At a time when modern democracy is facing multifaceted challenges globally it was a timely call from the United States to organize the Summit for Democracy. The Summit for Democracy was a virtual summit hosted by the United States “to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad” on December […]
Current Affairs
What is COP26? COP26 refers to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. It was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference. The COP2 was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. The president of the conference was UK cabinet minister Alok Sharma. Delayed for a year due to […]
India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, a Chandigarh based girl who represented India at the 70th Miss Universe 2021, held in Eilat, Israel has won Miss Universe 2021 title. She was crowned Miss Universe 2021 as she beat Paraguay’s Nadia Ferreira and South Africa’s Lalela Mswane. It is an occasion to celebrate because […]
The World Inequality Report 2022 has described India as a “poor and very unequal country with affluent elite.” According to the report the top 10% of Indian population holds 57% of the total national income. Throwing further insight into prevailing inequality in India, the report highlights that while top 1% […]
National Affairs
Rest of India is mourning the loss of alternative space, while the supporters of the BJP, the winning party, are reveling in joy taking the results of assembly election in five states as a good omen for 2024 Lok Sabha election. The loss of alternative space is not sudden and […]
The BJP won 255 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party, its main challenger, a distant second with 111 seats, election results show. The BJP’s consecutive win in Uttar Pradesh is a record – no party has won two elections in a row in nearly […]
International Affairs
How did it begin? Although the protest in Iran against mandatory Hizab for women became a matter of global attention after custodial death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022, the movement has a history behind it. The current spate of women protest in Iran began on 16 September after the […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]