Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during a video speech at a roundtable discussion on the “Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean Outlook,” organized by the Geopolitical Cartographer, stated that the Indian Ocean has suddenly become the Indo-Pacific. Prior to traveling to India to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration, President
According to data from the UNEP’s Global Material Flows Database, the world’s biggest mining nations are China, followed by India and the USA. The UNEP’s Global Material Flows Database states that as of 2023, China was the largest global extractor of domestic materials. 34.2 billion tons of materials, including biomass,
In semiconductor geopolitics, the U.S., China, Taiwan, and India navigate complex strategic dynamics, impacting manufacturing, supply chains, and alliances, shaping the global technological landscape, and driving economic competition. Politics primarily revolves around the acquisition and exercise of power. Over time, the concept of ‘geopolitics’ has evolved with each generation of
HSBC, in a recent assessment of the company, revealed that it believes the $22 billion Byju’s is now worth zero, citing financial mismanagement, missed sales targets, governance issues, and the exit of key auditors and board members. In a recent research report, HSBC calculated that the $22 billion valuation of
Reuters has reported that Indian company Reliance Industries will buy Russian oil in roubles and is also able to acquire the oil at a discount. Four people with knowledge of the situation told Reuters that Russia’s Rosneft and India’s Reliance Industries, which runs the largest refining complex in the world,
According to data from a Statista Consumer Insights survey, smoking is still popular in many countries like China, Germany, and Spain, with China topping the list as 42% of its population consumes cigarettes at least occasionally. While the percentage of smokers worldwide is steadily falling, the habit is still very
Italy and India signed the Defence Cooperation Agreement on October 9, 2023, focusing on intelligence sharing and cooperation between the two nations’ security agencies and ratified by their respective governments. The new agreement On October 9, 2023, the governments of Italy and India signed the Defence Cooperation Agreement, which was
According to data from GlobalFirepower.com, when reserve members are taken into account, the world’s largest armies in 2024 are led by Vietnam and India. The US army isn’t the largest in terms of manpower, despite being regarded as the greatest military force in the world. The top 10 nations by
Ex-Brahmos engineer Nishant Agarwal, who received the Young Scientist Award from the Defence Research and Development Organisation, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Nagpur court for espionage for Pakistan’s ISI under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act. Ex-Brahmos engineer Nishant Agarwal was found guilty on Monday
