Podcasts about New Delhi

U.S.-India relations were once described as one of Washington's MOST important strategic bets in the twenty-first century. But over the past year, that partnership has come under serious strain—buffeted by trade disputes, sharp rhetoric, and deep disagreements over Pakistan and Kashmir. In the current print edition of Foreign Affairs, Lisa Curtis and Richard Fontaine argue that this rupture is not just another rough patch, but rather a potentially consequential turning point. The essay, “America Must Salvage Its Relationship with India—or Risk Losing a Global Swing State,” makes the case that how Washington manages its ties with New Delhi in this moment will have lasting implications for the Indo-Pacific balance of power, U.S. credibility in Asia, and competition with China.To talk more about this new piece, Lisa joins Milan on the show this week. Lisa is Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. She is a foreign policy and national security expert with over 20 years of service in the U.S. government—including at the National Security Council, CIA, State Department, and Capitol Hill. Most recently, Lisa served as Senior Director for South and Central Asia at the National Security Council from 2017 to 2021. Milan and Lisa discuss the “fit of presidential pride and pique” that has derailed bilateral ties, President Trump's repeated desire to mediate between India and Pakistan, and the sudden revival in U.S.-Pakistan ties. Plus, the two discuss America's strategic competition with Beijing, what it will take for Washington to remedy its trust deficit with New Delhi, and the long-term consequences of a sustained rupture between the United States and India.

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First up—new reporting reveals Iran's leadership is privately warning that fear is no longer keeping the public in check, and that even a limited U.S. strike could push the regime toward a breaking point. Behind closed doors, officials are expressing alarm over public anger and internal instability, raising new questions about how close Tehran may be to the edge. Later in the show—the White House announces a new trade deal with India, as President Donald Trump moves to slash tariffs after New Delhi agrees to stop buying Russian oil, marking a significant shift in global trade and energy dynamics. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief ZBiotics: Visit https://zbiotics.com/PDB for 15% off StopBox: Get firearm security redesigned and save 15% off @StopBoxUSA with code BAKER at https://www.stopboxusa.com/BAKER#stopboxpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bangladesh will hold a national election in February, after years of political turmoil and the ousting of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina. Her rule of more than a decade delivered strong economic growth but was also accompanied by tighter political control and repeated confrontations with protesters.Sheikh Hasina's party, the Awami League, has been banned. This has brought renewed focus on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's leader Tarique Rahman, who is the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, as well as several emerging challengers.Following years of unrest, the vote is seen as a test of whether Bangladesh can move towards political stability.This week on The Inquiry, we're asking: What does the national election mean for the future of Bangladesh?Contributors Shaheen Mamun, Executive Director of the Jargoron Foundation, London, UKZia Chowdhury, journalist, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rounaq Jahan, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh Constantino Xavier, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, New Delhi, India Presenter: Tanya Beckett Producer: Matt Toulson Researcher: Evie Yabsley Editor: Tom Bigwood Technical Producer: Cameron Ward(Photo: A woman casting her ballot during the 2024 national election in Bangladesh. Credit: Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Josh Hammer cuts through the noise surrounding celebrity activism, dismantling the anti-ICE spectacle that unfolded at the Grammys while highlighting polling that continues to show broad public backing for President Trump’s immigration posture. Professor and author Jonathan Turley joins the show to discuss his new book, "Rage and The Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution." Josh also weighs in on the evolving Iran debate as envoy Steve Witkoff travels to the Middle East, unpacking what’s at stake diplomatically and strategically. The episode closes with an examination of Trump’s outreach to India and why strengthening ties with New Delhi matters not just economically, but as a crucial counterweight to China’s growing influence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US health insurance stocks plunged yesterday, and New Delhi and Brussels have agreed a trade deal that will eliminate up to €4bn of tariffs on EU exports. Plus, Nato is increasing its military presence in the Arctic to counter Russia. Mentioned in this podcast:US health insurer stocks plummet on Trump Medicare spending planEU and India seal trade pact to slash €4bn of tariffs on bloc's exportsHow Nato is preparing for war in the ArcticSend your voice memos about your post graduate job search to: marc.filippino@ft.comNote: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts Today's FT News Briefing was hosted by Sonja Hutson and edited by Marc Filippino. It was produced by Fiona Symon and Victoria Craig. Our show was mixed by Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann and Michael Lello. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT's Global Head of Audio. The show's theme music is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2026 is shaping up to be a hectic political year in India. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed the relatively unknown Nitin Nabin to take over as party president. The BJP and its opposition challengers are gearing up for high-stakes assembly elections in five states later this spring. And the Election Commission of India (ECI) is in the midst of a controversial revision of India's gargantuan electoral rolls.To discuss these and the country's other key political stories, Sunetra Choudhury—the national political editor of the Hindustan Times—joins Milan to kick off the fifteenth season of Grand Tamasha. The two sat down for a special episode recorded live in HT's New Delhi studio. Listeners will know Sunetra from her past appearances on the podcast, as well as from her reporting for the Hindustan Times—and, of course, from her book Black Warrant, which has since been adapted into a hit Netflix crime drama of the same name. Sunetra has over two decades of reporting experience and was the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and the Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.Milan and Sunetra discuss the prevailing political winds in Delhi, the BJP's surprising new president, and the long shadow of the 2025 Bihar assembly elections. Plus, the two discuss the upcoming state elections, the inner turmoil within the Congress Party, and the ECI's controversial “special intensive review.”Episode notes:“Interpreting the 2025 Bihar Verdict (with Roshan Kishore),” Grand Tamasha, November 19, 2025.“How India's Women Are Redefining Politics (with Ruhi Tewari),” Grand Tamasha, November 5, 2025.Sunetra Choudhury, “NDA's landslide win will cause ripples far beyond Bihar,” Hindustan Times, November 15, 2025.

Shubhi Sachan is a multi-disciplinary designer and the founder of Material Library of India. The New Delhi-based library was the first of its type in India and acts as a research and design consultancy committed to unlocking the potential of industrial and agricultural waste – of which India, a country with a population of over 1.4 billion people, has plenty.Over the years, MLI has worked with brands and organisations such as IKEA and the British Council, as well as presenting work and ideas across the globe, including at last year's Material Matters London where it reimagined cotton as a climate-adaptive, culturally rich material.In this episode Shubhi discusses: setting up MLI in 2017; why she decided to tackle waste in the first instance; India's relationship with textiles and ‘waste colonialism'; the importance of the ‘rebirth' of industrial materials; how natural materials can look after themselves; her recent project on cotton and why the crop needs to be re-thought; opening a thrift store where textiles are the currency; refusing to reject capitalism; curating seeds for IKEA; creating streetwear from rejected condoms; studying in England; becoming a successful surface designer; and why her family have questioned her career choices.Support the show

In this episode, Alex opens with the stark warning that the Doomsday Clock now stands at 85 seconds to midnight — the closest it's ever been, a symbolic sign of rising existential risks from nuclear tensions, climate change, AI and fracturing global cooperation. Against that ominous backdrop, the European Union and India have just finalized a landmark free trade and strategic partnership that reflects a broader realignment of alliances in a volatile world. As Washington navigates trade disputes and diplomatic friction, Brussels and New Delhi are deepening economic ties and exploring diversified partnerships that go beyond traditional Western frameworks. This episode digs into what these shifts mean for global power structures — and whether new friends can really keep the clock from ticking any closer to catastrophe.

A free trade agreement dubbed the mother of all trade deals has finally been announced between the European Union and India after two decades of negotiations. What do businesses make of it?Across the globe then to hear why Canadians are boycotting ski resorts in America. In the US, a landmark social media addiction case has tech giants settling before reaching court. And country music is popular (according the Gen-Z). [Photo:President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Antonio Luis Santos da Costa shake hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India. Credit: RAJAT GUPTA/EPA/Shutterstock]

Brain health influences whether people can live productive and meaningful lives and whether the economies of countries can thrive. In this episode, host Garry Aslanyan is joined by two pioneers who advocate not only for brain health, but also for brain capital and the brain economy. George Vredenburg is the founding chairman of the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative, a global public-private initiative focusing on linking and scaling Alzheimer's and brain health research and delivery systems worldwide. Joining him is Rajinder Dhamija, distinguished neurologist, Professor of neurology and Director at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in New Delhi.Related episode documents, transcripts and other information can be found on our website.Subscribe to the Global Health Matters podcast newsletter.  Follow us for updates:@TDRnews on XTDR on LinkedIn@ghm_podcast on Instagram@ghm-podcast.bsky.social on Bluesky Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Global Health Matters podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of TDR or the World Health Organization.  All content © 2025 Global Health Matters.  

La visita dei vertici europei a Nuova Delhi segna un passaggio storico nei rapporti tra Unione europea e India, culminato con l'annuncio della conclusione dei negoziati per un accordo di libero scambio. Ursula von der Leyen ha sottolineato che l'Ue otterrà il più alto livello di accesso mai concesso da New Delhi a un partner commerciale, in un mercato tradizionalmente protetto. L'intesa, definita dal segretario al Commercio indiano Rajesh Agrawal "equilibrata e orientata al futuro", prevede l'eliminazione o la riduzione dei dazi su oltre il 90% delle esportazioni europee, con risparmi fino a 4 miliardi di euro l'anno e nuove opportunità nei servizi, in particolare finanziari e marittimi. A differenza del Mercosur, le parti hanno escluso i settori più sensibili per facilitare la chiusura dell'accordo. Il trattato, negoziato a fasi alterne dal 2007 e rilanciato nel 2021, unirà economie che rappresentano circa il 25% del Pil globale e 2 miliardi di persone, rafforzando la strategia commerciale europea in un contesto internazionale instabile. Ci colleghiamo con Marco Masciaga, Il Sole 24 Ore New Delhi.Mercato dell'auto in ripresa ma Italia resta fanalino di coda sull'elettricoIl mercato dell'auto europeo chiude il 2025 in ripresa dopo la revisione delle politiche climatiche Ue e il dialogo con la Cina sulle auto elettriche di piccola taglia. Nell'Europa Occidentale le immatricolazioni crescono del 2,4% a 13,27 milioni di unità, con un forte recupero a dicembre. A trainare il mercato è anche l'elettrico: le auto a batteria salgono a 2,59 milioni, pari al 19,5% del totale, mentre le ibride plug-in aumentano del 33,4%. Il progresso resta però disomogeneo: Regno Unito, Francia e Germania avanzano più rapidamente, mentre l'Italia rimane ultima con una quota Bev del 6,2%, ben sotto la media europea. Secondo l'Unrae, senza una revisione della fiscalità sulle auto aziendali il divario rischia di ampliarsi. Alla lettura positiva dei dati si contrappone quella del Centro Studi Promotor, che ricorda come il mercato sia ancora del 16% sotto i livelli del 2019. Per Gian Primo Quagliano, le politiche Ue sulla transizione energetica hanno inciso negativamente su industria e occupazione, rendendo la ripresa ancora parziale. Il commento è di Gian Primo Quagliano, Direttore generale del Centro studi Promotor.Maltempo, il governo stanzia 100 milioni. Intanto molti dubbi su come funzionano le polizzeDopo i danni causati dal ciclone Harry, il governo ha dichiarato lo stato di emergenza per Sicilia, Calabria e Sardegna, stanziando subito 100 milioni di euro e rinviando ulteriori risorse alla quantificazione definitiva dei danni. Le stime regionali parlano di oltre 2 miliardi complessivi, mentre il ministro della Protezione civile Musumeci indica una cifra più contenuta ma suscettibile di variazioni. L'evento si inserisce in una sequenza di disastri legati alla crisi climatica, dalle alluvioni degli ultimi anni all'erosione costiera aggravata dall'innalzamento del mare. In questo contesto, il governo ha introdotto l'obbligo di polizze catastrofali per le imprese per ridurre il peso dei ristori pubblici. Tuttavia, resta un nodo irrisolto: le polizze obbligatorie non coprono i danni da mareggiate, uno dei rischi più ricorrenti lungo le coste italiane, alimentando dubbi sull'effettiva efficacia dello strumento assicurativo di fronte all'aumento degli eventi estremi. Approfondiamo con Nino Amadore, Il Sole 24 Ore e con Laura Serafini, Il Sole 24 Ore

After the presidents of the EU Commission and EU Council signed a free trade deal in New Delhi with India's Prime Minister this Tuesday, we take a look at what the pact actually entails. Tariffs will be reduced on a large number of goods going both ways, but some sectors will remain protected. Both sides are looking to further diversify their trade relationships as Donald Trump's global tariff war upends commercial flows.

À New Delhi, Ursula von der Leyen et Antonio Costa espèrent concrétiser un accord de libre-échange avec un marché de près d'un milliard et demi d'habitants.Le chancelier allemand appelle de tous ses vœux cet accord, de la même façon qu'il avait mis tout son poids dans la balance en faveur du traité Mercosur - aujourd'hui suspendu à la décision de la justice européenne.  De notre correspondante dans la région de Berlin, Contrairement aux Français, les agriculteurs allemands sont profondément divisés sur le dossier. Dans un pays où les très grandes exploitations intensives sont largement majoritaires, les principaux syndicats de l'agro-industrie, réunis à Berlin pour le Salon de l'agriculture qui a fermé ses portes dimanche, ont soutenu le Mercosur et sont favorables à davantage de partenariats économiques. Mais les petits agriculteurs, eux, sont à la peine et manifestent leur inquiétude. Malgré les températures négatives de ce mois de janvier, Lilli Haule est à la ferme depuis 7 h 15 ce matin-là. La jeune femme de 27 ans termine son apprentissage dans une exploitation du Brandebourg.  « Nous avons environ 120 animaux, il y a environ 45 vaches allaitantes et leur progéniture. » Passionnée, elle a toujours su qu'elle voulait devenir agricultrice et suivre les pas de son grand-père. Mais Lilli est aussi engagée. Depuis plusieurs années, elle participe au mouvement « On n'en peut plus », qui réunit agriculteurs, consommateurs et activistes – pour une agriculture plus raisonnée dans une Allemagne où la profession est très divisée, entre petits et gros exploitants. Une bataille entre petits et gros exploitants « Les dirigeants des grandes fermes-entreprises ont d'autres intérêts que les nôtres, et ils considèrent la profession comme une industrie, et non comme une activité paysanne. Nous ne sommes pas d'accord avec eux. Nous sommes certifiés bio et ce que je trouve particulièrement intéressant ici, c'est que nous cultivons de nombreuses céréales. Mais sans miser sur un seul type de culture – d'autant plus qu'actuellement le prix des céréales permet difficilement d'en vivre. Nous devons aussi produire suffisamment de fourrage pour pouvoir nourrir les animaux en été, car l'herbe ne repousse pas assez dans les pâturages », explique Lilli Haule.  Sa ferme se trouve en effet dans l'une des régions les plus sèches d'Allemagne.  Alors comme des milliers d'autres agriculteurs, Lilli Haule est montée en tracteur à Berlin pour manifester son ras-le-bol – et son rejet de l'accord avec le Mercosur par la même occasion. La jeune femme a laissé ses vaches pour la journée mais elle est déçue que le mouvement ici ne prenne pas davantage d'ampleur, comme en France : « Oui, l'accord Mercosur est tout simplement dramatique pour les agriculteurs !  Et il y a une chose que je trouve particulièrement intéressante : c'est que tous les agriculteurs européens s'accordent à dire que c'est stupide, mais tous ceux des pays du Mercosur aussi ! » Le nombre de fermes a baissé de 12 % en 10 ans Car les petits exploitants ont peur de se faire manger par l'agro-business. Selon le journal The Guardian, l'Allemagne est l'un des pays européens avec le plus de fermes-usines, notamment des élevages porcins. Malgré tout, la moitié des exploitations ici sont familiales – et ont du mal à joindre les deux bouts. Le nombre de fermes a baissé de 12 % entre 2010 et 2020, un chiffre qui ne devrait pas aller en s'améliorant avec le départ à la retraite de milliers de baby-boomers comme ces retraités, Jürgen et Anke, rencontrés dans le cortège. À la tête d'une petite exploitation, ils se battent pour leurs enfants et petits-enfants, « et pour que nos descendants aient un avenir !  En 2015, l'Organisation des Nations unies, la FAO avait déjà averti que si on continuait à pratiquer l'agriculture intensive, il ne resterait plus que 60 années de récoltes. Dix ans plus tard, on voit malheureusement que le système n'a pas beaucoup changé. » En cause, la baisse de la biodiversité, l'acidité des sols qui contiennent de moins en moins de nutriments et la hausse des quantités de nitrates dans l'eau. À lire aussiAccord UE-Mercosur: des milliers d'agriculteurs européens expriment leur colère à Strasbourg Le puissant syndicat Raiffeisenverband salue l'accord avec le Mercosur  À l'autre bout de Berlin, au salon de l'agriculture Grüne Woche, on est loin de ces considérations. Il a réuni mi-janvier plus de 1 500 exposants, dont les principaux syndicats agricoles, la grande distribution et de grands groupes de l'industrie agro-alimentaire. Malgré des intérêts qui divergent, ces derniers sont d'accord sur un point : le traité avec le Mercosur est une bonne chose pour l'Allemagne et son économie, comme le résume Jörg Migende, le secrétaire général du très puissant syndicat agricole allemand Raiffeisenverband. « Je comprends les inquiétudes de nos agriculteurs, mais elles sont moins liées au Mercosur qu'à leurs conditions générales de travail aujourd'hui en Allemagne et en France : bureaucratie excessive, normes environnementales strictes, mépris, denrées alimentaires à prix cassés dans les supermarchés. » À l'annonce de la saisine de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne sur l'accord avec le Mercosur, voté par le Parlement européen le 21 janvier, le syndicat a rapidement appelé le chancelier Merz à demander une application provisoire du traité, pour « limiter les dégâts » d'un tel recours à la justice. À lire aussiMercosur: le Parlement européen vote en faveur d'une saisine de la justice de l'UE Car, pour lui, pas de doute : le traité est aussi une façon pour l'Europe de renforcer ses alliances avec d'autres pays, alors que ses alliés de toujours lui tournent de plus en plus le dos :  « Nous avons besoin d'accords de libre-échange, car nous disposons d'une agriculture performante qui produit des produits de qualité, très demandés dans le monde entier. Nous en avons également besoin sur le plan géopolitique, car l'Europe est forte et a besoin d'amis dans le monde, ce que les accords de libre-échange permettent à merveille de réaliser », explique Jörg Migende. Lilli Haule n'est pas convaincue par cet argument et elle sera de retour à Berlin pour la prochaine édition de la grande manifestation contre la politique agricole du gouvernement. À lire aussiAccord UE-Mercosur: «il est nécessaire de signer des accords de libre échange pour nos exportateurs»

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry's Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by journalist and entrepreneur Govindraj Ethiraj. The discussion opens up with the recently concluded World Economic Forum held in Davos. Abhinandan sharply questions the performative nature of Indian participation at the forum, criticising chief ministers for announcing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Indian companies on foreign soil. “We are funding the circus,” Jayashree remarks bluntly, calling Davos a “clown show” driven by optics rather than outcomes.Govindraj also agrees that announcing MoUs, especially with Indian firms, is a misallocation of time and attention, given how the WEF offers leaders “an opportunity to gauge the temperature of what is happening in the world order right now”. The discussion also touches on the much-touted India-EU free trade agreement, which European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen described as the “mother of all deals”. Govindraj, however, tempers expectations, warning that free trade agreements are often narrow and slow-moving. “The first bottle of cheaper Scotch won't arrive tomorrow – it could take five years,” he quips.He further adds, “The red lines for India are clearly dairy and agricultural products… You can't do something which immediately jeopardises your farming lobby. ​So, if you take away agriculture and cheese, what's left now?”From Davos, the conversation shifts to press freedom in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking on the recent summonses sent national media reporters by the J&K Police, Manisha remarks, “Over the last one year, at least 25 journalists have been summoned by the J&K Police… anything at all can just land you in a police station being questioned, because it's ‘public disorder', you're causing ‘public safety' disorder.”Drawing a contrast between reporters in New Delhi and Kashmir, Abhinandan says, “It's very difficult for someone in J&K to tough it out because there is no insulation. Delhi provides great insulation; that's why those headquartered in Delhi have to step up and protect their reporters who are not in Delhi.This and a lot more. Tune in!Timecodes00:00:00 - Introductions and announcements00:04:40 - Headlines 00:17:15 - WEF Davos / India- Eu trade deals 00: 55:59 - Govind' recommendations01:08:51 - Kashmir reporter's summoning 01:17:35 - Letters01:28:07 - RecommendationsCheck out previous Hafta recommendations, references, songs and letters.Produced by Amit Pandey, with assistant production by Ashish, Sound by Anil Kumar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities (U Georgia Press, 2025) is the first book-length account of anticolonialism in Delhi, as the capital of Britain's empire in India. It pioneers a spatial governmentality analysis of the networks, mobilizations, and hidden spaces of anticolonial parrhesia, or courageous speech and actions, in the two decades before independence in 1947. Reading across imperial and nationalist archives, newspapers, memoirs, oral histories, and interviews, Stephen Legg exposes subaltern geographies and struggles across both the new and old cities, which have traditionally been neglected in favor of the elite spaces of New Delhi. Presenting the dual cities as one interconnected political landscape, Legg studies Indian National Congress efforts to mobilize and marshal support between the mass movements of Civil Disobedience (1930-34) and Quit India (1942-43). The book's six chapters compare the two movements in terms of their public spaces of nonviolent anticolonialism, their problematization by violence, and their legacies. This bottom-up analysis, focused on the streets, bazaars, neighborhoods, homes, and undergrounds of the two cities, foregrounds the significance of physical and political space; it  highlights the pioneering role of women in crafting these spaces; and it exposes the microtechniques that Congress used to encourage Gandhi's nonviolence and to tolerate its testing in the face of the rising popularity of the radical left. Legg's rereading of Michel Foucault's final lectures on parrhesia produces a bold new approach to questions of postcolonialism, resistance, and South Asian governmentalities. This allows anticolonialism to be read not as an outside but as a coherent and bottom-up project of self-transformation and space-making that was elite coordinated but whose sovereignty lay with a disobedient and not always nonviolent public. This book provides an innovative and restive historical geography of spaces of anticolonialism in the capital of contemporary India's 1.4 billion people. Stephen Legg is Professor of Historical Geography at University of NottinghamSaumya Dadoo is a Ph.D Candidate at MESAAS, Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities (U Georgia Press, 2025) is the first book-length account of anticolonialism in Delhi, as the capital of Britain's empire in India. It pioneers a spatial governmentality analysis of the networks, mobilizations, and hidden spaces of anticolonial parrhesia, or courageous speech and actions, in the two decades before independence in 1947. Reading across imperial and nationalist archives, newspapers, memoirs, oral histories, and interviews, Stephen Legg exposes subaltern geographies and struggles across both the new and old cities, which have traditionally been neglected in favor of the elite spaces of New Delhi. Presenting the dual cities as one interconnected political landscape, Legg studies Indian National Congress efforts to mobilize and marshal support between the mass movements of Civil Disobedience (1930-34) and Quit India (1942-43). The book's six chapters compare the two movements in terms of their public spaces of nonviolent anticolonialism, their problematization by violence, and their legacies. This bottom-up analysis, focused on the streets, bazaars, neighborhoods, homes, and undergrounds of the two cities, foregrounds the significance of physical and political space; it  highlights the pioneering role of women in crafting these spaces; and it exposes the microtechniques that Congress used to encourage Gandhi's nonviolence and to tolerate its testing in the face of the rising popularity of the radical left. Legg's rereading of Michel Foucault's final lectures on parrhesia produces a bold new approach to questions of postcolonialism, resistance, and South Asian governmentalities. This allows anticolonialism to be read not as an outside but as a coherent and bottom-up project of self-transformation and space-making that was elite coordinated but whose sovereignty lay with a disobedient and not always nonviolent public. This book provides an innovative and restive historical geography of spaces of anticolonialism in the capital of contemporary India's 1.4 billion people. Stephen Legg is Professor of Historical Geography at University of NottinghamSaumya Dadoo is a Ph.D Candidate at MESAAS, Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Vanakkam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford answer your travel health questions, including:Why should I visit Japan? https://www.japan.travel/en/us/Is COVID-19 immunization safe during pregnancy?Is there really malaria now in Westchester County?What should people do to stay safe if caught in a flood?New drugs for gonorrhea: Too good to be true?Is AI ready for prime-time in travel health?What antibiotics are best for sinusitis, and how long should I take them?Just how bad is the air in New Delhi, and what can I do about it?We hope you enjoy this podcast! If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com.Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional. Please see one before your next adventure. The opinions in this podcast are Dr. Sanford's & Dr. Pottinger's alone, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Washington or UW Medicine.

Gli Stati Uniti hanno annunciato nuovi dazi contro otto Paesi europei che hanno rafforzato la presenza militare in Groenlandia: tariffe del 10% dal 1° febbraio, destinate a salire al 25% da giugno, come strumento di pressione per ottenere la cessione del territorio dalla Danimarca a Washington. Francia e Svezia hanno respinto il ricatto, mentre il Parlamento europeo ha reagito bloccando la ratifica dell'accordo commerciale Ue-Usa siglato nel 2025. Secondo il Financial Times, Bruxelles valuta contromisure per 93 miliardi di euro o restrizioni all'accesso delle imprese americane al mercato europeo, inclusa l'attivazione dello strumento anti-coercizione. Intanto la Danimarca ha smentito l'esistenza di minacce imminenti da Russia e Cina, contestando la narrativa di Trump, che ha ulteriormente rilanciato lo scontro con dichiarazioni aggressive rivolte agli alleati Nato. Interviene Adriana Cerretelli, editorialista Sole 24 Ore BruxellesLa Schizofrenia dei mercati tra i dazi di Trump e i record EuropeiL'inizio del 2026 mostra mercati finanziari apparentemente indifferenti a un cambio di regime profondo: dal commercio globale imperfetto a un mercantilismo esplicito, in cui i dazi diventano leva geopolitica. Nonostante le tensioni legate alla Groenlandia, la reazione degli investitori è stata contenuta: leggere correzioni azionarie, euro stabile e movimenti moderati dei beni rifugio. Paradossalmente, mentre il quadro politico europeo si fa più fragile, le borse del continente corrono: lo Stoxx 600 segna una lunga serie di rialzi e sovraperforma nettamente Wall Street, trainato da settori ciclici, difesa e "old economy". Al tempo stesso, il forte afflusso verso oro e argento segnala un'esigenza di copertura contro l'instabilità, indicando che gli investitori cercano protezione più che rendimento in uno scenario di crescente incertezza strutturale. Il commento è di Lorenzo Codogno, Visiting professor alla London School of Economics e al College of EuropeNon solo dazi, la UE dopo il Mercosur guarda all'India, la Cina al CanadaIl World Economic Forum di Davos si apre in un contesto segnato da tensioni geopolitiche e dalla ricerca di nuove rotte commerciali alternative ai dazi americani. L'Unione europea accelera sul fronte degli accordi: dopo la storica intesa con il Mercosur, guarda all'India come partner strategico, con l'obiettivo di chiudere un accordo di libero scambio entro gennaio. La missione del cancelliere tedesco Merz a New Delhi conferma questo orientamento, anche se alcuni dossier industriali restano aperti. Parallelamente, la Cina ha siglato un accordo con il Canada per normalizzare i rapporti commerciali, riducendo dazi su veicoli elettrici e prodotti agricoli, segnando un raffreddamento delle tensioni e una diversificazione delle alleanze commerciali globali in risposta al nuovo protezionismo statunitense. Andiamo dietro la notizia con Alessandro Plateroti, Direttore editoriale UCapital.com

La capitale indienne – qui compte plus de 33 millions d'habitants – est aussi le refuge de plus d'un million de chiens. Un véritable problème de santé publique alors qu'un tiers des cas de rage dans le monde sont recensés dans le pays le plus peuplé de la planète. En novembre, la Cour suprême a ordonné le retrait des chiens des lieux sensibles et leur placement dans des chenils. Une décision qui a lancé un vaste débat dans le pays. De notre envoyé spécial à New Delhi, Présence incontournable des rues de la capitale de l'Inde, compagnon du quotidien pour beaucoup. Une vingtaine de chiens dans des cages serrées attendent, anxieux, de passer sur la table d'opération d'un centre public de vaccination et de stérilisation, situé dans le quartier de Ghazipur. « Ce centre est l'un des meilleurs de Delhi. Nous offrons une méthode appropriée pour traiter et soigner ces animaux », affirme un vétérinaire. Le docteur nous emmène vers son modeste bloc opératoire. Après avoir endormi le chien, il le place sur un papier journal avant de lui retirer ses testicules ou ses ovaires. Un geste qu'il répète une vingtaine de fois par jour. Une goutte d'eau, alors qu'un million de chiens se trouvent dans les rues de la capitale. « Nous avons besoin de faire plus d'opérations. Pour cela, il nous faut plus de place et plus d'infrastructures », estime-t-il. « Le scénario le plus commun, c'est qu'on prend un chien non vacciné, non stérilisé. On l'opère, on le vaccine et, après trois jours de soins postopératoires, on le relâche à l'endroit où on l'a trouvé », raconte Anjana, qui travaille pour le centre de vaccination. Avec seulement 20 centres pour un million de chiens, il est impossible d'appliquer la décision de la Cour suprême qui prévoit leur retrait des rues une fois vaccinés et stérilisés. Une décision dangereuse pour les militants de la cause animale. L'ONG Save the Stray Dog (« sauve un chien errant », en français) nourrit chaque jour des centaines de chiens et en garde certains quelques semaines, quelques mois s'ils ont besoin d'assistance médicale. « Si vous ramassez tous les chiens et que vous les mettez dans un chenil pour qu'ils meurent, c'est inhumain et aussi irréalisable. Nous n'avons pas assez de place pour mettre autant de chiens dans des endroits confinés. Ainsi, ils vont mourir automatiquement à cause du manque de soutien, d'éducation, d'infrastructures et de médicaments. Qui va s'en occuper ? Qui sera responsable ? », interroge le fondateur de l'ONG. C'est aussi un débat sur l'agressivité de certains chiens, trop agressifs pour pouvoir retourner dans les rues. « Je comprends tout à fait. Cette peur sera toujours là et elle continuera d'exister. Si un chien est agressif, placez-le dans un chenil avec un vétérinaire expérimenté s'il a besoin d'un dressage spécifique », estime-t-il. Après une large campagne de mobilisation citoyenne, la Cour suprême doit de nouveau rendre une décision sur le sujet en janvier. À lire aussiÀ New Delhi, la grève des livreurs bridée par les faibles gains sociaux de leur mouvement

New Delhi should realise that an unstable Iran, or a pro-American regime in Tehran, is not in India's interest.  

On this episode of Asia Inside Out, Rorry Daniels, Managing Director, sits down with Dr. Leslie Teo, Senior Director of AI Products at AI Singapore, to explore how Singapore is shaping AI adoption and setting governance norms across Southeast Asia. Ahead of the upcoming AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, they cover the importance of localized large language models and open-source data to equitable AI adoption. Asia Inside Out brings together our team and special guests to take you beyond the latest policy headlines and provide an insider's view on regional and global affairs. Each month we'll deliver an interview with informed experts, analysts, and decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific region. If you want to dig into the details of how policy works, this is the podcast for you. This podcast is produced by the Asia Society Policy Institute, a “think-and-do tank” working on the cutting edge of current policy trends by incorporating the best ideas from our experts and contributors into recommendations for policy makers to put these plans into practice.

This is a special live recording of Editors in Conversation at the 2025 ASM Global Research Symposium in Bengaluru, India. We explore the evolving landscape of drug-resistant pathogens—from the intracellular survival strategies of Salmonella to the global rise of multidrug-resistant fungi like Candida auris. This conversation highlights the urgent need for integrated, One Health solutions to combat AMR across human, animal, and environmental domains. Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/G1KtS6MSjHs  Topics discussed: The implications of the OneHealth approach for microbiology and public health. The connection between planetary science, human activity and the rise of multidrug-resistant pathogens. Illustrate with specific examples the major challenges to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens in a country like India.  Guests: Anuradha Chowdhary, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Delhi India, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. Head of National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance in Fungal Pathogens. New Delhi, India. Dipshikha Chakravortty, Ph.D. Astra Chair Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology India Institute of Science, Head of Molecular Pathogenesis Laboratory, Bengaluru, India. Links: ASM Global Research Symposium on the One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) This episode is brought to you by the Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Journal.  Visit asm.org/aac to browse issues and/or submit a manuscript. If you plan to publish in AAC, ASM Members get up to 50% off publishing fees. Visit asm.org/joinasm to sign up.

What lies ahead for Venezuela—and could Cuba be next? In this episode of Worldview with Swasti, Consulting Editor Swasti Rao speaks with Latin America expert professor Vasabjit Banerjee from Univeristy of Tenesse to unpack the strategic, political and economic implications of the Trump administration's Venezuela policy. The discussion explores the revival of the Monroe Doctrine, shifting power dynamics in Latin America, and how these developments could impact global geopolitics. Crucially, the conversation also highlights a potential economic and strategic opening for India in the region. What should New Delhi be watching—and preparing for—in the weeks ahead?

Matt Dawson's The Political Durkheim: Sociology, Socialism, Legacies (Routledge, 2023) presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist, inspired by and advocating socialism. Through a series of studies, it argues that Durkheim's normative vision, which can be called libertarian socialism, shaped his sociological critique and search for alternatives. With attention to the value of this political sociology as a means of understanding our contemporary world, the author asks us to look again at Durkheim. While Durkheim's legacy has often emphasised the supposed conservative elements and stability advocated in his thought, we can point to a different legacy, one of a radical sociology. In dialogue with the decolonial critique, this volume also asks ‘was Durkheim white?' and in doing so shows how, as a Jew, he experienced significant racialisation in his lifetime. A new reading and a vital image of a ‘political Durkheim', The Political Durkheim will appeal to scholars and students with interests in Durkheim, social theory and political sociology. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi. She has a PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Between traffic, excessive use of car horns, building sites and religious celebrations, the ears of residents in Indian megacities like New Delhi and Mumbai rarely get a moment of respite. Authorities remain silent on possible solutions to combat this health scourge. Our correspondents Lisa Gamonet and Alban Alvarez report.

Från medicinmäns erfarenheter till laboratoriestudier så hoppas forskare kunna utveckla växtbaserade medel för att komplettera dagens läkemedel. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Programmet sändes första gången 20251028.Traditionell kunskap om växters läkande egenskaper har i generationer varit en central del av vård och behandling i många samhällen världen över.Nu satsar forskare och Världshälsoorganisationen, WHO, på att ta dessa erfarenheter vidare via medicinmän för att testa substanser i modern laboratoriemiljö och utveckla regelverk.Målet på Indigenous knowledge based medicines and innovations center vid Free state university i Bloemfontein i Sydafrika är att identifiera växtbaserade substanser. Där har t ex kunskaper från apor som medicinmän iakttagit tagits vidare till labbet. Det kan handla om att hitta ett komplement, adjuvans, till befintliga läkemedel för tuberkulos, som drabbar miljontals människor i världen. Men än så länge tycks det vara lång väg kvar innan man kan nå fram till kliniska studier på människor.Vid Amity Institute of Phytochemistry and Phytomedicine,AIP&P, i Noida utanför New Delhi i Indien, har man stora framtidsvisioner för vad växtbaserade medel kan leda till. Där räknar man med att Kina och Indien tillsammans kommer att stå för en mångmiljard omsättning för alternativa mediciner.På WHO:s nybildade centrum, Global Traditional Medicine Center, GTMC i Jamnagar i Gujarat i Indien, arbetar man samtidigt för att skapa regler och standarder som gör att traditionell medicin ska kunna integreras i konventionell vård.Utmaningarna är många, från finansiering av studier till att bygga broar mellan konventionell medicin och traditionell medicin.Reporter: Annika Östmanannika.ostman@sr.seProducent: Lars Broströmlars.brostrom@sr.se

Matt Dawson's The Political Durkheim: Sociology, Socialism, Legacies (Routledge, 2023) presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist, inspired by and advocating socialism. Through a series of studies, it argues that Durkheim's normative vision, which can be called libertarian socialism, shaped his sociological critique and search for alternatives. With attention to the value of this political sociology as a means of understanding our contemporary world, the author asks us to look again at Durkheim. While Durkheim's legacy has often emphasised the supposed conservative elements and stability advocated in his thought, we can point to a different legacy, one of a radical sociology. In dialogue with the decolonial critique, this volume also asks ‘was Durkheim white?' and in doing so shows how, as a Jew, he experienced significant racialisation in his lifetime. A new reading and a vital image of a ‘political Durkheim', The Political Durkheim will appeal to scholars and students with interests in Durkheim, social theory and political sociology. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi. She has a PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Since 2023, a series of global AI summits has brought together world leaders to advance international dialogue and cooperation on artificial intelligence. Building on this momentum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the India AI Impact Summit, which will take place in New Delhi in February 2026. As the first summit in the series to be hosted in a Global South country, the AI Impact Summit aims to amplify Global South perspectives and advance concrete action to address both the opportunities and risks of AI. On December 8, 2025, the CSIS Wadhwani AI Center will host S. Krishnan, Secretary of India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), for a livestreamed fireside chat with Wadhwani AI Center Senior Adviser Gregory C. Allen. Secretary Krishnan, who leads India's national AI strategy, will outline India's policy priorities and share insights into the goals and global aspirations shaping the upcoming AI Impact Summit. He will also offer a comprehensive look at the central role MeitY plays in driving innovation across India's AI ecosystem. Secretary Krishnan brings more than 35 years of experience in public service, having joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1989. Prior to his current role, he served as the Additional Chief Secretary of the Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce Department in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He has also served as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan at the International Monetary Fund, and has represented India in the G20 Expert Groups on International Financial Architecture and Global Financial Safety Nets. Secretary Krishnan holds a bachelor's degree from St. Stephen's College in Delhi.

Host: Annik Sobing Guest: Maria Pechurina, Director of International Trade at Peacock Tariff Consulting Published: December 22 Length: ~30 minutes Presented by: Global Training Center In this Simply Trade Roundup, host Annik Sobing is joined by international trade and economic diplomacy expert Maria Pechurina for a deep dive into BRICS and what it means for global trade in 2026. Maria, who has a strong background in Chinese studies and international relations, explains how BRICS has expanded from its original five members to a much broader “BRICS Plus” bloc that now includes countries like Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, representing roughly 40% of global GDP, over 40% of the world's population, about a quarter of global merchandise exports, and potentially half of the world's oil production.​ Together, they explore how aggressive U.S. tariff policy in 2025 has accelerated a shift toward deeper BRICS cooperation and a more bipolar trading system. Maria illustrates this with examples such as U.S. tariffs on India that pushed New Delhi closer to Beijing and other BRICS partners, and she unpacks the growing trend toward non‑dollar settlement channels and local‑currency trade within the bloc. The conversation then turns to what all of this means for U.S.‑based trade and customs professionals, including the need to think in terms of “two playbooks” (U.S./EU vs. BRICS‑linked trade), prepare for more politically driven tariffs, and build scenarios and risk matrices that reflect a permanently more volatile environment.​ What You'll Learn in This Episode What BRICS and “BRICS Plus” are, who is involved, and why the bloc now represents a major share of global GDP, population, exports, and oil production.​ How U.S. tariffs and sanctions pressures in 2025 pushed countries toward deeper intra‑BRICS cooperation and regional trade (e.g., India–China, China–Brazil).​ Why 2025 effectively “broke” the old multilateral trade model and how 2026 is likely to cement a more bipolar system (U.S./EU vs. BRICS‑centric tracks).​ The rise of non‑dollar settlement and alternative payment systems, including local‑currency trade between Russia, China, India, and Brazil, and what that implies for dollar demand.​ How tariffs are increasingly used as political leverage, including “secondary” or punitive tariffs tied to countries' domestic or foreign policy choices.​ What a dual‑track supply chain strategy looks like in practice for U.S. importers and compliance teams. Key Takeaways BRICS is no longer a fringe coalition; it is a central, growing pillar of global trade and energy, with China as a major center of gravity.​ U.S. and EU trade professionals must be ready to manage two distinct regulatory environments at once, with different expectations on origin, currency, sanctions, and documentation.​ Politically driven, rapidly announced tariffs will remain a major planning risk, making scenario modeling and proactive supplier strategies essential.​ Smaller and mid‑sized companies can amplify their influence by working through trade and industry groups to communicate real‑world impacts to policymakers.​ Credits Host: Annik Sobing Guest: Maria Pechurina – Peacock Tariff Consulting Producer: Lalo Solorzano Subscribe & Follow New Roundup episodes every week. Presented by: Global Training Center — providing education, consulting, workshops, and compliance resources for trade professionals.​

Iqbal Chand Malhotra is a distinguished media producer and author known for his work on geopolitical history and strategic affairs. He holds a first-class degree in Economics from Queens' College, University of Cambridge.Media Career: He is the Chairman and Producer of AIM Television Pvt. Ltd. Over his career, he has produced over 500 hours of television programming and served as an advisor on India to media mogul Rupert Murdoch (1993–1995), helping to launch MTV in India.Malhotra has directed several award-winning documentaries, often focusing on historical mysteries and security issues. Notable titles include The Legend of Malerkotla, Netaji Bose and the Lost Treasure, and Kashmir's Troubled Waters. He is a long-standing member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has served as a juror for the International Emmy Awards.He has written extensively on conflict and strategy. His books include Red Fear: The China Threat and Dark Secrets: Politics, Intrigue and Proxy Wars in Kashmir. He also co-authored Kashmir's Untold Story: Declassified.Subroto Chattopadhyay is a veteran media executive and former civil servant with a diverse career spanning the public sector, corporate leadership, and cultural preservation. He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College and the Delhi School of Economics.He began his career in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) before moving to the corporate sector. He has held senior leadership roles, including Executive Director at PepsiCo South Asia and Managing Director of HMV Saregama, where he played a pivotal role in the Indian music industry.He is the Chairman of The Peninsula Studios, a content creation house based in New Delhi that focuses on recording and archiving Indian folk and classical music.Chattopadhyay directs the Brains Trust India initiative. This audio-visual series acts as a "confederacy of great minds," featuring eminent scholars and experts from India and the UK who discuss significant non-partisan issues. The project is often produced in partnership with the British High Commission.The two have collaborated on literary projects, most notably co-authoring the book "Bangladesh: Humiliation, Carnage, Liberation, Chaos" (2023), which explores the geopolitical dynamics surrounding the 1971 Liberation War.

Fluent Fiction - Hindi: Unity Rekindled: A Family Winter Tale at Connaught Place Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hi/episode/2025-12-20-23-34-01-hi Story Transcript:Hi: सर्दियों की एक चमचमाती शाम थी।En: It was a sparkling winter evening.Hi: क्नॉट प्लेस, नयी दिल्ली के दिल में, अपनी पूरी रौनक में था।En: Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, was in all its glory.Hi: क्रिसमस की चहल-पहल और रंग-बिरंगी लाइट्स ने मानो पूरे बाजार को सजीव कर दिया था।En: The Christmas hustle and bustle and multicolored lights seemed to have brought the entire market to life.Hi: इसी भीड़-भाड़ के बीच, एक छोटे से कैफे की खिड़की के पास, तीन भाई-बहन - रिया, संजय और नीला - बैठे थे।En: Amidst this crowd, near the window of a small cafe, sat three siblings - Riya, Sanjay, and Neela.Hi: उनके बीच में गरम कॉफी तो थी, लेकिन बातचीत में ठंडक महसूस हो रही थी।En: While they had hot coffee between them, a chill lingered in their conversation.Hi: संजय, सबसे बड़े भाई, हमेशा से परिवार की उम्मीदों का भार अपने कंधों पर उठाते आए थे।En: Sanjay, the eldest brother, had always borne the weight of the family's expectations.Hi: उनके सामने बैठी रिया ने मन ही मन निर्णय कर लिया था कि आज अपनी बात कह कर ही रहेगी।En: Opposite him, Riya had resolved in her mind that today she would speak her mind.Hi: दूसरी ओर नीला, जो हमेशा हँसमुख रहती थी, अंदर ही अंदर अपने रास्ते को लेकर असमंजस में थी।En: On the other hand, Neela, who was always cheerful, was internally conflicted about her path.Hi: जब वेटर ने कॉफी सर्व की, रिया ने लम्बी सांस ली और संजय की ओर देखा।En: When the waiter served the coffee, Riya took a deep breath and looked at Sanjay.Hi: "संजय भैया," उसने धीमी आवाज में कहा, "मैं कुछ कहना चाहती हूँ।En: "Sanjay Bhaiya," she said in a low voice, "I want to say something."Hi: "संजय ने भौंहें चढ़ा दीं।En: Sanjay raised his eyebrows.Hi: "क्या बात है, रिया?En: "What is it, Riya?Hi: कुछ परेशान हो?En: Are you worried about something?"Hi: " उसने पूछा।En: he asked.Hi: "हाँ," रिया ने कहा, "तुम हमेशा मेरे काम को आसान समझकर नजरअंदाज करते हो।En: "Yes," Riya said, "You always overlook my work thinking it's easy.Hi: पर मेरा भी एक सपना है, और मैं चाहती हूँ कि तुम मेरा सम्मान करो।En: But I have a dream too, and I want you to respect it."Hi: "संजय ने चौंक कर उसकी तरफ देखा।En: Sanjay looked at her in surprise.Hi: वो रुक कर सोचने लगा कि शायद उसने अनजाने में ही रिया की मेहनत को नजरअंदाज किया था।En: He paused, realizing that perhaps unknowingly, he had overlooked Riya's efforts.Hi: नीला ने रिया का हाथ थामा और धीमे से कहा, "दीदी, मैं हमेशा तुम्हारे सपनों को समझने की कोशिश करती हूँ।En: Neela held Riya's hand and softly said, "Sister, I always try to understand your dreams."Hi: "रिया ने मुस्कुराते हुए नीला को धन्यवाद दिया और एक तरह से हल्कापन महसूस किया।En: Riya smiled, thanked Neela, and felt a sense of relief.Hi: तीनों के बीच कुछ देर तक खामोशी रही, पर वो खामोशी राहत भरी थी।En: There was a silence between the three for a while, but it was a comforting silence.Hi: कुछ देर बाद संजय ने कहा, "मुझे माफ कर दो रिया।En: After some time, Sanjay said, "I'm sorry, Riya.Hi: मैं हमेशा तुम्हारे समर्पण और मेहनत की इज्जत करूंगा।En: I will always honor your dedication and hard work."Hi: " उसकी आँखों में सच्चाई थी।En: There was truth in his eyes.Hi: रिया ने अपने भाई को बड़े अरसे बाद इस तरह का अनुभव बांटते देखा।En: Riya saw her brother sharing such an experience after a long time.Hi: उसने भी संजय की माफी को स्वीकार किया और नीला की ओर देख मुस्कुराई।En: She accepted Sanjay's apology and smiled at Neela.Hi: नीला के चेहरे पर संतोष की मुस्कान लौट आई।En: A smile of satisfaction returned to Neela's face.Hi: जब तीनों कैफे से बाहर निकले, तो वो रिश्तों में नयी गर्माहट महसूस कर रहे थे।En: When the three stepped out of the cafe, they felt a new warmth in their relationships.Hi: क्नॉट प्लेस की चमक-दमक अब पहले से कहीं ज्यादा खूबसूरत लग रही थी।En: The sparkle of Connaught Place seemed more beautiful than ever.Hi: इस बार परिवार का साथ और दिलों का मेल उन्हें असल में ये एहसास दिला रहा था कि एकता में ही ताकत है।En: This time, being with family and the bonding of hearts truly made them realize that there is strength in unity. Vocabulary Words:sparkling: चमचमातीevening: शामheart: दिलglory: रौनकhustle and bustle: चहल-पहलlinger: महसूसburden: भारresolved: निर्णयinternally: अंदर ही अंदरconflicted: असमंजसeyebrows: भौंहेंoverlook: नजरअंदाजrealize: एहसासconversational: बातचीतsoftly: धीमे सेsense: एहसासsilence: खामोशीhonor: इज्जतdedication: समर्पणapology: माफीaccept: स्वीकारexperience: अनुभवsatisfaction: संतोषstrength: ताकतunity: एकताchirpy: हँसमुखbore: उठातेefforts: मेहनतbreathe: सांसwarmth: गर्माहट

For the second time since its launch in 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Summit on Traditional Medicine took place in India, bringing attention to the role of natural and cultural remedies around the world, as well as the science behind them. On the sidelines of the summit in New Delhi, UN News's Anshu Sharma spoke with Sung Chol Kim of WHO's Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine unit, about advances in the field.Mr. Kim outlined what traditional medicine is, the WHO's role in advancing evidence-based traditional medicine, and the progress made so far.He also explained how traditional medicine differs from biomedicine. Its focus on prevention is just one of those ways.  

Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Afya Duniani, WHO, linasema tiba asilia na tiba jadidifu zina nafasi muhimu katika mifumo ya afya duniani, hasa katika kinga, huduma za usaidizi wa magonjwa na kuongeza upatikanaji wa huduma za afya kwa jamii. Hayo yamebainishwa na Mkuu wa Kitengo cha Tiba Asilia, Jadidifu na Jumuishi cha WHO, Dkt. Sung Chol Kim, katika mahojiano maalum kando ya Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Tiba Asilia unaoendelea huko New Delhi, India. Sabrina Saidi na taarifa zaidi..

Hii leo jaridani tunaangazia uchaguzi wa Barham Ahmed Salih wa kuwa Kamishna Mkuu ajaye wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Kuhudumia Wakimbizi, UNHCR, Tiba asili, na haki za binadamu nchini Sudan. Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa, António Guterres, amekaribisha hatua ya Baraza Kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa ya hapo jana kumchagua Rais Mstaafu wa Iraq, Barham Ahmed Salih wa kuwa Kamishna Mkuu ajaye wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Kuhudumia Wakimbizi, UNHCR, kwa muhula wa miaka mitano ijayo.Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Afya Duniani, WHO, linasema tiba asilia na tiba jadidifu zina nafasi muhimu katika mifumo ya afya duniani, hasa katika kinga, huduma za usaidizi wa magonjwa na kuongeza upatikanaji wa huduma za afya kwa jamii. Hayo yamebainishwa na Mkuu wa Kitengo cha Tiba Asilia, Jadidifu na Jumuishi cha WHO, Dkt. Sung Chol Kim, katika mahojiano maalum kando ya Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Tiba Asilia unaoendelea huko New Delhi, IndiaUmoja wa Mataifa unaendelea kuonesha wasiwasi mkubwa kuhusu ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu katika eneo la Darfur, Sudan, ukionya kuwa mashambulizi yanayolenga makundi maalum ya watu yanaweza kuashiria hatari kubwa zaidi ya mauaji ya kimbari.Mwenyeji wako ni Leah Mushi, karibu!

‘As long as science is the activity of a separate group or nation, which is tribal activity, such knowledge can only bring about greater conflict, greater havoc in the world – which is what is happening now.' This episode on Science has three sections. The first extract (2:46) is from the first small group discussion in New Delhi 1981, and is titled: Scientists Have Not Helped Me. The second extract (13:01) is from the first talk at Los Alamos in 1984, and is titled: Creativity in Science. The third and final extract in this episode (59:57) is from a direct recording in Ojai 1984, and is titled: If Scientists Worked for Peace. The Krishnamurti Podcast features carefully selected extracts from Krishnamurti's recorded talks. Each episode highlights his different approaches to universal and timeless themes that affect our everyday lives, the state of the world and the future of humanity. This episode's theme is Science. Upcoming themes are Despair, Activism & Social Change, and Holism. This is a podcast from Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, based at Brockwood Park in the UK, which is also home to The Krishnamurti Centre. The Centre offers a variety of group retreats, including for young adults. There is also a volunteer programme. The atmosphere at the Centre is one of openness and friendliness, with a sense of freedom to inquire with others and alone. Please visit krishnamurticentre.org.uk for more information. You can also find our regular Krishnamurti quotes and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook at Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review or rating on your podcast app.

Shirika la Afya la Umoja wa Mataifa Duniani WHO, linaweka mkazo mpya wa kisayansi katika tiba asili au mitishamba, wakati mawaziri, wanasayansi na viongozi wa jamii za asili kutoka zaidi ya nchi 100 wakikutana mjini New Delhi India kuanzia leo kuangazia mchango wa dawa za asili. Flora Nducha na taarifa zaidi

It's Wednesday, December 10th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark 2,000 Christians in India protested persecution Around 2,000 Christians gathered in India's capital of New Delhi last month to protest persecution. Speakers at the event noted that attacks on Christians in the country increased 500% between 2014 and 2024. However, police investigated less than 20% of the cases.  One organizer said, “This is not a political movement, but a constitutional dialogue among Indian citizens from the Christian faith, exercising their democratic rights. The systematic and egregious violence and hostility, coupled with police inaction and lack of access to justice, requires solutions.” India is ranked 11th on the Open Doors' World Watch List of the most difficult countries to be a Christian.  Australia banned social media accounts for kids Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media accounts for children this week. The government now requires social media companies to deactivate the accounts of children under 16 in the country or face serious fines. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese released a message, calling on young people to invest in real-world activities and relationships. Listen.  ALBANESE: “Make the most of the school holidays coming up, rather than spending it scrolling on your phone. Start a new sport, learn a new instrument, or read that book that has been sitting there on your shelf for some time. And importantly, spend quality time with your friends and your family, face to face.” Supreme Court allows Texas county to ban objectionable books In America, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Texas county to keep its ban on objectionable books in public libraries. The issue began in 2021 when Llano County in Central Texas removed 17 books from libraries at the request of local residents. The disputed titles included multiple books for young adults with themes on sexually perverted lifestyles. Sadly, other residents favored access to such indecency. The Supreme Court's ruling on Monday leaves in place a ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. That ruling noted, “From the moment they emerged in the mid-19th century, public libraries have shaped their collections to present what they held to be worthwhile literature. … Public libraries used to exclude most novels, which were thought bad for morals.” Philippians 4:8 says, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” 15th county bans abortion Motley County, Texas became the 15th county in the nation to ban abortion. On Monday, the county's Commissioners Court unanimously adopted a Sanctuary County for the Unborn ordinance. Motley County is the 13th county in Texas to pass such an ordinance. It is also the 22nd political subdivision in the U.S. to pass such a measure this year. Wikipedia's #1 2025 article: Charlie Kirk's assassination Wikipedia announced its most-read articles of 2025. The online encyclopedia reported that the most popular article on English Wikipedia this year covered Charlie Kirk. The Christian activist was assassinated on September 10th of this year while speaking at an event for his organization, Turning Point USA, at Utah Valley University.  30% of U.S. adults took political/spiritual action in wake of Charlie Kirk's death The Barna Group released a new survey last week on the spiritual impact of Charlie Kirk's death.  The study found that nearly 30% of U.S. adults took action since Kirk's death. While some said they took political action, most said they took spiritual action. This was especially true among younger generations.  And nearly half of Americans said that Charlie Kirk's death will have a positive impact on Christianity among younger Americans.  Isaiah 41:10 most popular verse on YouVersion app And finally, the Bible platform, YouVersion, announced the verse with the highest international engagement this year.  That verse was Isaiah 41:10. It says, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” YouVersion saw unprecedented Bible engagement this year, reaching a billion downloads.  Pastor Bobby Gruenewald, Founder and CEO of YouVersion, said, “We're witnessing a global movement. People are hungry for what's real and true. The Bible stands alone as the source of truth, carefully passed from generation to generation. It's alive and active, and relevant to our everyday lives. These numbers represent millions of changed lives—people finding hope, direction, and purpose in God's Word.” Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, December 10th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

If you struggle to get things done, chances are you're working hard to avoid one of 3 primary business fears. Understanding these fears is key to becoming more productive and reducing your ‘time muddiness'. And, good news, Laksmi, Durga and Saraswati have powerful stories to help you do exactly that!If you value this show, please do consider supporting my work on Patreon. It's just $5 AUD a month and it makes a big difference to me. Here is the link: https://www.patreon.com/AmyMcDonaldREFERENCES:Pattanaik, Devdutt (2025) Escaping the Bakasura Trap: Let. Contentment Fuel YourGrowth, Juggernaut, New Delhi

Brevo vient d'atteindre le milliard de valorisation.Pourtant personne ne le sait.Polytechnicien aussi discret que brillant, fils de 2 psychanalystes, Armand Thiberge est un pokémon rare dans l'écosystème tech et entrepreneurial français. L'annonce d'un deal colossal de 500 millions d'euros était l'occasion parfaite pour (enfin) l'inviter sur GDIY.L'histoire de Brevo commence en Inde où Armand s'installe pour un stage à la fin de ses études.Lassé en moins de 2 semaines, il quitte son stage, s'associe avec un Indien et crée une agence web. Mais son âme d'ingénieur bouillonne et le pousse très vite à abandonner le modèle d'agence pour construire un vrai produit.Il lance d'abord un outil d'e-mailing, puis élargit ses services au SMS marketing, développe un CRM et devient l'un des premiers à intégrer de l'IA partout dans la gestion de la relation client.En 15 ans, son SaaS — appelé “MailIn” puis “Sendinblue” et maintenant “Brevo” — atteint 200 millions d'euros d'ARR (revenus annuels) et devient un outil indispensable pour des dizaines de milliers d'entreprises, en France, en Europe et aux US.Dans cet épisode nous revenons sur :Les étapes de croissance de Brevo — de la création à New Delhi en 2007 à l'entrée dans le cercle restreint des licornes tech françaises.Comment opérer une croissance saine et rentable sans se brûler les ailesSon plan pour atteindre 1 milliard de revenus annuelsPourquoi Armand est l'un des rares entrepreneurs à soutenir la Taxe ZucmanUn entrepreneur sous-côté, surdoué et aux mille idées qui rappelle qu'avancer sans faire de vagues est aussi une bonne manière d'atteindre les sommets.Vous pouvez contacter Armand sur LinkedIn.TIMELINE:00:00:00 : Monter sa première entreprise en Inde sans aucune expérience00:17:06 : Comment gérer de grosses différences culturelles00:27:33 : “Aujourd'hui les meilleurs développeurs du monde sont en Inde”00:37:09 : La mine d'or sous-exploitée des clients fidèles00:47:34 : La magie du bouche-à-oreille00:56:14 : Ce défi qui menace tous les SaaS01:07:34 : Refuser 10 millions à 33 ans01:19:14 : Pourquoi il faut absolument des géants européens dans la tech01:27:29 : Le plan de Brevo pour atteindre 1 milliard de revenus01:37:15 : “On a appris dès le début à faire de la croissance rentable”01:47:06 : La méga opération à 500 millions qui fait de Brevo une licorne02:01:54 : Être l'un des seuls entrepreneurs français à soutenir la taxe Zucman02:17:47 : Le combat d'Armand sur le front Ukrainien02:28:53 : “Il faut être plus humble sur ce qu'on va réussir à faire avec l'IA”02:38:27 : Le vrai défi du 21e siècle02:45:55 : Il n'y a pas de plafond, fonceLes anciens épisodes de GDIY mentionnés : #279 - Thibaud Elzière - eFounders - Startups, Web3, Voile Solaire et Maisons de luxe : quand la curiosité n'a plus de limites#1 - Simon Dawlat - Batch - Comment lever 10 millions et se faire blacklister par Apple#487 - VO - Anton Osika - Lovable - Internet, Business, and AI: Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again#480 - Octave Klaba - OVH Cloud - La guerre du Cloud commence#226 - Fabien Pinckaers - Odoo - L'antithèse de la start-up nationNous avons parlé de :BrevoLe principe de régressionProtonLe principe de l'acqui-hiringAnduril, la start-up star de la défense américaineIronflow BatteriesLes recommandations de lecture :The World is Flat - Thomas L. FriedmanLe chercheur d'or - J. M. Gustave Le ClézioUn grand MERCI à nos sponsors : SquareSpace : squarespace.com/doitQonto: https://qonto.com/r/2i7tk9 Brevo: brevo.com/doit eToro: https://bit.ly/3GTSh0k Payfit: payfit.com Club Med : clubmed.frCuure : https://cuure.com/product-onelyVous souhaitez sponsoriser Génération Do It Yourself ou nous proposer un partenariat ?Contactez mon label Orso Media via ce formulaire.Big up à Fabrice Pelosi, soutien incontournable de GDIY depuis l'épisode 1, qui a participé à rendre cet épisode possible.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The Russian Duma ratified the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) agreement just a day before President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi, marking a significant milestone in India–Russia defence ties. More than just another operational pact, RELOS completes a long-pending framework and unlocks a new era of maritime cooperation. The agreement enables deeper coordination across a vast strategic arc—from the warm waters of Chennai in the Indian Ocean to the icy frontiers of the Arctic—reshaping the scope of bilateral engagement.

On this week's Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act and appropriations; the Tennessee special election; lawmakers' frustration with the administration's boat strikes and plans to cut troops from Europe; the new National Security Strategy that makes clear the United States will no longer shoulder responsibility for the global rules-based order it created, puts the Americas at the center of its strategy, criticizes Europe for impeding peace in Ukraine and that Washington will “cultivate resistance” by backing European nativist political parties that oppose migration and promote nationalism; characterizes China as primarily an economic threat although does call for a bigger US role in the IndoPacific to deter conflict and if necessary, fight and win; ongoing US efforts to pressure Ukraine to accept a deal to end fighting so Washington and Moscow can resume trade ties; American officials demanded rope to pick up NATO's conventional defense responsibilities by 2027; Trump's pressure on Japan's hawkish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to ease pro-Taiwan rhetoric that's angered Beijing, the decision to not sanction Chinese spy agencies involved in the Salt Typhoon attack on US government and industry, and sale of some of advanced computer chips China wants; French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Beijing and Vladimir Putin's trip to New Delhi; European efforts to convince Belgium to release 140 billion euros in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine; and what to expect from the Reagan National Defense Forum this weekend at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.

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C dans l'air du 5 décembre 2025 - Poutine tout-puissant… qui peut encore l'arrêter ? C'est une nouvelle visite qui suscite beaucoup d'attention. Après avoir reçu vendredi dernier Viktor Orbán à Moscou pour mener des discussions autour de l'énergie, Vladimir Poutine a déclaré ce vendredi qu'il allait continuer de « livrer du pétrole sans interruption » à l'Inde. Le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi et le président russe se sont retrouvés ce vendredi 5 décembre à New Delhi pour des entretiens destinés à resserrer leurs liens, malgré la pression des États-Unis depuis des mois sur l'Inde pour qu'elle cesse ses achats de pétrole russe en pleine guerre en Ukraine.Une visite du maître du Kremlin qui en dit long sur les grandes manœuvres qui se déroulent actuellement et visent à redéfinir l'ordre mondial. À l'offensive sur les terrains militaire et diplomatique, Vladimir Poutine veut montrer au reste du monde que, malgré les sanctions et le mandat d'arrêt dont il fait l'objet, il n'est pas isolé. Inflexible dans les négociations sur le plan de paix avec l'Ukraine, le président russe entend apparaître comme le grand gagnant de cette période d'intenses discussions qui s'est soldée jeudi par un échange d'amabilités avec Donald Trump, après l'apparent échec de la réunion au Kremlin mardi avec Steve Witkoff et Jared Kushner.« Parvenir à un consensus entre des parties en conflit n'est pas chose aisée, mais je crois que le président Trump s'y emploie sincèrement », a ainsi affirmé hier le maître du Kremlin. « Je pense que nous devons nous engager dans cet effort plutôt que d'y faire obstruction », a-t-il ajouté, faisant allusion aux Européens que Moscou accuse de vouloir empêcher un accord. Un peu plus tôt dans la journée, Donald Trump a évoqué de son côté « une très bonne rencontre », assurant que Vladimir Poutine voulait bien « mettre fin à la guerre ».Des émissaires américains et ukrainiens mènent de nouvelles discussions depuis jeudi en Floride pour tenter de trouver une issue à la guerre, au moment où Washington a annoncé assouplir ses sanctions à l'égard du géant du pétrole russe Lukoil.À Pékin, le président français Emmanuel Macron a pressé hier son homologue chinois d'œuvrer à la fin de la guerre en Ukraine, mais a entendu son hôte rejeter fermement toute part de responsabilité dans la poursuite de la crise ukrainienne. Ce vendredi, il a appelé les Européens à maintenir « l'effort de guerre » et à accroître « la pression sur l'économie russe ». « La seule qui ne veut pas la paix, c'est la Russie, parce qu'elle veut tout », a estimé le chef de l'État. L'Allemagne, de son côté, a promis une aide supplémentaire de 100 millions d'euros à l'Ukraine pour réparer ses infrastructures énergétiques mais veillera « strictement » à son utilisation, en plein scandale de corruption qui ébranle le gouvernement de Kiev. Parallèlement, la Turquie a convoqué les ambassadeurs russe et ukrainien, appelant les deux pays à « laisser les infrastructures énergétiques en dehors de la guerre ».Depuis plusieurs semaines, Moscou multiplie les attaques et pilonne les infrastructures énergétiques de l'Ukraine. En réponse, Kiev intensifie son offensive contre les installations pétrolières russes. En frappant un important terminal pétrolier russe et deux cargos pétroliers liés à Moscou en mer Noire ces derniers jours, Kiev a touché un axe stratégique pour la Russie, le pétrole étant le carburant de l'effort de guerre russe.Nos journalistes se sont rendus il y a quelques semaines aux portes du Donbass, région déchirée de l'Est ukrainien, au cœur de toutes les négociations de paix.Nos experts :- Isabelle LASSERRE - Correspondante diplomatique - Le Figaro, ancienne correspondante en Russie- Lucas MENGET - Grand reporter, réalisateur du documentaire : Des trains dans la guerre - Antoine VITKINE - Journaliste, réalisateur du documentaire Opération Trump : les espions russes à la conquête de l'Amé

C dans l'air du 5 décembre 2025 - Poutine tout-puissant… qui peut encore l'arrêter ? C'est une nouvelle visite qui suscite beaucoup d'attention. Après avoir reçu vendredi dernier Viktor Orbán à Moscou pour mener des discussions autour de l'énergie, Vladimir Poutine a déclaré ce vendredi qu'il allait continuer de « livrer du pétrole sans interruption » à l'Inde. Le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi et le président russe se sont retrouvés ce vendredi 5 décembre à New Delhi pour des entretiens destinés à resserrer leurs liens, malgré la pression des États-Unis depuis des mois sur l'Inde pour qu'elle cesse ses achats de pétrole russe en pleine guerre en Ukraine.Une visite du maître du Kremlin qui en dit long sur les grandes manœuvres qui se déroulent actuellement et visent à redéfinir l'ordre mondial. À l'offensive sur les terrains militaire et diplomatique, Vladimir Poutine veut montrer au reste du monde que, malgré les sanctions et le mandat d'arrêt dont il fait l'objet, il n'est pas isolé. Inflexible dans les négociations sur le plan de paix avec l'Ukraine, le président russe entend apparaître comme le grand gagnant de cette période d'intenses discussions qui s'est soldée jeudi par un échange d'amabilités avec Donald Trump, après l'apparent échec de la réunion au Kremlin mardi avec Steve Witkoff et Jared Kushner.« Parvenir à un consensus entre des parties en conflit n'est pas chose aisée, mais je crois que le président Trump s'y emploie sincèrement », a ainsi affirmé hier le maître du Kremlin. « Je pense que nous devons nous engager dans cet effort plutôt que d'y faire obstruction », a-t-il ajouté, faisant allusion aux Européens que Moscou accuse de vouloir empêcher un accord. Un peu plus tôt dans la journée, Donald Trump a évoqué de son côté « une très bonne rencontre », assurant que Vladimir Poutine voulait bien « mettre fin à la guerre ».Des émissaires américains et ukrainiens mènent de nouvelles discussions depuis jeudi en Floride pour tenter de trouver une issue à la guerre, au moment où Washington a annoncé assouplir ses sanctions à l'égard du géant du pétrole russe Lukoil.À Pékin, le président français Emmanuel Macron a pressé hier son homologue chinois d'œuvrer à la fin de la guerre en Ukraine, mais a entendu son hôte rejeter fermement toute part de responsabilité dans la poursuite de la crise ukrainienne. Ce vendredi, il a appelé les Européens à maintenir « l'effort de guerre » et à accroître « la pression sur l'économie russe ». « La seule qui ne veut pas la paix, c'est la Russie, parce qu'elle veut tout », a estimé le chef de l'État. L'Allemagne, de son côté, a promis une aide supplémentaire de 100 millions d'euros à l'Ukraine pour réparer ses infrastructures énergétiques mais veillera « strictement » à son utilisation, en plein scandale de corruption qui ébranle le gouvernement de Kiev. Parallèlement, la Turquie a convoqué les ambassadeurs russe et ukrainien, appelant les deux pays à « laisser les infrastructures énergétiques en dehors de la guerre ».Depuis plusieurs semaines, Moscou multiplie les attaques et pilonne les infrastructures énergétiques de l'Ukraine. En réponse, Kiev intensifie son offensive contre les installations pétrolières russes. En frappant un important terminal pétrolier russe et deux cargos pétroliers liés à Moscou en mer Noire ces derniers jours, Kiev a touché un axe stratégique pour la Russie, le pétrole étant le carburant de l'effort de guerre russe.Nos journalistes se sont rendus il y a quelques semaines aux portes du Donbass, région déchirée de l'Est ukrainien, au cœur de toutes les négociations de paix.Nos experts :- Isabelle LASSERRE - Correspondante diplomatique - Le Figaro, ancienne correspondante en Russie- Lucas MENGET - Grand reporter, réalisateur du documentaire : Des trains dans la guerre - Antoine VITKINE - Journaliste, réalisateur du documentaire Opération Trump : les espions russes à la conquête de l'Amérique - Marie JEGO - Journaliste - Le Monde, ancienne correspondante à Moscou

As President Putin arrives for talks with Prime Minister Modi, will India's imports of cheap Russian crude oil scupper its relationship with the US, which says they are fuelling the war in Ukraine?Also in the programme: what will the publication of tens of thousands of new photos and files mean for the Syrian families still looking for answers about their missing relatives? And we remember the American guitarist Steve Cropper, the man behind countless '60s soul classics.(IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) sit in a car after Putin's arrival at the Palam Air Base in New Delhi, India, 04 December 2025. CREDIT: GRIGORY SYSOEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock (16009955i))

President Putin has arrived in India for talks expected to focus on trade and expanding defence ties. India, like China, has been a big purchaser of Russian oil and has been accused by the West of financing the war. We hear from Russia and oil industry experts.Also, why scam centres in Myanmar have attracted the attention of both government forces and insurgent groups.And what next for Eurovision? Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia boycott the song contest after Israel is allowed to compete. We find out this means for the future of the competition.You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033.Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India, New Delhi - 04 Dec 2025

This week we talk about floods, wildfires, and reinsurance companies.We also discuss the COP meetings, government capture, and air pollution.Recommended Book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares TranscriptThe urban area that contains India's capital city, New Delhi, called the National Capital Territory of Delhi, has a population of around 34.7 million people. That makes it the most populous city in the country, and one of the most populous cities in the world.Despite the many leaps India has made over the past few decades, in terms of economic growth and overall quality of life for residents, New Delhi continues to have absolutely abysmal air quality—experts at India's top research hospital have called New Delhi's air “severe and life-threatening,” and the level of toxic pollutants in the air, from cars and factories and from the crop-waste burning conducted by nearby farmers, can reach 20-times the recommended level for safe breathing.In mid-November 2025, the problem became so bad that the government told half its workers to work from home, because of the dangers represented by the air, and in the hope that doing so would remove some of the cars on the road and, thus, some of the pollution being generated in the area.Trucks spraying mist, using what are called anti-smog guns, along busy roads and pedestrian centers help—the mist keeping some of the pollution from cars from billowing into the air and becoming part of the regional problem, rather than an ultra-localized one, and pushing the pollutants that would otherwise get into people's lungs down to the ground—though the use of these mist-sprayers has been controversial, as there are accusations that they're primarily deployed near air-quality monitoring stations, and that those in charge put them there to make it seem like the overall air-quality is lower than it is, manipulating the stats so that their failure to improve practical air-quality isn't as evident.And in other regional news, just southeast across the Bay of Bengal, the Indonesian government, as of the day I'm recording this, is searching for the hundreds of people who are still missing following a period of unusually heavy rains. These rains have sparked floods and triggered mudslides that have blocked roads, damaged bridges, and forced the evacuation of entire villages. More than 300,000 people have been evacuated as of last weekend, and more rain is forecast for the coming days.The death toll of this round of heavy rainfall—the heaviest in the region in years—has already surpassed 440 people in Indonesia, with another 160 and 90 in Thailand and Vietnam, respectively, being reported by those countries' governments, from the same weather system.In Thailand, more than two million people were displaced by flooding, and the government had to deploy military assets, including helicopters launched from an aircraft carrier, to help rescue people from the roofs of buildings across nine provinces.In neighboring Malaysia, tens of thousands of people were forced into shelters as the same storm system barreled through, and Sri Lanka was hit with a cyclone that left at least 193 dead and more than 200 missing, marking one of the country's worst weather disasters in recent years.What I'd like to talk about today is the climatic moment we're at, as weather patterns change and in many cases, amplify, and how these sorts of extreme disasters are also causing untold, less reported upon but perhaps even more vital, for future policy shifts, at least, economic impacts.—The UN Conference of the Parties, or COP meetings, are high-level climate change conferences that have typically been attended by representatives from most governments each year, and where these representatives angle for various climate-related rules and policies, while also bragging about individual nations' climate-related accomplishments.In recent years, such policies have been less ambitious than in previous ones, in part because the initial surge of interest in preventing a 1.5 degrees C increase in average global temperatures is almost certainly no longer an option; climate models were somewhat accurate, but as with many things climate-related, seem to have actually been a little too optimistic—things got worse faster than anticipated, and now the general consensus is that we'll continue to shoot past 1.5 degrees C over the baseline level semi-regularly, and within a few years or a decade, that'll become our new normal.The ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement is thus no longer an option. We don't yet have a new, generally acceptable—by all those governments and their respective interests—rallying cry, and one of the world's biggest emitters, the United States, is more or less absent at new climate-related meetings, except to periodically show up and lobby for lower renewables goals and an increase in subsidies for and policies that favor the fossil fuel industry.The increase in both number and potency of climate-influenced natural disasters is partly the result of this failure to act, and act forcefully and rapidly enough, by governments and by all the emitting industries they're meant to regulate.The cost of such disasters is skyrocketing—there are expected to be around $145 billion in insured losses, alone, in 2025, which is 6% higher than in 2024—and their human impact is booming as well, including deaths and injuries, but also the number of people being displaced, in some cases permanently, by these disasters.But none of that seems to move the needle much in some areas, in the face of entrenched interests, like the aforementioned fossil fuel industry, and the seeming inability of politicians in some nations to think and act beyond the needs of their next election cycle.That said, progress is still being made on many of these issues; it's just slower than it needs to be to reach previously set goals, like that now-defunct 1.5 degrees C ceiling.Most nations, beyond petro-states like Russia and those with fossil fuel industry-captured governments like the current US administration, have been deploying renewables, especially solar panels, at extraordinary rates. This is primarily the result of China's breakneck deployment of solar, which has offset a lot of energy growth that would have otherwise come from dirty sources like coal in the country, and which has led to a booming overproduction of panels that's allowed them to sell said panels cheap, overseas.Consequently, many nations, like Pakistan and a growing number of countries across Sub-Saharan African, have been buying as many cheap panels as they can afford and bypassing otherwise dirty and unreliable energy grids, creating arrays of microgrids, instead.Despite those notable absences, then, solar energy infrastructure installations have been increasing at staggering rates, and the first half of 2025 has seen the highest rate of capacity additions, yet—though China is still installing twice as much solar as the rest of the world, combined, at this point. Which is still valuable, as they still have a lot of dirty energy generation to offset as their energy needs increase, but more widely disseminated growth is generally seen to be better in the long-term—so the expansion into other parts of the world is arguably the bigger win, here.The economics of renewables may, at some point, convince even the skeptics and those who are politically opposed to the concept of renewables, rather than practically opposed to them, that it's time to change teams. Already, conservative parts of the US, like Texas, are becoming renewables boom-towns, quietly deploying wind and solar because they're often the best, cheapest, most resilient options, even as their politicians rail against them in public and vote for more fossil fuel subsidies.And it may be economics that eventually serve as the next nudge, or forceful shove on this movement toward renewables, as we're reaching a point at which real estate and the global construction industry, not to mention the larger financial system that underpins them and pretty much all other large-scale economic activities, are being not just impacted, but rattled at their roots, by climate change.In early November 2025, real estate listing company Zillow, the biggest such company in the US, stopped showing extreme weather risks for more than a million home sale listings on its site.It started showing these risk ratings in 2024, using data from a risk-modeling company called First Street, and the idea was to give potential buyers a sense of how at-risk a property they were considering buying might be when it comes to wildfires, floods, poor air quality, and other climate and pollution-related issues.Real estate agents hated these ratings, though, in part because there was no way to protest and change them, but also because, well, they might have an expensive coastal property listed that now showed potential buyers it was flood prone, if not today, in a couple of years. It might also show a beautiful mountain property that's uninsurable because of the risk of wildfire damage.A good heuristic for understanding the impact of global climate change is not to think in terms of warming, though that's often part of it, but rather thinking in terms of more radical temperature and weather swings.That means areas that were previously at little or no risk of flooding might suddenly be very at risk of absolutely devastating floods. And the same is true of storms, wildfires, and heat so intense people die just from being outside for an hour, and in which components of one's house might fry or melt.This move by Zillow, the appearance and removal of these risk scores, happened at the same time global insurers are warning that they may have to pull out of more areas, because it's simply no longer possible for them to do business in places where these sorts devastating weather events are happening so regularly, but often unpredictably, and with such intensity—and where the landscapes, ecologies, and homes are not made to withstand such things; all that stuff came of age or was built in another climate reality, so many such assets are simply not made for what's happening now, and what's coming.This is of course an issue for those who already own such assets—homes in newly flood-prone areas, for instance—because it means if there's a flood and a home owner loses their home, they may not be able to rebuild or get a payout that allows them to buy another home elsewhere. That leaves some of these assets stranded, and it leaves a lot of people with a huge chunk of their total resources permanently at risk, unable to move them, or unable to recoup most of their investment, shifting that money elsewhere. It also means entires industries could be at risk, especially banks and other financial institutions that provide loans for those who have purchased homes and other assets in such regions.An inability to get private insurance also means governments will be increasingly on the hook for issuing insurance of last resort to customers, which often costs more, but also, as we've seen with flood insurance in the US, means the government tends to lose a lot of money when increasingly common, major disasters occur on their soil.This isn't just a US thing, though; far from it. Global reinsurers, companies that provide insurance for insurance companies, and whose presence and participation in the market allow the insurance world to function, Swiss Re and Munich Re, recently said that uninsurable areas are growing around the world right now, and lacking some kind of fundamental change to address the climate paradigm shift, we could see a period of devastation in which rebuilding is unlikely or impossible, and a resultant period in which there's little or no new construction because no one wants to own a home or factory or other asset that cannot be insured—it's just not a smart investment.This isn't just a threat to individual home owners, then, it's potentially a threat to the whole of the global financial system, and every person and business attached to it, which in turn is a threat to global governance and the way property and economics work.There's a chance the worst-possible outcomes here can still be avoided, but with each new increase in global average temperature, the impacts become worse and less predictable, and the economics of simply making, protecting, and owning things become less and less favorable.Show Noteshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/zillow-climate-risk-scores-homes.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/world/asia/india-delhi-pollution.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/world/asia/flooding-indonesia-thailand-southeast-asia.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9ejley9dohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/22/cop30-deal-inches-closer-to-end-of-fossil-fuel-era-after-bitter-standoffhttps://theconversation.com/the-world-lost-the-climate-gamble-now-it-faces-a-dangerous-new-reality-270392https://theconversation.com/earth-is-already-shooting-through-the-1-5-c-global-warming-limit-two-major-studies-show-249133https://www.404media.co/americas-polarization-has-become-the-worlds-side-hustle/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/climate-insurers-are-worried-the-world-could-soon-become-uninsurable-.htmlhttps://www.imd.org/ibyimd/sustainability/climate-change-the-emergence-of-uninsurable-areas-businesses-must-act-now-or-pay-later/https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2024/12/climate-risks-present-a-significant-threat-to-the-u-s-insurance-and-housing-marketshttps://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/financial-system-warning-climate-nature-stories-this-week/https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/costs-climate-disasters-145-billion-nature-climate-news/https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/solars-growth-in-us-almost-enough-to-offset-rising-energy-use/https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/global-solar-installations-surge-64-in-first-half-of-2025/ This is a public episode. 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It's Friday, November 28th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes written by Jonathan Clark and heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  Filling in for Adam McManus I'm Ean Leppin. (Contact@eanvoiceit.com) New Anti-Conversion Laws in India According to Persecution.org Police in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan recently registered the first case under the state's recently enacted anti-conversion legislation against two missionaries. The Christians were accused of carrying out religious conversions at a gathering through “allurement,” according to media reports. After registering the case on Nov. 20, police issued notices to the two missionaries – Chandy Varghese from New Delhi and Arun John from Kota – claiming they promoted conversion and baptised several people during a three-day program known as ‘Spiritual Satsang' at Beersheba Church in Kota. Police investigated after videos and social media clips surfaced showing event speeches and activities. Several youths allegedly announced from the stage that they put their faith in Jesus Christ and were baptized, while calling upon others to adopt Christianity. Rajasthan is one of 12 states in India that has strict anti-conversion laws. A first information report (FIR) was registered by the police after complaints were lodged by hardline Hindu groups active in controlling Christian activities. 2 Thessalonians 3:2-3 That we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.  But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. Christians in Uganda Threatened Despite Freedom of Religion Laws A Sudanese Christian family in Uganda is living in fear after Muslim extremists from Sudan and Somalia threatened to kill them. Safaa Yousif, who fled her native Sudan to Uganda due to conflict and religious persecution in 2016, received a text message from an anonymous number threatening to kill her family. Muslims from Somalia have also threatened her.  Yousif said she once gave discipleship classes to new converts, and a Somali Muslim who had put his faith in Christ was kidnapped and tortured by his co-religionists from Somalia and Sudan. Somalia is ranked 2nd on the Christian support group Open Doors 2025 World Watch List of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.  Its constitution establishes Islam as the state religion and prohibits the propagation of any other religion, according to the US State Department.  It also requires that laws comply with Sharia Principles, with no exceptions in application for non-Muslims. The threats on Yousif's family in Uganda were the latest of many instances of persecution of Christians in Uganda. An interesting fact to consider is that Uganda's constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one's faith and convert from one faith to another.  Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda's population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country. Pray that the Yousif family be reminded of the words of Jesus in Acts 1:7-8 It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit as come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. New hurdle in James Comey case The prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey hit another hurdle last Wednesday as the Justice Department encountered mounting questions about how the case was presented to a grand jury for indictment, reports the Associated Press. The development risked further jeopardizing a politically charged prosecution already subject to multiple challenges and demands for its dismissal. It came during a hearing in which Comey's lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff to throw out the case on grounds that the government was being vindictive and as a separate challenge to Lindsey Halligan, the hastily appointed and inexperienced prosecutor who secured the indictment, is pending. The Justice Department's acknowledgment under questioning from a judge that the full grand jury did not review a copy of the final indictment is the latest indication of its seemingly disjointed pursuit of a criminal case against one of President Donald Trump's political enemies. Comey was fired by Trump in May 2017 while overseeing an FBI investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign. The two have been publicly at odds ever since. New Exoskeleton Suit is Accomplishing Miracles At a Canadian wellness center, a unique robotic exoskeleton is allowing children with developmental disorders to walk-often for the first time. The nonprofit's Regina location in Canada is eager to get families to come and try it out.  It can be used to correct a child's gait or help them take their first steps, and is suitable for a variety of conditions including spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy. Good News Network reports that the First Steps Wellness Center in Canada received the Trexo exoskeleton out of the goodness of someone's heart!  The $100,000 machine was donated to help children like Leo, a boy born with a rare genetic disease which left him a prognosis that walking would be impossible.  But, latched into the Trexo walker at First Steps, his mother Anna has watched her son learn to walk and develop a musculature that has him able to take steps on his own. ANNA: “He does a few steps right now by himself, and with Trexo, I'm pretty sure he'll be able to do more steps in the future, once we start using it more often.” There are currently 6 Trexo exoskeletons sold and in use today.  After a few sessions, how is Leo doing today? ANNA: “He can walk! You know, be part of everybody else, like walk like other kids. So, it's kind of- It's unique. He did amazing. I have butterflies. I can't believe [this] thing even exists!” Despite the 6 figure price tag it is the hope that more of the Trexo walkers will be made available in Canada and the US. Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, November 27th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for Adam McManus I'm Ean Leppin (Contact@eanvoiceit.com). 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