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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicSitiveni Rabuka

Topic: Sitiveni Rabuka

‘Someone isn’t happy with you, but India big enough to weather discomforts’—Fiji PM on Trump tariffs

‘India an important partner in Fiji’s effort to promote a peaceful & united Pacific region,’ said PM Rabuka in Delhi during his official visit to India.

India to set up defence wing in Fiji to boost Pacific presence amid China’s growing footprint

According to MEA, a defence attaché will be posted at high commission in Suva, covering Pacific Island nations. The move follows talks between PM Modi & Fijian PM Sitiveni Rabuka.

India-Fiji ties have come full circle. Envoy was expelled after Rabuka-led coup nearly 40 yrs ago

The year was 1987 when Rabuka, then a Lt Col, had ousted the democratically elected government in his country. Two years on, Ambassador T P Sreenivasan was asked to leave.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.