Politics
EU’s Chips Act offers unique opportunities to en...
December 10, 2022
The adoption of the European Union’s Chips Act Position Paper by the Council of Europe about a week ago is a “watershed moment” in EU’s quest to become a dominant player in the global semiconductor ecosystem. The Council of the European Union consists of the Heads...
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Oxfam report says digital divide hurting women, un...
December 7, 2022
For almost a decade, there has been a lot of noise at leading global forums about the growing menace of digital divide and with leaders of not only various countries but also of civil society groups and large corporations promising to take quick remedial actions to bridge this di...
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Cities & Climate change: Time to stop mindles...
December 6, 2022
In 1920, Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, was a small town that counted barely 20,000 people. Exactly 130 years later, in 2050, the city is expected to be the fourth largest in the world, with 35 million inhabitants, a number that will swell to over 83 milli...
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Belgium-India Relations: Exploring New Horizons
December 4, 2022
A relationship between two countries is like a coin. One side of the coin represents trade and economic relations and the other represents bilateral political and strategic ties. No relationship can be long-standing or develop deeper and broader, if one of the two sides of the co...
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Nadav Lapid’s takedown of The Kashmir Files
November 29, 2022
All hell broke loose as soon as Israeli filmmaker and the head of jury at the 53rd International Film Festival of India Nadav Lapid called The Kashmir Files a ‘propaganda’ and a ‘vulgar movie’ that was not fit to be shown in the competitive section of a prestigious film f...
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IFF calls for withdrawal of revised draft on Digit...
November 28, 2022
After it was forced to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which seeks to govern and safeguard the use of personal data, due to serious concerns of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication and Information Technology, the Ministry of Electronics and Info...
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UNESCO Members commit to invest at least 10 pc of ...
November 21, 2022
At a global meeting on education, hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) the critical importance of early education, notably kindergarten and pre-primary, was highlighted by global educationists and the UNESCO member nations commit...
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Interview with Kristín Anna Tryggvadóttir, Deput...
October 31, 2022
Iceland is keen to strengthen business ties with India and is looking forward to an early conclusion of the ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement between India and EFTA, of which it is a part. Kristín Anna Tryggvadóttir deputy head of mission of Iceland to India tells...
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Post-Diwali smog could envelope Delhi soon
October 27, 2022
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was quick to claim credit when the air quality index on Tuesday, the day after Diwali, reflected a reading of just over 300. While it was classified as very poor air quality, it was a significant drop of about 30 pc from the AQI readings of 20...
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India needs to stop whining over Jammu & Kash...
October 11, 2022
In some senses, Pakistan has scored some brownie points against India in rapid succession. On October 4, the United States Ambassador David Blome undertook an unusually high-profile and rare visit to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, meeting with the ‘Prime Minister’...
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