Russia Ukraine war that began on February 24, 2022 has lingered for eleven months now. The war has writ huge loss to both the countries in terms of life and property. The economic losses to both the countries are unprecedented. Their economies have lost billions in business revenue apart from destruction of infrastructure, especially on […]
How Did the Government Fall? Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer who served as the 8th president of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022, initiated a self-imposed exile on 13 July 2022, following widespread protests led by civilians demanding his resignation, triggered by extensive discontent over his handling of the country’s economic crisis. On 13 July 2022, following […]
Political Crisis Today Pakistan is politically unstable and passing through one of the most serious economic crises in recent past. Pakistan’s ruling Party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan lost a trust vote on April 10 despite his smart move to dissolve the Parliament on April 3 to evade a trust vote, a decision which […]
UN International Year 2022 Every year, the United Nations chooses several topics that will become a focus area for one year. In 2022, these topics are glass and artisanal fishery. The spotlight on glass is meant to highlight how a traditional product can be a part of sustainable development. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 as: International Year […]
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Elisabeth Borne as France’s new Prime Minister on May 16. She is only the second woman to hold the position, and the first to head the French government since 1992. Borne succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation paved the way for a cabinet overhaul after Macron’s re-election last month. The expectations are high from […]
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed on April 29 to remove his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the Prime Minister. The President had called a meeting with the defecting members of the ruling allianceto discuss the formation of an all-party government, which dissenting members refused to attend in the presence of the PM. President Rajapaksa agreed that […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, of which 28 are in Europe and the other 2 in North America. Established in the aftermath of World War II on the insistence of the Truman administration, […]
Shehbaz Sharif was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan on April 11. A no confidence motion was introduced against Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister on April 8 after the country passed through a week long hectic drama. The process of electing the new leader of the House began on April 10 after […]
When liberalism is fast becoming out of fashion and racialism is raising hoods everywhere, the US has again made a history. Although it took more than 300 hundred years to welcome a black woman in its Supreme Court, during illiberal times this marks an effort to change the direction of wind. On April 7, Ketanji […]
