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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 31, 2017
Park Geun-hye aressted
On the 31st of March 2017, Impeached Korean President, Park Geun-Hye was arrested and placed within the Seoul Detention Centre
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 31, 2017
Human cost of India's meat 'ban'
The government's crackdown on meat shops in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has left many traders and butchers without much work and money.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 30, 2017
US internet policy
On 28th March 2017, the House of Representatives voted to repeal an Obama-era law that demanded internet service providers have permission to share personal information..
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 30, 2017
US Online privacy bill
On March 29th 2017, The U.S Senate and House of Representatives both voted to revoke regulations that would have made it mandatory for Internet Service Providers or ISP’s to get the consumer’s…
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 30, 2017
Cyclone Debbie
On the 28th of March, 2017; Cyclone Debbie hit the north-east coast of Australia. It is being classified as a category 4 cyclone. Continuous winds of 185 kmph (114 mph) with gusts..
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Jared Kushner to be questioned over alleged Trump-Russia ties
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, is being questioned by a US committee investigating alleged ties between the Trump team and Moscow. Kushner has volunteered to speak to…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
World bank agreement
India Signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for Us$ 100 Million for Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Project. The Financing Agreement was signed by Mr. Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary..
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Ahmed Kathrada passed away
Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died at the age of 87. He passed away peacefully in a Johannesburg hospital after a short period of illness, following surgery to the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Neuralink
On the 28th of March, the Wall Street Journal announced that technological visionary Elon Musk was investing into a brain-computer interface/platform called ‘Neuralink’. The company will be the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2017
Trump to kill Obama climate change policies
US President Donald Trump is due to sign an executive order to overturn key parts of the Obama administration's plan to tackle global warming. The move will undo the Clean Power Plan which required…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
Expired Drugs consumed by Children
On 27 March 2017, some parents have alleged that their children were given expired injections at the state-run hospital. Photos, allegedly of injection vials at the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad have…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
Russian Opposition Leader Arrested
On the 26th of March 2017, Protesters gathered in the center of Moscow and all around the country calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev. The protest gathered around 8,000…
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
US backed forces capture Tabqa
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has captured a strategic air base from ISIL in northern Syria....
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2017
Alternative to Antibiotics
The University of Bern is teaming up with an organic farm in Sorens, Switzerland to try alternatives to painkillers when rearing milk producing cows.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2017
Democrats blamed for failed healthcare bill
US President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. The bill was withdrawn on Friday because it did not have enough support to pass in Congress.Trump said "We…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2017
Gulenists involved in Turkish coup
The followers of cleric and businessman Fethullah Gulen were involved in last summer's failed coup in Turkey, & there is no evidence to suggest the Gulen Movement as a whole was behind the plot..
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Assange and Ecuador
Assange's future in the Ecuadorian embassy could be in doubt after elections in the country. The two opposing candidates now face each other in a run off which begins on April 4th and remains to be…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Creating jobs
The Centre is working on a ‘compliance report” of its flagship ‘Make In India’ (MII) initiative that attempts to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub as well as generate large-…
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Hypersonic wind tunnel
Indigenously developed hypersonic wind tunnel and shock tunnel, the third largest in terms of size and simulation capability in the world, have been commissioned at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (…
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2017
Attack in Antwerp
On the 23rd of March 2017, Belgian police arrested a man who drove through the main shopping street of Antwerp, Belgium in his station wagon, forcing shoppers to jump out of the way. The street is…