Viewpoint by Vincent Auger* United Nations aid agencies and partners launched an appeal on February 15 to raise $920 million to assist more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and the more than 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis hosting them. MACOMB, Illinois, USA (IDN-INPS) – Eighteen months after being driven from their homes in Myanmar by what UN […]
Nalanda Grapples With Making Pali Relevant 2500 Years Later
By Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 27th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous series. NALANDA, India (IDN) – It is believed that more than 2500 years ago Gauthama Buddha chose to preach in Pali rather than Sanskrit because […]
Oxfam India Highlights ‘Morally Outrageous’ Inequality
This article is the second in a series of joint productions of South Asian Outlook and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. This article first appeared on NDTV on 21 January 2019. – The Editor By Press Trust of India DAVOS (IDN-INPS) – Indian billionaires saw their fortunes swell by Rs. 2,200 crore (about $309.86 […]
UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament
By Devinder Kumar NEW DELHI (IDN) – India is the first member country of the United Nations to have launched a fellowship programme on disarmament and international security for foreign diplomats. “This is a demonstration of India’s commitment to nuclear issues and disarmament,” a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. With […]
A Crumbling ‘Pax Americana’ in Afghanistan
Viewpoint by Chayanika Saxena This article is the first in a series of joint productions of South Asian Outlook and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. The writer is President’s Graduate Fellow & PhD Candidate (Political Geography), Dep. of Geography, National University of Singapore. This article first appeared on the New Delhi based South Asia […]
China Leads Upsurge In Global Creative Economy
By Ronald Joshua GENEVA (IDN) – The remarkable story of China’s dominance in the trade of creative goods and services is the golden thread of a new creative economy outlook by UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The creative economy is recognized as a significant sector and a meaningful contributor to national […]
Myanmar Buddhists Say International Media Is ‘Unfair’
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 26th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. YANGON, Myanmar (IDN) – When I checked into a hotel at 10.00 pm in Central Yangon near the iconic Sule Pagoda, seeing a lot of South Asian Muslims around […]
Strengthening The Evidence Base To Deliver On The 2030 Agenda
Viewpoint by Gemma Van Halderen The writer is Director, Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). This article appeared as blog on the UNESCAP website on January 2, 2019. BANGKOK (IDN) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set an ambitious agenda of 17 global […]
Contemporary Art Triggers China-India Soft-Power Competition
Art is a means of soft power for persuading and attracting global attention. “As globalization has distributed economic benefits around the world more broadly, emerging economies are stepping up to express their role as actors in the global sphere,” explains John Zarobell, associate professor and chair of International Studies at the University of San Francisco. […]
Indian Foreign Policy Not Walking Modi’s Big Talk
Viewpoint by Bharat Karnad The author is Research Professor for National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He is author of ‘Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition’ and blogs at ‘SecurityWise‘. This article first appeared on EastAsiaForum on 24 December 2018. NEW DELHI (IDN-INPS) – The 2018 G20 Summit […]