Arul Louis

Arul Louis

About Arul Louis

The author a New York-based journalist, is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Society for Policy Studies

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'India's oil purchases from Russia won't violate US sanctions'; media reports talk of 'deep discount' in Russian sales

Accounting for under 3 per cent, Russia is not a major supplier of oil to India, which gets most of it from the Middle East, while the US is also emerging as an important source for energy products

Phobias against other religions should not be downplayed, says India, while supporting resolution condemning Islamaphobia

Tirumurti said that followers of non-Abrahamic faiths, including Hinduism with 1.2 billion followers, Buddhism with more than 535 million and Sikhism with than 30 million, were facing bigotry

Food, fuel, fertilizer prices skyrocketing; supply chains disrupted: Guterres warns 'sword of Damocles hangs over global economy'

Saying that the "war goes far beyond Ukraine", United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that “a sword of Damocles hangs over the global economy” and developing countries are most at risk

Threats of terrorists acquiring WMDS 'no longer theoretical', must be a global priority, says India

India, which has “resolutely fought the battle against terrorism for many decades”, has introduced every year since 2002 a resolution in the General Assembly on “measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction”, he said

International cadre of Indian-origin volunteers helping refugees fleeing Ukraine

The Indian-origin team, wearing their yellow vests with a sketch of the Akshardham Temple in Gujarat, moved on to help refugees of all nationalities at three border points in Poland

Indian American doctor killed in carjacking attempt as major crime spurts across US

An Indian American doctor has been killed by persons who allegedly stole a Mercedes Benz and hit him with the car in the American capital, according to police

'With 1.3 mn elected women representatives, India offers unique template for gender-sensitive governance'

With 1.3 million women elected to various tiers of governance and leading decision-making at the grassroots level, India offers the template for their empowerment, according to a top Indian diplomat

Veto powers undermining legitimacy of UN Security Council; failing to fulfill obligations, say India and G4 allies

The question of veto powers has come to the fore in recent days because of Russia, which has invaded Ukraine, vetoing in the Council any criticism of it for violating the UN Charter and demands that withdraw its troops

India worried about hundreds of students trapped in eastern Ukraine; Russia offers safe corridor on Tuesday

India has regretted that despite appeals to Russia and Ukraine a safe corridor has not been set up for a few hundred students trapped in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy even as nearly 20,000 Indians, mostly medical students, have been evacuated on more than 80 flights

UN Security Council condemns terror attack on Shia mosque in Pakistan

The United Nations Security Council has condemned the terrorist bombing that killed 62 people at a Shia mosque in Peshawar, in northwest Pakistan, for which the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIL-K) has accepted blame