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South Asia has once again witnessed a turbulent government overthrow, a region long familiar with violent upheavals that often result in regime changes—whether through military coups or the dramatic rise of rival political factions. The recent developments in Bangladesh offer a unique case where both elements appear to have played a role. The abrupt departure […]

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India has shipped its first R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine consignment to Africa. Developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Novavax, this vaccine is the second malaria vaccine authorized globally for children in malaria-endemic regions. The first vaccine is from GSK, including supply agreements with Bharat Biotech.

NEW DELHI: Amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the White House has emphatically called for a prompt resolution, asserting that the US is eager for the hostilities to cease “as soon as possible.” This statement follows discussions between US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Israeli officials regarding a potential shift to “low-intensity operations” against Gaza in […]

In midst of media frenzy surrounding Hiroshima, geopolitical implications discussed at low-key KazanForum paints a contrasting picture of global engagement

DEHRADUN: Armed forces of India and the United States of America will hold their regular Yudhabhyas series of war exercises in the Auli of Chamoli district at the India-China border in Uttarakhand. This would be the 18th of the Yudhabhyas wargames between India and the US to help enhance interoperability between the two sides. The field combat exercise […]

It took the CIA, supposedly the most competent intelligence agency in the world, 21 years to search and kill al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the biggest ideologue of Islamist terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks. The Egyptian physician-turned-terrorist, Zawahiri was knocked off in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on July 31. The ailing […]

The US Ambassador to Georgia has been trying hard to drag Georgia into the Ukrainian crisis to take the West’s side. This has been under two assumptions: 1. Georgia does not enjoy a good relationship with Russia post 2008 Georgian War; and 2. The EU had promised Georgia candidate status in the Union. One naturally […]

Shooting your own foot Let us begin with a clip from an article in CBS titled “Russia’s Ruble is the strongest currency in the world this year”: “Commodity prices are currently sky-high, and even though there is a drop in the volume of Russian exports… the increase in commodity prices more than compensates for these […]

NEW DELHI: A pool of defence and strategic experts cautioned that “unless there is a greater degree of technology transfer between the US and India, the full potential of the partnership in areas like joint research and development cannot be tapped”. They were speaking during a virtual meeting organised by the Kolkata centre of research […]

The conventional thinking among the Indian population, those that are aware of the behemoth named CPEC, is that it is China’s way of encircling India by debt-trapping Pakistan into a project that Pakistan does not have the financial capacity to absorb. And they would be partially correct in assuming so. An infrastructural project of that […]