Month: September 2020

COVID-19-A FORCE MAJEURE

Reading Time: 3 minutes The COVID-19 outbreak has widespread effect on almost all spheres of the society in some way or the other. It has further caused widespread disruptions in terms of domestic as well as cross-border business and commercial operations. The article delves into the impact caused by the Pandemic to […]

The Big Falafel:

Reading Time: 4 minutes Israel-UAE-Bahrain Pact A Peace Deal has finally been struck but peace takes more than just signatures and handshakes. The dawn of a new Middle East started with a signing ceremony for the Middle East Agreement normalising relations between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. According to the […]

The Kerala Gold Scam

Reading Time: 4 minutes Kerala is obsessed with communism, gods and gold. Although the existence of the first two is up for debate, gold is definitely one of the most real things to circulate Kerala through its legal supply chains and illegal hawala rackets. Although it is usually not a surprise to […]

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Implementation Conundrum

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the wake of the unprecedented and catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic, India has come to realize the importance of self-reliance and self-sufficiency without closing the doorway to foreign countries, instead to attract more foreign investment, enhance technology, boost employment and generate skilled labour. The ‘Atmanirbhar Abhiyan’ (ABA) package has […]

Indo Japan Meet and Abe’s exit

Reading Time: 4 minutes “Confluence of the Two Seas”- the speech on his first visit to the Indian Parliament in 2007 was a turning point of Indo Japan strategic relations. That’s how influential the Japanese leader Shinzo Abe was. From hoisting Japan to the heights of consistent infrastructural growth to creating the […]