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Is the U.S. President Donald Trump looking for a big deal with the Chinese President Xi Jinping in his second term to reshape the global order favouring two super powers and marginalizing both Western Europe and Russia? The question gets all the relevance if one analyses the policy announcements by the second term Republican President in the last 48 hours after taking oath.

President Donald Trump lost no time in asserting his ‘Tariff Man’ image, which he appears to be relishing to no end. One of his first pronouncements was the 25 percent tariff on Mexico and Canada. His much-touted America First approach would mean this will be an expansive list, with China and EU countries next in line. India had found itself prominently on the list as well. Overall, an invigorated Trump is set to destabilise global trade. And that is no good news, including for countries like India, although the tariff offensive against Canada and Mexico is unlikely to have only one-sided impact and will have implications for the US and global economy.

Donald Trump’s high decibel inauguration rhetoric has already set in motion new currents in international strategic relationships.

The inaugural ceremony of crowning of Mr Donald Trump as the 47th President of the USA was marked by the presence of superrich who have influence not only their governments but on the governments of other countries as well. Many of them are Techie giants who plan to control the minds of the people from a remote distance. Some of the prominent ones include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. The politicians who attended include far right autocratic leaders such as Argentina’s President Javier Milei, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa, former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieck.

Over 30 per cent of global food produced is lost or wasted, preventing which can be enough to raise 153 million people out of hunger. Despite progress in setting targets for food loss and waste (FLW) reduction at both the international and national levels, a lack of clear targets, co-ordination and consistent measurement has hampered progress, a new OECD payer has concluded after studying policies across 42 countries.

Arvind Kejriwal is the man to beat in the Delhi Assembly elections. Kejriwal isn't the spent force one thought after the stint in jail and the ouster from the Delhi Chief Minister's post. Jail does things to the toughest of people and not everyone has a father of the stature of Motilal Nehru to spring a son out of jail, cut a sentence short with one call to the Gora-Sahib!

KOLKATA: Found guilty of the rape and murder of a doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sanjay Roy has been sentenced to life term imprisonment. The sentence pronounced by Sealdah district and sessions court on Monday has been found unacceptable by many.

China has scored a major diplomatic victory in Myanmar by helping the conclusion of a truce between the ruling military junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the provinces bordering China. The MNDAA rebels took control of large areas around the border by driving out the junta troops last month. China was negotiating a deal as the mediator for the last two weeks and it was finally announced on Saturday.

LONDON: Donald Trump’s presidency is an opportunity to challenge Britain’s “special relationship” with Washington and the NATO war machine. Both Trump and his liberal opponents present his movement as one disrupting these old alliances. Trump derides allies for not pulling their weight and even talks of seizing their territory. Liberals on both sides of the Atlantic see this as a threat to the US-policed world order.

Voters list manipulation has become a serious issue in Delhi Vidhan Sabha election, more so after the publication of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency wise number of electors as on January 17, 2025. Shrinkage of number of electorates in ‘one in five’ Vidhan Sabha constituencies compared to 2020, shows the shifting demography, which is likely to impact the poll outcome.