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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 1, 2018
Donald Trump: Provocateur?
FBI arrests man who threatened to kill Boston Globe staff for criticizing Trump. President Trump has earlier referred to the Boston Globe employees as the “enemy of the people” and “fake news”.…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 31, 2018
Make in India: Defence and Aerospace
Synergia Foundation organized a round-table discussion with Stepahèn Lauret, Chief Executive Officer of Safran India, and moderated by KD Nayak, Former Director General of Defence Research and…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 30, 2018
Police arrest activists, Supreme court intervenes
Teams from Pune Police arrested several prominent human rights activists late Tuesday for inciting clashes at Bhima-Koregoan protests in January 2018. The Police and a few media networks termed the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 25, 2018
Legal troubles for Monsanto
Pharmaceutical giant gears up for a wave of incoming lawsuits which may amount to billions in damages. Monsanto is an agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in Creve…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 25, 2018
WhatsApp denies Government request
The popular messaging app declined to help the Indian government to trace the origin of potentially inflammatory messages, citing confidentiality of its users. WhatsApp is one of the most popular…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 23, 2018
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi resurfaces
The Leader of the ISIL urges fighters to keep up the fight despite being severely depleted. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant also known as ISIL and ISIS that is considered a Salafi jihadist…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 22, 2018
India asks WhatsApp
New Delhi wants the Facebook-owned instant messaging app to weed out “fake news” in India. WhatsApp is an instant messaging service owned by Facebook. WhatsApp enjoys unparalleled daily usership,…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 21, 2018
War of the Tariffs
Big US business are desperate for tax breaks and relief from tariffs as a protracted trade war loom. The United States and China are two of the largest economies in the world. Both countries consider…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2018
Kofi Annan dies
Kofi Annan, the former UN chief and the only black African to become the secretary general of the United Nations dies at 80. Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 18, 2018
President Trump cancels his parade
President Trump tweets the cancellation of his desired military parade in Washington DC. Scheduled to be held on Veterans Day, the parade would have included troops and equipment from all five…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 17, 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away
Former prime minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP stalwart passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the national capital on Thursday. He was 93. Shri Atal Behari…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 16, 2018
Media to counter Trumps attack
More than 300 news outlets have launched a campaign to counter President Donald Trump's attacks and promote a free press. Trump has targeted the media with criticism and accusations since early on in…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 12, 2018
Parkers Solar Mission scrubbed and reset
US space agency NASA has delayed its mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before. It will also be the fastest human-made object ever, navigating around the Sun at speeds of up to…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 11, 2018
Indigenous languages are dying
UN’s international day of the world’s indigenous peoples was observed on August 9. 2019 was declared as the year of indigenous languages to protect the contributors of the world’s rich diversity.…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 11, 2018
Epic penalty for Monsanto
Chemical giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289m (£226m) damages to a man who claimed herbicides containing glyphosate had caused his cancer. Monsanto is an agrochemical and agricultural…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 10, 2018
Argentine Senate defeats abortion bill
A coalition of young female lawmakers see their bill failing the Senate vote, angering women’s rights organizations. Argentina is a country in South America with a federal republic style of…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 1, 2018
Facebook bans page targeting US elections
Facebook says it has removed 32 accounts and pages believed to have been set up to influence the mid-term US elections in November. Facebook is an American online social media and social networking…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 1, 2018
Breastfeeding is mandatory
A joint report by UNICEF and WHO has estimated 78 million newborns have a higher risk of death each year from not drinking their mother's milk within the first hours of being born. In the 1950s, the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 26, 2018
Life on Mars?
A study has found liquid water sitting under a layer of ice at Mars' South Pole. This is the first time researchers have identified a stable body of liquid water on the planet. Mars is the fourth…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 25, 2018
Maruti Recalls Over 1000 Vehicles
Maruti Suzuki is set to recall 1,279 vehicles manufactured between May 7 and July 5, 2018 due to possible faulty airbag controller units. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (formerly Maruti Udyog Ltd) is India'…