As of 8 March 2022, an estimated 2, 155, 271 refugees have crossed Ukraine’s western border and entered Schengen Area countries (Hungary, Poland,…
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The Mass Exodus of Indian Students from Ukraine: Incidental Victims of a Slavic Conflict
On 1 March 2022, Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a 21-year-old fourth-year medical student at Kharkiv National Medical University in north-eastern Ukraine, left a bunker,…
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Economic Sanctions: The Reappraisal of a Financial Tool for Conflict Resolution in the Russian Context
Russia’s recent military intervention in Ukraine has unleashed a barrage of economic sanctions from various Western and allied nations, including the US, the…
President Vladimir Putin of Russia launched a “specialised military operation” in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. He vowed, during a 28-minute-long address to…
The sedate and normally unexciting city of Ottawa in southeast Ontario, national capital of Canada since 1857, made the international news headlines for…
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The Metropolitan Police Force, London: Random Observations on the Policing of a Major Law Enforcement Agency
On 10 February 2022, despite the Prime Minister’s “complete confidence” in her abilities, Dame Cressida Dick, first female and first openly gay Metropolitan…
The British economy is about to become enmired in a debilitating cost-of-living crisis, caused by rising inflation, increased costs of borrowing, and an…
According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates, as of 2 January 2022 around 1.3 million people in the UK, or 2.1 per…
The United Kingdom formally left the European Union and regained its “sovereignty” on 31 January 2020, thereupon entering a transition period which finally…
Britain’s roads are busier than ever, accommodating over 39.2 million licensed vehicles by the end of June 2021. But these roads need to…