Author: Somashekar N

“I was selected in an interview in Dubai this year by a Thailand firm, along with a few other men were forcibly taken to Myanmar by road from Bangkok and we were forced to work for anonymous companies run by armed gangs.” – A rescued victim from Myanmar Myanmar is one of the nations which has maintained a grim history of human trafficking in the South Asian region. It was infamously popular for various forms of human exploitation in the forms of slavery. Apart from other exploitative forms of slavery, it is surprising to find these gangs target white-collared professionals,…

Indo-Pacific has been evolving as the new epicenter of global prominence in the contemporary trend, mainly due to rising competition in trade and transit which are the lynchpin of the economy. The global superpower U.S is constantly hedging to gain strategic clout preferable against the Red nations (Communist blocs – Russia, China, and North Korea). These nations commonly have a single rival despite them not constituting a clique. Indo-Pacific and U.S In the pages of modern history, the U.S was forced to enter into the political domain of the Indo-Pacific during the Second World War, and that was followed by…

Modesty has widely been defined and defended as per individuals’ perception, and any recommendations or suggestions immediately attract hurls of rebukes defending one’s freedom of expression. Thoughts arising in one’s mind are directly based on the type of stimulus from the external environment, a decent manifestation attracts decent thoughts and likewise the opposite. Under all circumstances, it is agreeable that every action, every choice and every quality in us is meant to have and attract a specific kind of attention from society, yes of course life needs mutual attention to acquire essential things for the survival of an organism. Henceforth…

The present global population of 7.8 billion is constantly increasing and is estimated to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 11.2 billion by 2100 as per the World Bank data on population, this certainly presents a universe of parameters to analyze to harness the best outcome. Every age group of the population has specific requirements and contributions to the growth prospects, while the pediatric and geriatric age groups contribute less to the economic growth, it is the working age that predominantly drives the economy. As per the present demographic distribution other than a few nations in North America and Western…

The process of ‘global warming’ is collectively contributed by various human-centric activities, mainly those which involve the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) which cause the ‘greenhouse effect.’ Although global warming was a factor behind the origin of life on earth, which trapped the sunlight (heat) by the atmospheric gases in primitive earth, this causes deleterious effects beyond the threshold. Ever since the inception of human civilization ‘wood burning’ was the only chief source of GHGs, but post-industrial revolution in1800s the emissions spiked up due to the consumption of fossil fuels mainly for industries (power sector) and transport. Greenhouse gasses emitted…

Internal Stability is decided by The nature of political administration  in a nation The father of our nation articulated that Politics and Religion are inseparable in India, the primitive observation is directly associated with the rich (religious) diversity in our nation. This was also a major factor to declare India as a secular country in 1974 (forty-second amendment) after realizing the gravity of volatilities and conflicts post-independence. But the past lessons seem to be fading away in recent times. Impact of religious laws on social stability Challenges in Indian society India has a long history of ethnic divide in society…

While narcotic sedation cripples the neural system, bureaucratic sedation conflagrates the social system It has been very trivial these days to find senior officials and public servants engaging in brutal acts on innocent public and vandalizing their property. Although the Supreme Court has iterated to un-resort the use of any force even in case of arrest of an accused (except if the accused is non-cooperative), very often senior officials lower their ranks to indulge in man-handling insanities. Instances of human rights violations by brutal bureaucratic behaviour The acts of violence are not finger-numbered to complete the list, but a few…

Amidst the recent tiff at UN General Assembly (on 6 May 2022), between the Indian and Netherlands’ representatives having varied in their preferences over the Russian invasion, both nations have again reinvigorated their historic ties. Netherlands ambassador tweeted criticizing India’s neutral stand in the UNGA voting process which was immediately deleted after the reply from the Indian side. Recent bilateral agreement On 28 Sep 2022 India and Netherlands signed up to formalize a bilateral Fast-Track mechanism which enhances the resolution of the investment case for the Dutch companies operating in India. This is expected to increase mutual investment activities and…

Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) is a set of guidelines (related to import and export) issued by the Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT) by exercising the powers conferred under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992. This was enforced by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (GoI) on 1 Apr 2015 for five years and extended frequently to date. As per the reports (dated 25 September 2022), The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has decided to extend the FTP for six more months (from 1 October) to meet up the rising demands from leading exporters and Export…

“Russia must feel a much higher price for the war to force it to seek peace,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia – Ukraine conflict: Background It has been 6 months since Russia invaded Ukraine (on 24 Feb 2022), yet unable to retain the territorial gains. Mainly because Russia has been burdened with sanctions and Ukraine has been funded with logistic supplies by the west + NATO. These two factors have favored Ukraine greatly in retaliating against the invasion. Russian strategy behind every invasion Russia is habitual of spiking up its defence budget before a military expedition, this was also evident…