Uzbekistan – India partnership: An integral part of global and regional processes
Traditionally Uzbekistan considers India as a close, strategic partner, with which cooperation has recently acquired a multifaceted and long-term character.
Aditi Bhaduri
100 million more children fail basic reading skills because of COVID-19
A new study released by the UN cultural agency, reveals that more than 100 million more children than expected, are falling behind the minimum proficiency level in reading, due to COVID-related school closures.
COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: WHO
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published on Tuesday, and was described by the UN health agency’s chief as a welcome start, but far from conclusive.
Global leaders unite in urgent call for international pandemic treaty
New treaty would signal high-level political action needed to protect the world from future health crises
UNSC needs to introspect about the cost of its ‘actions and inactions’ on Syria: India
The UN Security Council needs to introspect about the cost of its “actions and inactions” on Syria, India has said, emphasising that the powerful organ of the world body cannot afford to be “unmoved” on the urgent need to build consensus and work collectively to end the sufferings of the people in the war-torn country.
Priyadarshini and the battle for Bangladesh in 1971
An ode to Indira Gandhi by a Bangladeshi citizen
Bangladesh & India: A relationship going from strength to strength
This was Prime Minister Modi’s first overseas trip to a foreign country since the coronavirus outbreak, testifying to the importance he attached to Bangladesh, and the “Neighbourhood First” policy.
Covid-19 crisis has dramatically accelerated the pace of digital transformation
By 2025, millennials will account for three-quarters of the global workforce. As organisations increasingly work with a digital-native pool of candidates, they must modernise recruitment.
India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions.
Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement
The accord brings Iran into China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure scheme intended to stretch from East Asia to Europe