Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases
By: RuwiniRupasinghe, Beatriz MartínezLópez The World Health Organization recently launched a roadmap to address the urgent issue of the threat of animal-to-human diseases known as zoonosis, particularly neglected tropical diseases, as humans increasingly encroach on environments previously only inhabited by animals. The consequences of this expansion are heightened by a changing climate, where climate-extremes are […]
Will Japan and Russia Tensions Over Contested Pacific Islands Spill Over Into War?
By: Vijay Prashad Each year, Japan’s Foreign Ministry releases a Diplomatic Bluebook, a guide to the government’s views on the world. Kyodo News, a reputed Japanese wire service, reports that the 2022 Bluebook will have strong language against Russia. This Bluebook will be released to the public before the end of April, but Kyodo News’ […]
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal are implementing different solutions for the same problem
By: Aditya Vashisht Apart from the war in Ukraine, the past few days have seen a flurry of activities in South Asian politics which are being characterized by diplomatic visits and financial assistance. Pakistan is facing a fresh political crisis, Sri Lanka is seeing its economy tanking down to the worst and Nepal is attempting […]
Seeking Peace and Stability in the Indian Ocean
By: Mool Raj Historically, the Low Countries or the Lowlands referred to several small states in the coastal regions in Northwest Europe and Netherlands, which also belongs to lower lands, in present day Europe is a small country, a good portion of which is made of land reclaimed from the sea and managed by a […]
The Great Music Maestro: Kundan Lal Saigal
(Birth anniversary 11th April)
By: Dr. Shiben Krishen Raina April 11 is the birthday of the famous Indian singer Late Kundan Lal Saigal, the great maestro of Indian music. I among his thousands and thousands of admirers and have preserved almost all the songs, Bhajans, Ghazals sung by this great singer. About 50 years ago, I bought two LPs […]
Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Is This Barbarism or Civilization?
The West’s actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order that shuns the U.S. for weaponizing the dollar and Western control over the global financial system.
By: Prabir Purkayastha Do the Ukraine war and the action of the United States, the EU and the UK spell the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency? Even with the peace talks recently held in Turkey or the proposed 15-point peace plan, as the Financial Times had reported earlier, the fallout for […]
Labor and Workers’ Rights Are at the Heart of Chile’s New Constitutional Convention
Even the workers in the Constitutional Convention process are themselves organizing a union.
By: Taroa Zúñiga Silva On March 13, 2022, two days after Gabriel Boric was sworn in as the president of Chile, Minister General Secretariat of Government Camila Vallejo told 24 Horas during an interview that her duty is “to accompany and support the constitutional process,” when asked about the government’s priorities during 2022. These two […]
Importance of the ‘Teesta Water Sharing Treaty’
By: John Rozario One of the long-standing unresolved issues between Bangladesh and India is the Teesta water-sharing agreement. The agreement between Bangladesh and India on Teesta water sharing has been discussed for the last few years. But the Teesta issue has stopped with assurance. After the Ganges Treaty in 1996, the issue of distribution of […]
Efficient use of public money requires several reforms
By: Satyavan ‘Saurabh A properly managed accounting system helps in ensuring proper control over funds. Accounting policies and procedures are designed to compile accounts that meet the legal/procedural requirements governing financial controls. Accounts are an essential part of the financial management of activities. Based on accounts, the government controls the size of its fiscal and […]
Myanmar-Bangladesh Military Diplomacy can help solve Rohingya refugee crisis
By: Jubeda Chowdhury Although Bangladesh and Myanmar are two neighboring countries having 271 kilometers of the international boundary, the Rohingya refugee crisis is a long-pending bilateral problem between Myanmar-Bangladesh. But a fruitful political engagement of both concerned parties is very necessary to help solve this regional humanitarian crisis. Military diplomacy between Myanmar and Bangladesh can […]
