In October 2018, US President Trump had announced that Washington was withdrawing from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty or INF treaty. The treaty was signed by former US President Ronald Reagan and the then Secretary General of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, to ban ground launched mid-range missiles.…

India may well become the laboratory for economic experiments in bringing Universal Basic Income (UBI) or its variants to some or all of its citizens in the years to come. Universal Basic Income is a welfare measure where the state pays a subsidy to all citizens to afford them a…

As economic integration gains priority for most of the countries, regional cooperation is seen as a vehicle that has transformative capacity by bringing in countries of the region to a common platform. South Asia has seen how the required connectivity within the region has failed as connectivity is seen through…

For quite some time now, Venezuela has been wrestling with political unrest, violence, hyper-inflation and shortages of food and medicines. About 3 million people have left the country in the past few years that is one in 12 Venezuelans. Colombia is hosting a million of them. Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile…

 At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa was on a State Visit to India. He was the Guest of Honour for Republic Day 2019. President Ramaphosa was accompanied by the South African First Lady Dr. Tshepo Motsepe and a high level delegation including…

India is celebrating the 70th of the Republic day; it is propitious to introspect on the trials, tribulations and the exhilaration of the Republic. When the country was born after the protracted freedom struggle under the mesmerizing leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, India, a country of the continental proportion, was confronted…

India’s space forays continue with successful launches. The latest being the launch of the Microsat R and the KalamSat. Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C44 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh late Thursday, carrying India's military satellite Microsat-R and students' payload…

India’s real GDP growth forecast for 2018-19 remains at 7.3 per cent while the growth is relatively higher at 7.5 per cent for 2019-20, as per the latest IMF report titled “World Economy Outlook”. The economic growth rate of India in the IMF Report is explained to be higher than…

The 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas is being held in Varanasi with great fanfare. Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth was the Chief Guest during this year’s convention. He delivered the keynote address.   Prime Minister Modi in his inaugural address said that the occasion provides an opportunity to engage in dialogue among all the Indians…

In a short span of four and a half years, India has successfully fought hard against social prejudices against girl child, and achieved remarkable successes. The ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign was a timely intervention on the back of declining child sex ratio. India is celebrating the fourth anniversary of…