The IPEF was launched on May 23, 2022 jointly by US and other countries of Indo Pacific region. It was initially composed of 14 founding member nations. Fiji was the first South Pacific Island nation to join the group. The invitation to oth...
The 14th BRICS summit is to be hosted by China towards the end of June. This is the first time heads of state of Russia, China, and India are coming together since the launch of the military operation in Ukraine. The theme of this year's vi...
The Sun has been regarded as a vital life-giver to the planet since ancient times. The Industrial Age has shown us how sunlight can be used as an energy source. India has vast solar energy potential. About 5,000 trillion kilowatt hours of e...
The Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai has raised concerns about China's economic outlook for the rest of this year. This week's release of first-quarter gross domestic growth data will provide a clearer indication of how policymakers in Beijing...
Due to the implementation of comprehensive economic reforms, Vietnam has been able to transform from being one of the world's most impoverished nations to a middle-income economy. From 2002 to 2020, the country's GDP per capita increased by...
The First Mekong-Japan SDGs Forum meeting was held on 20 December 2021 and this was attended by countries like Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
As the COP came to an end, there have been divergent views on what the conference achieved. The situation of climate change has been becoming alarming day by day with scientists around the world warning about rising climate and the frequenc...
The growing economic and trade ties between India and Korea have strengthened in the recent years. In 2018, the two countries' annual trade surpassed the $20 billion mark for the first time. Through the CEPA, India and Korea have been able ...
The European Growth and Development (EGD) is a new strategy that aims to transform the EU into a more sustainable and resource-efficient economy. The strategy is part of the Commission's strategy to implement the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sust...
The shipping industry has always been central to human civilization. It is a well-known fact now, that the maritime trade network was in operation between the ‘Harappan’ and ‘Mesopotamian’ civilization nearly around 3000 BCE. Shipping has b...
The devastating socio-economic nature of climate change and severe weather events is irrefutably felt across the spectrum. From the destructive Australian bushfires, to the hurricanes sweeping through the US and torrential rains that caused...
Climate change and severe weather events is causing environmental catastrophe in the South Pacific region. The region as a whole has experienced innumerable changes in weather patterns that have posed fundamental threats to lives and liveli...
