The year has been scarred by one of the most significant events of the century. The COVID-19 virus has disrupted more lives than the two World Wars combined. Despite the severity of the disease and the grave threat that it poses, India has faced the virus on a war footing,
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IS CHINA GETTING AWAY WITH FELONY?
In the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 22 countries (mostly western) condemned China’s mass detention of the Uyghur and other ethnic Muslim minority groups. Unpredictably, just a few days later, 37 countries (mostly from Asia and Africa) responded with a letter to the United Nations praising China’s
INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY REPORT – EDITION #1
Overview of the Indian Foreign Policy — For the first half of the year, countries worldwide have concentrated their undivided attention in fighting the COVID-19 world pandemic. This blight hasn’t limited its influence on medicine and health, it has significantly altered several sectors. One such being ‘Diplomacy’. We have noticed
LOCUST ATTACK: THE WORST LOCUST ATTACK IN 27 YEARS
Plagues of Locust have devasted societies since the Pharaohs led ancient Egypt, and they still wreak havoc today. Locust has been despised and revered throughout history. Coming from the family of grasshoppers, these insects’ silhouette enormous swarms spreading across regions, devouring crops and leaving serious agricultural damage in their wake.
RESTORATION OF PROTECTIONIST POLICIES IN INDIA
India always had an exasperating tie-in with low tariffs, quotas and restrictions. During 1960-85, it had sky-high tariffs but apparently the policies failed extensively. After it borrowed funds from the IMF in 1991 due to the economic crisis, it was obliged to follow the liberalisation policy and thus the regime
INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS: BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA
Leader’s of both the countries have recently attended a bilateral summit through a virtual medium and has resulted in the strengthening of relations betwixt India-Australia. Relations In The Past The beginning of ties between both the countries emerged in 1788 itself when there was a European Settlement in Australia which led to
#BLACKOUTTUESDAY: A SOCIAL MEDIA MOVEMENT – GONE FOR A TOSS?
The world’s biggest economy and oldest democracy, the United States of America, has had a long history of racial discrimination and civil unrest. Pioneers like Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and many more carried out mass rallies and forced the US government to make racial discrimination illegal in
INDIA-US RELATIONS: POST INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE
Peek into India-US History — After 200 years long and strenuous endeavour, on 15 August 1947, India gained its independence but this was not the end of the problems for India. The freedom itself came along with the economic, social and political problems that stood as the stumbling block in