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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All religious celebrations should take place peacefully: UN chief on India's communal violence

Guterres' appeal comes in the wake of reports sporadic community violence across many areas in India, including capital New Delhi, as Hindu and Muslim religious festivals overlapped in the last couple of weeks

Global food security threatened by Ukraine war: Countries to meet to review urgent humanitarian needs

Cooperation between the US and India on averting a food crisis figured in talks between the leaders of the two countries last month. India is sitting on a wheat stockpile estimated at about 100 million tonnes, far in excess of a safety net

Former US envoy to Pakistan admits hiding travel gift from Pakistani American; pleads guilty to illegal lobbying charges

The Justice Department said Olson had received air travel to London, lodging there and expenses from the Pakistani American businessman, whose name was not disclosed in court papers but identified only as a “naturalised US citizen born in Pakistan”, who operated several businesses and lobbied, and was the go-between for another deal

UNGA votes measure for making UNSC permanent members answer for vetoes; India calls for complete reform of UN structure

As a “double victim of colonialism,”  Guterres said, “Africa is underrepresented in decision-making processes, in most of the multilateral institutions. And so, I do believe that a stronger representation of developing countries in many areas, from the Bretton-Woods institutions (like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) to the…

India will remain the fastest-growing major economy; Bangladesh to be the fastest-growing economy after India in South Asia

IMF’s projection for India is slightly higher than the World Bank’s 8 per cent earlier this month. The series of World Bank reports also had India as the fastest-growing major economy, with China following it at 5 per cent

Indian American woman, US Navy veteran appointed Harris’s defence advisor

Captain Sethi (retd) has also been the Commanding Officer of the Sixth Fleet’s Task Force 64 and the action officer coordinating joint and international policy for integrated air and missile defence across all military services, according to her LinkedIn profile which has been updated to confirm her new position with Vice President Harris.

Two arrested in New York for attacks on Sikhs; leading senator, governor,. others condemn hate crime

“When a man is beaten and hurt because of his background, who he is, what his religion, his nationality and ethnicity [are], it is a dark day for America”, Sen Schumer said

India, US to launch defence supply chain for priority needs; India a net provider of regional security, says US

Laying out the rationale for Indo-US defence cooperation, Austin said, “As strategic threats converge, especially following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is more important than ever that we stand together to defend our shared values and to preserve the international rules-based order”

India, US discuss food security, bringing more wheat and sugar to global markets

Blinken said that Modi and Biden who met before their 2+2 meeting “had a very warm and productive conversation today in their virtual summit” and covered a lot of ground, including Covid-19, climate change, strengthening the global economy, the free and open Indo-Pacific

'India's total purchases from Russia for the month would be less than what Europe does in an afternoon'

Jaishankar told the reporter, “The world will keep changing.  What we have to do in our profession is to watch it and see how your interests are best advanced in that”