Davos Diplomatic Divide: Pakistan Pays Up For Trump’s Peace Board, India Eyes UN Loyalty

President Donald Trump launched the Board of Peace at the 2026 Davos Summit, positioning it as a pay-to-play alternative to the United Nations with a $1 billion fee for permanent membership.Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif joined prominently, while India, despite an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opted to remain non-committal and absent from the signing ceremony.This stark

January 23, 2026
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ISRO Chairman Urges Designers To Embrace Failure As Fuel For India’s 2047 Vision

Dr V Narayanan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), addressed the 45th convocation of the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad on 22 January. In a pre-recorded video message, he emphasised how ISRO transforms setbacks into valuable learning opportunities.The organisation, he noted, achieves success in the vast majority of its missions. Yet, occasional failures

January 23, 2026
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EU-India FTA On Horizon As German Envoy Champions Free Trade Over Tariffs Amid Security Push

Germany’s Ambassador to India, Dr Philipp Ackermann, has voiced cautious optimism about a potential breakthrough in the long-stalled EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during the upcoming India-EU Summit in New Delhi.The summit follows the historic visit of the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council as chief guests for India’s Republic Day on 26 January. This marks a

January 23, 2026
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US Quits WHO In Fury Over Pandemic Failures And Bureaucratic Excess

The United States has formally terminated its membership in the World Health Organisation (WHO), delivering a scathing rebuke of the global health body as a "bloated, inefficient bureaucracy".This dramatic move, announced on 23 January 2026, cites the WHO’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and a series of alleged failures that inflicted significant harm on American citizens.In a joint

January 23, 2026
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