Hantavirus and Ebolavirus outbreaks: When Deadly Pathogens Challenge Global Health Governance
This commentary examines what recent Hantavirus and Ebolavirus outbreaks reveal about weaknesses in international health preparedness. The Andes virus cluster linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship showed that even a rare rodent-borne disease can become a cross-border concern when passengers and crew travel. The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa highlighted how high-fatality outbreaks become harder to control when health systems are fragile. Together, the two outbreaks show that global health security cannot be built on pandemic planning alone.
OP: India’s Climate Change Volte Face
In the absence of an official explanation on India's quiet withdrawal from hosting the earlier wished UN climate summit in 2028, it's anybody's guess now.
Ethos of environmentalism of Pana Sankranti for climate emergencies
Before the World acknowledged, established, and celebrated ‘Earth Day’ in 1970 to raise awareness and protect the Earth’s natural resources, the Maha Bishuba Sankranti or Pana Sankranti, which marks the beginning of the Odia New Year, has been educating, advocating, and practising the ethos of protecting the Earth.
West Asia conflict enters uncertain phase amid US contradictions and Iran’s defiance
Escalating US-Israel actions, Iran’s calibrated response and shifting global diplomacy shape an uncertain regional trajectoryMore than five weeks into the ongoing West Asia conflict, the situation remains volatile, layered and deeply uncertain.
OP: New Global Disorder
"The World is desperately feeling the absence of global statesmen like Woodrow Wilson, Jawaharlal Nehru, Abraham Lincoln, Dag Hammarskjold, Sukarno, Olof Palme, Geo Brundland, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, and many more."
Ricin Threat and the Jihadist Conspiracy against India
The Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on 8 November 2025 arrested Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed, a doctor from Hyderabad (Telangana), along with firearms and nearly 4 kg of castor-bean mash, which is used to extract ricin, a bio-toxin, at Adalaj toll plaza on Ahmedabad–Mehsana Road in Gandhinagar. His call records led to the arrest of two Uttar Pradesh residents, Azad Suleman Sheikh and Mohammad Saleem Khan, in Banaskantha, Gujarat.
Belem climate summit: Bridging North-South divide will be uphill task for Brazil
Brazil is leaving no stone unturned to make Cop30 remarkable, but it must unite the Global North and South to forge new cooperation against their common enemy—climate change
"Reinventing the United Nations"
Is the UN institutionally relevant or intentionally viable during this unprecedented global uncertainty? A month ago, 83 heads of state, 41 heads of government, and ministers from 45 countries participated in and deliberated on assessing the UN during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) debates at UN Headquarters in New York.
India's Wildlife Challange: Can India move from conflict to coexistence with wildlife?
Can we, humans, coexist with wildlife? At least in India, the answer may oscillate between ‘yay’ and ‘nay’.