China's top legislator visits journalists covering annual session: Xinhuanet
March 13, 2022
China's top legislator Li Zhanshu has visited journalists covering the annual session of the national legislature. Li, chairman of the National People's...
China appoints new minister of civil affairs: Xinhuanet
February 26, 2022
Tang Dengjie was appointed minister of civil affairs by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Monday. Click here to read......
3 January 2022
The year 2021 saw numerous upheavals and developments shaping the world and will certainly stand out as a difficult year with some promising developments. As the world steps into the new year, join Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and...
For the second year in a row, countries across the world battled to cope with the negative economic impacts of covid. Though African continent handled the initial impacts of Covid-19 relatively well, in 2021 it suffered immensely from Covid-19...
About 5.8 million people reportedly died globally due to covid[1]. The unreported number is much higher. The world struggled to come out with a comprehensive, coordinated, effective response to the Covid pandemic crisis. The invention of vaccines...
At 8:19 PM, on another day of incessant drizzle in Chennai, I clicked on Bloomberg.com only to see the following headlines captioned boldly on the landing page:
Yes, it is somewhat appropriate – whether intended or not – that Bloomberg had focussed...
19th CPC Central Committee holds sixth plenary session: Xinhuanet
November 8, 2021
The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its sixth plenary session in Beijing on Monday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s centenary celebrations were extensively covered in the Chinese media. Xi Jinping, who holds China’s three top positions of CCP General Secretary, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Chinese...
There is a change afoot in the normally placid politics of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which governs Japan.
On Friday 17 September, four candidates emerged with varied views. This includes two women candidates. Their multiple candidacies,...
The just concluded visit of the US Secretary of State Blinken to India merits keen scrutiny coming as it has on the cusps of regional developments in Afghanistan, global pandemic management, forthcoming meetings on the Indo Pacific and a host of...