July 2021

Modi’s Icarus Moment There is an important caveat: while fate may play some role, the tragedy is of the protagonist’s own making, a result of the hero’s hamartia. What is politics today if not a stage, and what better describes India’s current situation than a tragedy? In India’s case, the …

Vaccine Poverty Inequitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution and its effects he scientific community has succeeded in producing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines in record time; however, some countries are just receiving their first doses while others, such as the United States of America, have had vaccines since December 2020. The gap …

Global Humanity Paralyzed by Covid-19 The Politics of Conflicts Looks for Change and Unity The Covid-19 Pandemic Demands Critical Thinking and Human Unity We are living in a connected world of virtual reality – people in one part of the globe cannot be separated by the Covid-19 pandemic and continued …

Israel Lost This Round The Jewish state is stunned by Palestinian and world response Israel-Palestine conflict is there for more than seven decades, mired in series of hostilities escalating every year and subsequent bombardment by Tel Aviv of Gaza Strip. Slaughtering of men, women and children is not new to …

CARBIS BAY G7 SUMMIT What have the wealthy democracies agreed on? Eleven leaders representing more than 2.2 billion people and over half of the world’s economy convened for the Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, UK, from June 11 to 13. This was the first G7 summit since 2019, with …

China-Russia Relations and Global Strategic Balance The China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era is stable and assured, and sees no restricted area or upper limit. The relationship between China and Russia is not only at its best, but has also reached the highest level of equal …

Say Hello to a brand-new Ocean On this year’s World Ocean Day, which was celebrated on June 08, the cartographers at National Geographic officially recognized the Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic or the Austral Ocean, as the world’s fifth – and newest – ocean. The Southern Ocean encompasses …

China’s 7th Population Census …and its Looming Population Problem These figures reveal that not only China’s population is declining in the future but its demographic structure is also deteriorating with a growing ageing population. They also show how the world’s most populous nation is going to have to face its …

Zhang Yiming The billionaire tech visionary behind TikTok The widespread popularity of TikTok has not just created a new generation of social media stars, it has also created a social media billionaire. Zhang Yiming, the 38-year-old software engineer, who founded the app’s parent company – ByteDance – is now China’s …

THE CHANGING FACE OF QUETTA Once the ‘City of Orchards’ is in a quagmire of problems Quetta is the city to which belongs my identity. All my life from opening my eyes to seeing, learning and examining things is related to this city. It was once an ideal city where …