UN: Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia
The walls of Saifullah’s home in northern Jakarta are lined like tree rings, marking how high the floodwaters have reached each year — some more than 4 feet from the damp dirt floor. When...
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What Is Canada’s Immigration Policy?
Introduction Canada has built a reputation over the last half century of welcoming immigrants and valuing multiculturalism. Foreign-born people make up about one-fifth of Canada’s population—one of the highest ratios for industrialized Western countries....
A shift in narrative: Energy policy in a climate-conscious World
Energy is traditionally considered the driver of economic growth and the overall wellness of a country. As a consequence, over 60 per cent of emissions universally are a result of the energy sector. Beginning...
Foreign Direct Investment flows to India in 2021 were 26 per cent lower: UN report
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India in 2021 were 26 per cent lower, mainly because large M&A deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated, the UN trade body has said. The UN Conference...
Taiwan VP to make sensitive U.S. stopovers in visit to Honduras
Taiwan Vice President William Lai will transit in the United States when he visits Honduras next week, Taiwan’s presidential office said on Thursday, amid tensions with China which always complains to Washington about such...
Why India should become a Permanent Member of UNSC?
The international system witnessed several paradigm shifts, since the formation of the United Nations Organization (UNO) in 1945 as a global governing institution to establish peace and security in the post- Second World War...
Fluctuation in Import substitution
In the ‘50s in order to support their home country made products and to promote industrialization and economic growth, it was believed by many economists that policies to restrict imports; import substitution is the...
China reduces ties with Lithuania in Taiwan spat
China reduced the level of its diplomatic relations with Lithuania to below ambassador level Sunday in retaliation for the Baltic nation allowing Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory,...
Macron: G20 must send Taliban clear message on price of recognition
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said the forthcoming G20 summit must send a clear message to Afghanistan’s Taliban on the conditions for international recognition. In an interview with France Inter radio station broadcast on Tuesday,...
Rejig Japan: A politico-economic conundrum
Japan is going through the phase of turmoil in two fronts; political and economic. But unfortunately it is clubbed with continuous spike in regional tensions in East Asian sphere among its three arch competitors...
