they had a reshoot – with the outgoing US president firmly back in the frame. Biden; the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau; and the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni all missed the photo on Monday […]
People queue up to vote at a polling station situated in a school building to elect the next Jharkhand state government in Ranchi, India. (AP pic) NEW DELHI: Indian political parties are increasingly targeting women voters with fiscally draining handouts of cash around the time of elections to counter wider worries about inflation and the […]
On November 4, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the violence that broke out at a Hindu temple in the Canadian city of Brampton the day before. He stated that this was a cowardly attempt to intimidate Indian diplomats and that he expected the Canadian government to ensure justice and uphold the rule of law. […]
PM Modi with Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: In a show of international camaraderie, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his return to the White House for a second term, after Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections. The two leaders in a phone call on Wednesday, where PM Modi expressed […]
On the eve of the 16th Brics summit, China and India announced an agreement on border patrol arrangements, allowing both sides to disengage after a high-profile 2020 skirmish between troops from India-controlled eastern Ladakh and China-controlled Aksai Chin. This was an important step towards bringing China-India relations back on the track of stable development, and […]
With just five days until D-Day, one must admit that this has been a remarkable election, offering all the greatest hits that make American elections greatly entertaining for the viewer, as well as some alternative classics we’ve never seen before.The greatest hits include classics that are part and parcel of American politics, like a Kennedy […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez inaugurated India’s first private military aircraft plant on Monday, boosting New Delhi’s ambitions of growing local manufacturing in its defence and aerospace industries. Sanchez was welcomed to the country with a roadshow in Gujarat state’s Vadodara city where hundreds of people cheered and waved […]
India and China have agreed to ease border restrictions with resumed patrols, a move experts say is driven as much by economic imperatives as by security concerns, with both nations looking to bolster trade ties. The Indian government announced on Monday that the two nations would restart patrols in the contested region, where tensions have […]