To Sustainability and Resilience – UN World Cities Day 2018
2018 is going to be the fourth year to be celebrating 31st of October as the chosen day by United Nations as the World Cities Day. With cities being that ‘promised land’, offering a...
Category: World Daily
New Government in Bhutan: Initial signs a worry for India?
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) got a very strong mandate in Bhutan’s recently held general elections. A party that was formed just 5 years back in 2013. The DNT is headed by Dr Lotay Tshering,...
Connecting New Delhi to the Land of Rising Sun: 13th India-Japan Annual Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on last Sunday met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Yamanashi for 13th India-Japan Annual Summit. This Year, the summit aimed at strengthening Bilateral security and Economic Cooperation. Besides signing...
PLO Votes to Suspend Recognition of Israel Until It Recognizes Palestinian State
The decision by top Palestinian committee calls to end the Palestinian Authority’s security coordination with Israel and suspend all economic agreements. A mandate on if and when to execute lies with Abbas The...
The Double Down Game : The Faithful Patriot and Caravan
“The faithful patriot” military deployment, ordered by President Trump to shield the south border of the United States with Mexico is an example of how long the current American administration is willing to go...
Did Israel’s PM Netanyahu Secretly Visit Islamabad? How One Tweet Sparked Hysteria and a Political Crisis in Pakistan
A report that an Israeli plane landed in Pakistan led to whirlwind rumours, fierce accusations and blunt denials – and a near-crisis for Imran Khan’s new government. Was this another ‘Zionist-Hindu conspiracy’? Is...
PM was sacked over assassination plot :Sri Lankan President Sirisena
Sri Lanka’s president said on Sunday that the main reason he decided to sack his prime minister was the alleged involvement of a Cabinet minister in a plot to assassinate him. In a televised address to...
Of Beef, Bible and Bullets : Brazil’s newly elected leader Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s newly elected leader Jair Bolsonaro assuming office from January 1st is a far-right – evangelical Christian who is forthrightly anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, pro-gun, anti-immigrant and a firm advocator of military rule. Thus, earning himself...
French is now the fifth most spoken world language and growing—thanks to Africans
Africans are making French a truly global language. French has moved up a place to become the world’s fifth most spoken language, thanks largely to the millions of Africans who speak it each day....
The Litmus Test: King Salman, Presidents Erdogan and Trump
Surrounded by the daily drops and horrifying leaks in the Turkish mass media about the crime, Jamal Khashoggi drama represents, today, one of the most important tests for a string of world leaders. For...
