Topic: North Korea
GLOBAL PULSE: Paris pullout is a gift to China, Russia’s patriotic hackers and a belated Beatlemania for Cubans
PARIS PULLOUT IS A STRATEGIC GIFT TO CHINA
Trump has managed to turn “America First into America Isolated”, said The New York Times. His pull out of the Paris climate accord creates a vacuum of global leadership and is “the greatest strategic gift to the Chinese”.
GLOBAL PULSE: Merkel’s warning to Europeans, North Korea’s latest missile test and tragedy in Sri Lanka
Angela Merkel tells Europeans they have to take their fate into their own hands while North Korea tests another missile.
Global Pulse: ASEAN Warms Up To China, Trump Teaches Liberals To Hate and Political Activity Heats Up in Pakistan
GROWING WARMTH AMONG ASEAN NATIONS FOR CHINA
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit this year was warmer toward China.
Global Pulse: China’s Blue Water Naval Ambition
Amid rising tensions in the region, China launched its first indigenously built aircraft carrier, expanding its fleet to two such vessels.
China plans for a...
Global Pulse: The French Choice
In France, the choice cannot be starker on May 7th, the final day of voting – between Marine Le Pen who wants to shut...
On Camera
YourTurn
TV news must take a break from its anchors-in-chief and follow Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss model
Having no anchors has many advantages: TV channels would be forced to concentrate more on news than views, and allow reporters more screen time.
You thought inflation’s high in India? Data shows at least 100 countries doing worse
Lebanon faces worst inflation rate in the world, followed by Zimbabwe and Sudan, according to 'Trading Economics', which sources data from governments.
Defence
A look at the Territorial Army — The Indian military’s task force hit by the Manipur landslide
The Territorial Army, a part-time military organisation for Indians who may have other jobs, is essentially a volunteer force that can be quickly mobilised in the defence of a state.
Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.