Myanmar’s army seizes power, popular leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained
In a statement on a military-owned television station, the army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”.
Year: 2021
India’s vaccine production capacity is best asset world has today, says UN chief
“We strongly hope that India will have all the instruments that are necessary to play a major role in making sure that a global vaccination is campaign is made possible,” Antonio Guterres told reporters.
Decoding President Mirziyoyev’s domestic and foreign policies
Today, looking back, we can say with confidence that Uzbekistan not only passed the tests that fell to its lot last year, but also achieved a number of important victories.
Madness, mayhem, and manipulation
It is a grim outlook for a new year, but it is not completely hopeless
Coronavirus: India’s COVAXIN likely effective against UK variant
By Reuters A vaccine developed by India’s Bharat Biotech and a government research institute is
Creating ‘global consensus’ on challenge of terrorism must be priority: Jaishankar
Noting that combating pandemics will naturally dominate the global agenda in the coming days, he said the inter-dependent nature of life means that no one is safe till everyone is safe.
In Davos speech, UN chief highlights private sector role in pandemic recovery
The private sector has a key role to play in lifting countries out of both the COVID-19 and climate crises, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told international business leaders on Monday.
On Republic Day “new frontiers of bilateral cooperation” between India and Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina said that both India and Bangladesh are “working closely to take the relations to a newer height.
UN Human Rights expert asks Sri Lanka to stop ‘Forced’ cremation of COVID victims’ bodies
The Sri Lankan Government should end its policy of compulsorily cremating victims of COVID-19, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday.
New face of Russian protest
Saturday’s protests were undeniably anti-regime, anti-elite, and anti-corruption, but not necessarily liberal, pro-Western, and pro-democracy. It’s not surprising that such protests frighten not only the authorities, but also successful members of society: even those who don’t consider themselves supporters of the regime.