Sri Lanka is in huge distress due to the ongoing economic crisis. The country is witnessing a critical balance of payments issue wherein its foreign exchange coffers are dwindling at a rapid rate. This has led to irreversible problems makin...
In May 2022, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi culminated his fifth visit to one of the closest neighboring countries, Nepal, since he took office in 2014. His visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, marked the celebration of...
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...
India and China share 3,488 kilometers of land border covering four states and one union territory of India. It is a high-altitude terrain with harsh climatic conditions leading to inadequate development of infrastructure. The two countries...
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, and endowed a pandemic status on March 12, 2020. COVID-19 remains an unprecedented public health crisis having global an...
Marine pollution is a major cause of concern in today’s world. Our water bodies are polluted due to chemicals and garbage produced by anthropogenic actions. Among the concentrated toxins, plastic is the most prevalent type of marine debris ...
In February, the IPCC Working Group-II released the second part of the sixth assessment report, ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaption, and Vulnerability’. The key findings concerning groundwater scarcity are over-extraction of water for d...
The 21st century is witnessing unprecedented challenges from the existing war of propaganda and false narratives among the global powers. Russia invaded Ukraine a few weeks ago on the pretext of demilitarizing and denazifying the country. P...
Russia and Belarus share a traditional bonhomie dating back to the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union. Both were the constituent republics of the Union and later became founding members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....
Global oil prices witnessed a surge during the recovery period after COVID-related lockdowns. It rose to nearly 100 USD per barrel as the demand for oil increased. Oil is correctly termed as ‘black gold’ because it is accounted as the most ...
An organization that remained on the back foot in matters of collective security for years is gradually gaining significance now. Beginning from its active involvement in the Kazakhstan crisis to its role in the Russia-Ukraine war. The most...
Four weeks have passed since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine. Over the last few months in 2021, Russia was building up its military presence along the border with Ukraine in an overt response to increasing NATO expansion eastw...
