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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 15, 2017
India-US to advance defence cooperation?
The US House of Representatives has passed a $621 million defence policy bill proposing to advance defence cooperation between India and the US. India had an uneasy relationship with the US during…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 15, 2017
Mexico- plagued by violence
On 13 July 2017, masked men burst into a children's party in central Mexico and hacked 11 people to death. Police received an emergency call just after midnight in the city of Tizayuca, in the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 14, 2017
OPIOID – the fault line
Opioid abuse and the resulted decline in labour force participation are analogous. This is an inference made by the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Janet Yellen.…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 14, 2017
Climate catastrophe in Asia?
Asia will be among the worst affected by rising temperatures, extreme weather patterns and floods is caused by climate change. According to the research done by the Asian Development Bank, the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
INDIA- the start-up hub?
The Narendra Modi government had launched the Start-up India, Stand Up India campaign as soon as BJP came into power. It announced few measures like simplifying the regulations, offering some…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
Slump in industrial output
For the first time in three months, India’s industrial output growth slumped to 1.7% in May. This is down 3.1% in April and 7.3% from a year ago. The reason for this decline has been attributed to…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
Qatar: airlift of 165 cows
Qatar has accepted the shipment of 165 cows that was airlifted to ease a milk shortage caused by sanctions imposed by its neighbours. This are the first shipment for local dairy company, Baladna.…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
The future of TPP
Chief negotiators from the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have met in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan for a three-day meeting to discuss on the future of the trade deal and how it can…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
Mosul: 39 Indians missing
India on Monday welcomed the liberation of Mosul in Iraq from Islamic State and called it an important milestone in the global war on terror. However, the fate accompli of 39 Indians reportedly…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
Lula found guilty
The former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio da Silva (Lula) has been convicted on charges of money laundering and corruption. The politician, who was president between 2003 and 2011, has been…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2017
The eye of the storm
The White House continues to struggle under the weight of the Russian controversy as fresh details have emerged regarding Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian attorney who met with Donald Trump Jr.…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
Malabar exercise underway
Amidst rising tensions between India and China, the former has joined US and Japan to participate in a series of complex war games. The Malabar Naval Exercise-2017 officially kicked off in Chennai,…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
Island of calm
Located roughly three hours from New Delhi & Neemrana, an industrial estate in Rajasthan, provides Japanese companies with largely uninterrupted power and water supplies. It also offers a…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
Spirit of India
On 11 June 2017, seven Hindu pilgrims were killed and 20 injured in a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir after their bus got caught in crossfire. The bus was returning from the Amarnath…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
#I Stand With India
The ‘Not in My Name’ campaigners, who had held a nationwide protest against mob lynching on June 28, held the protests in Gujarat & Delhi yesterday. Around 600 people participated in the rally…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
Unravelling Case 3000
On 11th July 2017 former, Israeli Navy commander Maj. Gen. (res.) Eliezer Marom was arrested by the Israeli Police in relation to the submarine case (dolphin-class). The arrest was made a day after…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
“I love it” – Trump Jr
Emails released by Donald Trump Jr, the son of the US President, reveal that he was offered information that the Russian government wanted to help the Trump presidential campaign. In the email thread…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
US to broker Gulf peace?
The United States and Qatar have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly fight terrorism. The MoU comes at a time when a number of Gulf nations including Saudi Arabia…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 11, 2017
ISIS 2.0
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared victory over Islamic State (IS) in Mosul. Mr Abadi waved a national flag with troops after announcing the "collapse of the terrorist state…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 11, 2017
Gulf in peril
According to documents obtained by CNN, Qatar signed a series of agreements in secret with its Gulf neighbors dating back to 2013 and 2014. In these, Qatar had agreed to cease support for opposition…