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Saturday, July 19, 2025
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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

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.