Ranvir Nayar
Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group
Macron caught between devil & deep sea in French elections
July 3, 2024
Ever since he emerged from the shadows to enter the race and suddenly bag the top job in the country in May 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has been the key, if not the only relevant politician in the country, seen or rather perceived to be making one smart move after anot...
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UNESCO raises global alarm on the rapid degradation of soils
July 2, 2024
In what could bring nightmares to farmers, politicians and agri-businesses all over the world, a new report warns that an overwhelming proportion of the planet’s top soil would be degraded by 2050. The warning has come in a report released by the United Nations Educational, Sci...
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World Defense Show is gateway to Saudi Arabian defence industry: Andrew Pearcey, CEO, WDS
June 22, 2024
How has the response been for WDS2026 so far and from which countries are you getting most bookings? The demand has been phenomenal. Just four months after the second edition of the show closed, to global industry approbation, we have already sold 50 pc of the floor space for the...
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BEL targets 10 pc revenues through exports by 2030
June 20, 2024
What is the objective of Bharat Electronics Limited at Eurosatory 2024? BEL is a multi-technology, multi-product multi-unit company, which is working on the state of the art technology intensive products, we have brought here wide range of products. We have got a full set of offe...
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Macron calls snap French elections after European Parliament drubbing
June 10, 2024
In a decision that seems to have caught his own party and his government by total surprise, French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the French Parliament, Assemblée Nationale, and called snap elections that would be held on June 30 and July 7. Macron made the announced in...
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Verdict 2024: Democracy defeats despotism & divisiveness
June 5, 2024
Once again, the exit polls in India have come a cropper as the results of the Lok Sabha elections belie the exit polls that had all predicted a smooth sailing for the ruling NDA alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party to an historic tally over close to 400 seats in the 543-mem...
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Macron in New Caledonia should announce withdrawal of new voting law
May 22, 2024
On Thursday, as French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, the French overseas territory in South East Pacific, that has been gripped by violence following an unpopular amendment to voting in local elections, he must quickly announce a rever...
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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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Cannes Film Festival unveils 2024 Official Selection
April 12, 2024
The Cannes International Film Festival has announced the selection of films for the 77th Cannes Film Festival which opens May 14 and runs through May 25. In a press statement, the organisers say that Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, which is about former President of United States ...
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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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