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India hosts Human Rights capacity building program

Participants included National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in eight Global South countries namely Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Jordan.

UK PM, Jordanian King discuss Gaza resolution, aid

UK PM speaks with King Abdullah II of Jordan about Gaza crisis, calls for humanitarian pause.

Jordan ends emergency laws, enacted at start of Covid pandemic, that stifled public freedoms

The move comes two days after the WHO declared an end to Covid-19 as a global health emergency, marking a major step toward the end of the pandemic.

Jordan has a model for closing gender pay gap, leadership, participation

Jordanian women are highly educated — they make up 56% of university graduates. Now they're improving female workforce participation through public-private action.

Netflix’s ‘ALRawabi: School for Girls’ sparks row in Jordan for ‘uncomfortable & bold’ content

ALRawabi: School for Girls, a six-episode Jordanian series on Netflix, touches upon bullying, violence against women, including sexual violence and patriarchy in Arab society.

The crisis in the Hashemite royal family, Jordan’s history & why it matters

In episode 718 of 'Cut The Clutter', Shekhar Gupta explains Jordan's origins, geography and geo-politics, why it is facing a succession crisis & why it is important to the world.

How Hashemite Kingdom emerged from Ottoman, British rule to modern-day Jordan

The Hashemite Kingdom has long been considered a stable power in West Asia but the alleged attempted coup by the country’s former crown prince has rocked the region.

One month, a court order — what it took to repatriate a migrant’s body from Jordan after Covid

Kalam, a migrant labour in Jordan, died on 4 November due to Covid. His family approached Delhi HC after the cargo agency at the Delhi airport refused to handle his body.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the Michael Jordan of Israeli politics

Netanyahu is like Jordan in a nutshell — a relentless competitor who loves to play on the brightest stages for the highest stakes.

US stops sending sniffer dogs to Egypt and Jordan after multiple deaths

A US government report highlighted cases of severe negligence in the care of sniffer dogs in Jordan and Egypt.

On Camera

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.