The NDA candidate beats Opposition’s Meira Kumar by securing 65.5% of votes; incumbent Pranab Mukherjee’s term as President ends on July 25 Former Bihar Governor and the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA’s) Presidential election candidate Ram Nath Kovind is set succeed incumbent Pranab Mukherjee and become the 14th President of India.
Category: International
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Say Successful Leaders Have These 4 Qualities
July 20, 2017//-After all their years in office, former U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have some words of advice for the leaders of tomorrow.
The UK Services Economy and Digital Trade
July 19, 2017//-The Services Economy is crucially important for the United Kingdom. According to recent statistics, the UK has the highest services trade to GDP ratio of the G7 group of countries and the services sector accounted for 80 per cent of the UK’s GDP.
Saudi Dispute With Qatar Has 22-year History Rooted in Gas
June 15, 2017// Saudi Arabia’s isolation of Qatar has been brewing since 1995, and the dispute’s long past and likely lingering future are best explained by natural gas.
New York State Just Dealt Another Blow to Uber’s Business Model
USA, June 14, 2017//-Three New York Uber drivers and “others similarly situated” have been deemed employees for unemployment purposes.
‘Trump’s Decision to Abandon the Paris Agreement would Cost the US Dearly ‘
Johannesburg, South Africa, June 5, 2017/ — Denouncing Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris Climate Agreement, Greenpeace International, a leading non-governmental environmental organization says the decision would cost the US its global leadership position and its share of the economic benefits of the clean energy transition.
Major Firms Sign Full-page Ad Urging Trump to Stay in the Paris Agreement
Washington, USA, May 10, 2017/ – In a letter appearing this week in full-page newspaper ads, major companies are urging President Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement on climate change for the good of the U.S. economy.
UNCTAD: The Occupied Palestinian Territory: A Case of an Imposed Resource Gap
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 May 2017 – Since 1967, the occupation by Israel of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, has distorted the Palestinian economy.
Southbank Centre’s Africa Utopia Returns with Art, Fashion Shows
Africa Utopia returns to Southbank Centre for its fifth year, from 15-16 July 2017, with a lineup of some of the most exciting musicians, artists, performers and thinkers from across Africa and its diaspora.
Exchange Rates, International Trade and Growth: Re-evaluation of Undervaluation
Currency wars have been often cited as a policy trade off when signing a trade agreement. At the same time the world is evolving into Global Value Chains with every country engaged in different levels of production and trade integration.










