K.M. Seethi
For many in the South Block (and several diplomats who served in the West Asia/Gulf region in the past), India’s emergence as ‘Guest of Honour’ at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting of Foreign Ministers, scheduled to...
The European Union has committed 20 million Euros to promote social cohesion and reconciliation in Iraq through the restoration and reconstruction of historic urban landscapes within the framework of the Revive the Spirit of Mosul flagship initiative launched by...
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities (UNCTAD)
Commodities
are the basic products that underpin both our material progress and our
everyday lives. - from the cereals at your table, the cotton of your
shirt or the...
Scary! The way the Nation is slipping down the slopes with no holds or hurdles to stop the steep and fast slide, it is time someone took charge, not just politically and economically, but socially, too. There is none...
South Asia is one of the least economically integrated regions in the world, despite its recent burgeoning growth in terms of human capital and commercial engagements. An inter-regional and intra regional integration or cooperation is an essential for achieving...
Shams Banihani
The
“rise of the South”, as some have called it, has prompted much
speculation about the “decoupling” of growth in developing countries
from that of advanced economies. This phenomenon has...
President Maithripala Sirisena may go down the history of world democracy as a leader who had no hesitation to acknowledge his own constitutional wrongs and seek correctives! If someone thought it’s about the twin crises...
Whoever said that the nation
is yet to become normal post-Easter blasts need to have their eyes and
ears tested – some, even their minds and brains. In which other nation
would you have the President and Prime Minister fly...
Films from the Global
South (such as that of Latin America, Asia and Africa) seldom receive the kind
of acceptance the Anglo-American English movies get across the world. The international
film festivals may be an exception where the ‘best’ from such countries...
UNITED NATIONS: Describing India as a "valued supporter" of South-South cooperation, UN chief Antonio Guterres has praised the India-UN Development Partnership Fund for "championing greater prosperity" for all through its myriad projects benefitting the least developed,...
