Tagged: COVID-19

18th April 2023

Oscillating Lives of Women Workers Between Plight and Protest: Three Years Have Passed, When Will They Get Respite?

The apocalyptic saga of COVID-19 knocked on the doors of the Indian state to hint at its probable arrival, stay and associated assaults on 30th January 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 came...

United States / Oceania

3rd February 2023

Countering China’s Expansion: U.S. Opens Embassy in Solomon Islands

The US has established a new embassy in the Solomon Islands to counteract China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific, according to NHK World. This move aligns with the US strategy of increasing its presence...

Indian Diplomacy / Opinion

4th January 2023

Dreams, Aspirations and Challenges Impacting Indian Diplomacy in 2023

We have entered into a new year with some new dreams and aspirations. In year 2022, the world not only become a family of 8 billion people but also witnessed many ups and downs,...

Opinion / Energy / Europe

18th April 2022

Of Energy and Dependencies in Europe

Climate change is all over the place across Europe and far beyond. Heatwaves have become more common in most parts of the world as a result of climate change, as have extreme rainfall occurrences,...

Oil Economy / European Union

12th April 2022

OPEC tells EU it’s not possible to replace potential Russian oil supply loss

OPEC told the European Union on Monday that current and future sanctions on Russia could create one of the worst ever oil supply shocks and it would be impossible to replace those volumes, and...

Sri Lanka / Economy / India / Opinion

30th March 2022

Explained: Sri Lanka’s Worst Economic Crisis is here

India is being celebrated in Sri Lanka after the former promises to help in what has constituted to be the island nation’s worst economic crisis. Sri Lanka is severely under debt with its foreign...

Opinion / Russia

7th March 2022

Lipstick effect in Russia and remembering Austin

Big brother of Eastern Europe The Post-2008 global financial crisis, the Russian economy was expanding by only about 2% annually in the three years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic Even with a downfall...

East Asia / China

4th February 2022

N.Korea’s Kim calls Olympics ‘great victory’ for China, calls for better relations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a “great victory” and saying he wanted to improve relations between their...

China

1st February 2022

Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Games opening ceremony

Taiwan’s team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has feared Beijing could...

India / Opinion

25th January 2022

Boost to the Tourism Sector in India

Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism was one of the most important sectors in the world economy contributing to nearly 10% of global GDP and providing employment to over 320 million people...