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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicMillennium Development Goals

Topic: Millennium Development Goals

Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who had both a testy and cordial relationship with India, dies

PM Modi calls him 'a conscience keeper of international peace and security'; as UN chief, Annan was critical of India’s nuclear tests in 1998.

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Trump’s presence at ASEAN could create new US-China axis. India shouldn’t have skipped it

As in the West, India must engage with ASEAN and APEC in the East and Southeast with a much greater degree of seriousness and commitment.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.