Nepal’s recent recent catastrophic flash floods occurred on August 26, 2026 due to a massive ice and rock avalanche/glacier collapse on Langtang Lirung near the Nepal-Tibet border that surged down the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys. The floods extended downstream along the Trishuli River valley in Nepal and extended into parts of Tibet and India. […]
The 2026 G-7 Summit was held in Évian-les-Bains, France. The Summit assumed extra importance due to ongoing turbulent geo-political and geo-economic developments. The control of United Nations on global developments has been substantially weakened, multilateralism is facing irreconciliable differences and international laws and conventions are frequently violated by powerful countries. In such an environment, the […]
What is meant by critical minerals? Critical minerals are natural raw materials of high strategic importance to the economy and national security. These are needed in nearly every new technology based products such as -smartphones and electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy systems and advanced medical equipment. These minerals are defined as “critical” because they are […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on an ambitious five-nation diplomatic tour from July 2–9, 2025, covering Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia. This journey, his longest overseas tour in the past decade, marks a significant push to expand India’s influence across the Global South. The trip began in Ghana, where Modi became […]
The G7 Summit 2025, held in Berlin from June 25–27, concluded with a renewed commitment from the world’s leading advanced economies to tackle climate change, reshape global economic governance, and address ongoing geopolitical crises. The G7 — comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Canada — invited key partner countries, […]
On June 21–22, 2025, the U.S. and Israel conducted coordinated airstrikes targeting Iran’s key nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—using B‑2 stealth bombers equipped with bunker‑buster munitions. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israeli sites, including hospitals and airports in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Beersheba. Iran’s Red Crescent reported no casualties at the nuclear […]
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in India on April 1 for his three-day visit. It is his first such visit abroad after assuming office in July 2021. He met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and inaugurated many projects together in an online mode in a summit aiming at deepening bilateral relations. The visit […]
The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement was signed (April 2 , 2022) in a virtual ceremony by Trade Minister of Australia Dan Tehan and India’s Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the virtual ceremony. Australian PM later said that the agreement […]
It is about three weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine begun on February 24. The war has caused huge loss of life including innocent civilians and destruction of infrastructure. The impact of war has badly affected the Ukrainian economy, but economic sanctions imposed on the invading Russia by the US and other Western countries are […]
