China Policies to Cut Uyghur Numbers by One-Third, Report Says
Birth rates in Xinjiang dropped almost 49% between 2017 and 2019, official data show
Aditi Bhaduri
Extradition: Can extraneous factors overweigh legal aspects?
Multiple extraneous reasons impact adversely on the efficacy of the Extradition Treaties and the international community must devise ways to ensure quick and assured delivery
Oil hits new multi-year highs; investors eye Iran nuclear talks this week
Brent crude futures for August rose 28 cents, or 0.4%, to $72.17 a barrel by 0107 GMT, their highest since May 2019. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for July touched $70 for the first time since October 2018 and was at $69.91 a barrel, up 29 cents, or 0.4%.
UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
COVID crisis to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022: Experts
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said recently
Digital Transformation: Overall Digitization Strategy
This is the fourth column we present by Roshini Kumar on Digital Transformation of Education
China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls
The government is debating whether to keep more people in the workforce by raising the official retirement age of 60 for men, 55 for white-collar female workers and 50 for blue-collar female workers.
Iran says progress made in nuclear talks but key issues remain
Iran and the powers have negotiated in Vienna since April to work out steps that Tehran and Washington must take on sanctions
Global rebalancing and India’s Foreign Policy
By Harsh Vardhan Shringla Iwould like to thank my senior colleague and friend Arvind Gupta, Director
Drug that blocks multiple coronavirus variants in mice identified
The findings, published in the journal Science Immunology, suggest that the drug diABZI activates the body’s innate immune response, the first line of defence against invading pathogens.