Russia’s plan to export coal to India via Iran announced during the BRICS transport ministers’ meeting at SPIEF on February 18, 2024, signals a significant geopolitical shift, challenging US influence. Russia Plans Coal Exports to India Via Iran According to ShippingNews Russia intends to ship coal via Iran to India.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western nations imposed harsh restrictions on Russian oil imports. This has led to a significant shift in global trade, with countries like China, India, and Turkey increasing their oil imports from Russia. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, there were harsh
On the ECB blog, Piero Cipollone intensified his claims that BRICS is “fragmenting” the global monetary system. Cipollone highlighted how countries like China, Iran, and Russia are creating alternative payment systems, disrupting global financial efficiency. The European Central Bank (ECB) official Piero Cipollone, who previously declared that inflation is caused
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