In a rural clinic Indiascreams of pain echo through the surgical suite as Kajal, under heavy sedation, awaits her turn for her sterilizationthe first method of Family planning in the country. “The anesthesia will not have taken effect yet”says a medical assistant outside the Bhoodbaral clinic in the north of the country, where women with […]
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Causes and consequences of India becoming the most populous country in the world
India will probably become the most populous country in the world, surpassing Chinaby mid-2023, according to the latest projections of the UN published this wednesday; a position he could hold for centuries. But what is it due to and what consequences will this change have? What are the demographics? According to UN estimates, India will […]
Heat wave ravages Asia with extreme temperatures of more than 40 degrees
An unprecedented heat wave is wreaking havoc in Asia with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, killing people and ruining crops in India and roasting countries including China, Thailand and Myanmar. The authorities of the state of Maharashtra, in western India, have banned outdoor activities since Wednesday in the central hours of the day, after the […]
Before Narendra Modi, Tim Cook outlines Apple’s plan to “grow” in India
Manzana this “engaged” in growing and increasing its investments in India, stressed the executive director of the Cupertino giant, Tim Cook, this Wednesday during a meeting with the prime minister of the Asian country, Narendra Modi. “Thank you Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the warm welcome, we share your vision of the positive impact technology […]
Refugees face an “invisible wall” between Canada and the US.
In 2016, Seidu Mohammed frozen all the fingers on his hands when he crossed the border between USA and Canada to ask for shelter. Politicians, experts and Seidu himself fear that the new border agreement signed by the two countries will increase the dangers for migrants. Seidu is a happy man. As he rubs his […]
China and India, in that order, keys to the recovery of emerging economies
The growth of China after the reopening of its economy due to the end of the “zero COVID” policy will largely boost the recovery of emerging countries in 2023, according to the new global outlook report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published this Tuesday. According to the document, which maintains the same forecasts made […]
World Bank reviews 2023 global growth at 2%
The lack of confinement of markets in China has contributed to decongesting the global growth figures for 2023, anticipated this Monday the world Bank (BM) during the first day of its spring meetings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Thus, the head of the multilateral organization, David Malpass, announced a progress of three tenths from […]
Hyundai Motor lines up to buy General Motors plant in India
Hyundai Motor Co. It said on Monday it has agreed to a possible acquisition of General Motors’ India plant, a move that could finally allow the American automaker to exit a country where it stopped making vehicles in 2017. A final agreement is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions, including obtaining “regulatory approvals from […]
The US defends maintaining contacts with Russia like that of Blinken and Lavrov
USA defended this Thursday the importance of maintaining direct contacts with Russia to express their positions, such as the brief meeting that the Secretary of State had, Anthony Blinkenwith the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrovin India. The two met this Thursday for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in a brief eight-minute […]
G20 ministers meet in India with threat of division by Ukraine
The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenwill arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday for a meeting of the G20 which will also be attended by his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and which will probably be marked by divisions over the conflict in Ukraine and the tensions with China. The two-day meeting of foreign ministers from […]