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E-Estonia

Estonia has set up the first ‘data embassy’ at Luxembourg using online infrastructure. In the country’s efforts to keep data safe, it becomes the first country to digitize a double secure method for…

Saudi-Iranian skirmishes

Saudi Arabia has made an explosive claim that it has captured three of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members from a boat that was seized last week. However, the situation has resulted into…

Is your medicine a fake?

Drug Counterfeiting is a worldwide phenomenon having both social and economic impacts, and India is not an exception to it. The counterfeit drug industry is estimated to be worth $200 billion a year…

Cold wars, cold encounters

On June 19, a Russian fighter jet flew within five feet of a US Air Force aircraft over the Baltic Sea, according to a US official. This encounter has been assessed to be "unsafe” by the US…

India taken over by sedition law

Indian authorities have slapped sedition charges against villagers for allegedly cheering for Pakistan's victory over India during the finals in the Champions Trophy, an international cricket…

Uber Founder Resigns as CEO

Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber officially stepped down from his position as CEO of the company on June 20. The technology company that was started in 2009 offers car transportation as well as…

Terror thwarted

A man entered the central train station in Brussels, Belgium and detonated a bomb setting off a small explosion. But a little bit of luck, as well as the quick response from the law enforcement,…

Cyber Security: A Board Dilemma

Tobby Simon, the president of Synergia Foundation has written a report on ‘ CyberSecurity- A Board Dilemma’. In his report, he has brought out aspects that members of the board needs to understand…

Refugees - a country’s population

The UN Refugee Agency reveals that there are 65.6 million refugees towards the end of 2016, an increase of 30,000 from 65.3 million in 2015. On June 20th, as the world observes ‘World Refugee Day,’ a…

Barclays charged with fraud

UK’s Serious Fraud Office has charged Barclays along with four of its former executives with fraud over its actions during the 2008 financial crisis. This would be the first time a criminal charge…

As divorce talks begin…

The official Brexit talks began on Monday 19th 2017, between Brexit Secretary David Davis and European Union (EU) negotiator Michel Barnier. Critical steps are being drawn towards the shared…

Presidential games

The ruling coalition heading the government of India, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has formally announced that its candidate for the upcoming Presidential election will be Bihar Governor Ram…

The death of cash

A number of governments, central banks and even some economists now advocate a switch to all-digital currencies. With the rapid rise of mobile payments, the long-term survival of cash seems…

The lost world

On 19th June 2017, the government of Central African Republic (CAR) signed a peace agreement in Rome with 13 of the 14 armed groups that exist in the region to end the ongoing violent conflict. The…

Macron wins big in French elections

In what is likely to give the French President Emmanuel Macron unprecedented mandate for his policies, his party La République en Marche, has swept the parliamentary elections. The party along with…

Countering online radicalisation

Tech giant Google, which has been under pressure to ‘eliminate’ extremist content from its domain, has outlined 4 main steps it will be using to identify and remove terrorist or violent content from…

What’s the beef?

A female Hindu ascetic has been thrust into the national spotlight in India after she beseeched the government to start executing people for eating beef in the country. Sadhvi (the title given to…

No human can be spared…

A van driven by a 48-year-old man has killed one man and injured ten others near the Finsbury Park Mosque, in North London after 12:00 am BST, on 19th June, 2017. The man has been arrested by the…

Nature - the ignition point

On June 17, a massive forest fire in central Portugal killed 60 people and left several injured. The Portuguese government has declared three days of national mourning in wake of the incident to…

The Syrian conflict worsens

The ongoing crisis in Syria has dramatically escalated with Iran launching ballistic missile strikes against the ISIS targets in the region. Iran’s Iran Revolutionary Guards fired several missiles at…