India-UAE Bridge for trade and investment surge
India is one of the UAE’s largest trade partners with bilateral trade amounting to over $60 billion and annual growth topping 11 percent.
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Aditi Bhaduri
World celebrates Nelson Mandela: a ‘global advocate for dignity and equality’
Nelson Mandela was an “extraordinary global advocate for dignity and equality” who anyone in public service should seek to emulate, Secretary-General António Guterres said marking the International Day that honours the iconic anti-apartheid campaigner, and South Africa’s first democratically-elected President.
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International Court of Justice orders Pakistan to review death penalty for alleged Indian spy
The International Court of Justice has ordered Pakistan to review a death sentence handed down in the case of a former Indian Navy officer accused by Pakistan of spying, finding that the country’s authorities acted in breach of the Vienna Convention
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20 million children left out of life saving vaccines: UNICEF
New estimates find dangerous stagnation of global vaccination rates, due to conflict, inequality and complacency
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Why Saudi Arabia’s Deradicalization Program is Successful
Rather than depending solely on security measures, Saudi Arabia started to focus on designing rehabilitation programs directed at extremists inside the Saudi prisons, through psychological and social counselling, and educating them out of their intolerant understanding of Islam.
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Taliban to Japan: Guarantee US troops withdrawal
By Ferdows Rasouli With the success of the seventh round of talks between the United
Racial Overtones of Chinese Development in Kenya
It is dubious that the Belt and Road Initiative is healthy for Kenya’s long-term development. People should pay close attention to the debt relation between China and Kenya, and above all should prioritize the treatment and welfare of Kenyan workers who are most directly affected by the two countries’ growing relationship.
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Gulf Migration, Remittances and Religion: Interplay of faith and prosperity among Syrian Christians in Kerala
Christians, including the Syrian Christians of Kerala, constitute 18.6 per cent of the population of Kerala accounting for 6 million people. Of them the Syrian Christians—one of the oldest Christian sects in the world—comprise nearly 3 million. With a high rate of education, occupational diversification, few local job opportunities in the community, Syrian Christians have migrated to other states in India and abroad.
WHO includes ground breaking cancer fighting drugs in its updated essential medicines’ list
The World Health Organisation announced on Tuesday that dozens of new drugs have been added to the list of essential medicines that every country should have, including new cancer treatments that can be swallowed rather than injected.
Can Trump’s tricks settle the Syrian conflict?
While Trump has been posting tweets for his electorate, the U.S.-led international coalition carried out another air raid on the residential area in Idlib province, apparently against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) units.