Ranvir Nayar
Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group
50 pc of Earth’s rangelands degraded: UNCCD report
May 21, 2024
A new report, Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists, by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertificaction (UNCCD), released in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, has highlighted the alarming state of Earth’s rangelands, lands used for grazing animals...
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Green Navy set to launch Europe’s first Electro-Hydrogen Catamaran, ‘Prometeo’
May 17, 2024
Reflecting the maritime industry’s increasing demand for sustainable propulsion, Green Navy, a French shipmaker that specialises in eco-friendly ships, has announced the launch of ‘Prometeo,’ Europe’s first electro-hydrogen propulsion catamaran. In a press statement, Gr...
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Rockefeller Foundation calls for greater & urgent financial assistance to developing nations
May 1, 2024
Nine years after Paris Agreement, how has issue of climate finance evolved? Is there more money on the table for the developing world? I think since Paris there has been a considerable change, the problem is since Paris, there has also been a pandemic and the economic consequence...
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Interview: Gayatri Rathore, Principal Secretary, Rajasthan Tourism
March 20, 2024
How is Rajasthan fairing in terms of international tourism? Rajasthan tourism fortunately was able to bounce back in the post-pandemic scenario. Since 2022 we have received a very good response from the inbound travellers and the year 2023 was very good in terms of inbound touris...
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Cybersecurity, AI & sustainability to drive TCS growth in Europe
March 6, 2024
What is the outlook for TCS Europe in 2024? As far as TCS is concerned, we operate in multiple countries in Europe and the dynamics are slightly different across different regions. Nordics, which has some unique opportunities and challenges, then we operate in Belgium, Netherland...
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Macron in India: Economic ties remain Achilles heel of Indo-French ties
January 25, 2024
On January 26, when Emmanuel Macron becomes the sixth French President to be the Chief Guest at the Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi’s Raj Path, it will reinforce the strong and stable relations that India and France have enjoyed for decades. Indeed, strategically and cu...
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Guadeloupe candidate Juliana Carène wins International Ambassador of Diwali 2023 contest
November 29, 2023
Nineteen-year-old Juliana Carène, a resident of Guadeloupe, has bagged the title of the International Ambassador of Diwali 2023 in one of the tightest ever contests seen in this annual event organised by diaspora organisation GOPIO Guadeloupe, in Guadeloupe, a French territory i...
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No easy way out of Canadian conundrum for India
September 25, 2023
A week is rather too long in politics, or so goes the old adage. The Indian diplomats have just been served a clear reminder of the saying. On September 10, India was literally and figuratively on top of the world, having successfully piloted a complex and heavily divided Summit ...
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With focus on adventure, ecotourism & culture, 1st Rangla Punjab Tourism Summit opens in Mohali
September 12, 2023
Punjab’s journey towards becoming a premiere tourism destination in India kicked off to a rousing start as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann inaugurated the 1st Rangla Punjab Tourism Summit in a packed house in Mohali on Monday. In his inaugural speech, Mann said that it was ...
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India should use G20 to push climate justice & developmental goals
September 9, 2023
The crescendo of India’s year-long high-profile and even higher cost presidency of the G20 group of nations is finally here as leaders of the world’s most powerful gathering, outside of the United Nations, begins in New Delhi today. India and especially Prime Minister Narendr...
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Interview with Teresa Mera, Vice Minister of Commerce of Peru
August 23, 2023
Peru is keen to rapidly conclude its Free Trade Agreement with India as it would benefit both the countries and provide a big boost to the bilateral trade, says Teresa Mera, Vice Minister of Commerce of Peru, who was recently in New Delhi. Mera tells Media India Group that Peru i...
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Big expectations as 8 South American leaders gather to protect Amazon basin
August 8, 2023
On Tuesday, Presidents from eight countries across the Amazon including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela gather in Belem in Brazil in their first meeting since 2009 under the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) to discuss the fate...
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