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Managing Mali mayhem key to countering terrorism
January 12, 2022
On Monday, leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to close borders with Mali and impose tough economic sanctions as the military junta in power since last year’s coup, second in under nine months, failed to hold the promised election...
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On its 75th anniversary, UN missing from COVID19 action
September 29, 2020
Two years ago United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres flew into New Delhi to bestow the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had won it alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. In 2015, India and France had launched the Internationa...
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India remains an antique showcase of Portuguese architecture
December 17, 2016
Indian territories such as Goa, Daman and Diu on the western coast of the peninsula still holds a very strong Portuguese influence in terms of the local languages, architecture and fervour. However, are we building on a mutually beneficial space that is rightly reminiscent of the...
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India abstains from voting on nuclear weapons ban at the UN
October 28, 2016
In an assembly at the UN where member states expressed desires to start talks regarding the possibility of a ban on nuclear weapons, India abstained from voting.
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