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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TopicCommonwealth

Topic: Commonwealth

Solomon Islands Celebrates 65 Years of Commonwealth Scholarships

The event featured presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities for past and present scholars, stakeholders, and program contributors.

Commonwealth selects Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as new secretary-general

Botchwey, a supporter of reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism, takes over from Britain’s Patricia Scotland, who has been in the job since 2016.

King Charles acknowledges Commonwealth’s ‘painful’ history with slavery on summit agenda

From the 15th to the 19th century, at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly taken by European ships and merchants and sold into slavery.

47 Ghanaian students awarded scholarship to study in UK

Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana, Keith McMahon, expressed his pleasure in hosting some of Ghana's brightest minds before they head to the UK.

India’s CPGRAMS system recognized as best practice in governance by Commonwealth Secretariat

The system has been instrumental in improving the quality of governance by providing a speedy and effective remedy to the grievances of citizens.

India’s CPGRAMS ‘a global best practice in AI-driven grievance redressal’

Commonwealth Member countries laud India's grievance redressal system as a 'state-of-the-art practice'

Commonwealth releases ‘military justice principles’, 2 Indians among 15 experts who drafted rules

'Stellenbosch Draft' draft seeks to 'reiterate' importance of 'independent & competent' legal system. Expert panel included Indian lawyers Major Navdeep Singh (retd) and Aishwarya Bhati.

Soldiers’ rights advocate Navdeep Singh now in Commonwealth Secretariat’s military justice panel

Singh, an attorney at the Punjab and Haryana High Court specialises in constitutional & service law and has served as a Major in the Territorial Army.

Prince Charles in India this week, visit to focus on sustainability & climate change

Prince Charles is arriving on Wednesday and will undertake varied engagements, including a bilateral meeting with President Ram Nath Kovind.

India rebuts Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir issue as ‘propaganda’ at the Commonwealth meet

Pakistani delegation raised concern over heavy presence of security forces in Kashmir at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Uganda.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.