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Odisha’s disaster resilience model hogs spotlight at BRICS meet in Puri

Showcasing Odisha’s globally acclaimed disaster management framework and its growing leadership in climate resilience, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday inaugurated the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRG) Technical Meeting in Puri, calling for stronger international cooperation to tackle the growing challenges posed by climate change and natural disasters.

Optics of the Trump visit

In the age of social media, diplomacy is no longer confined to closed-door meetings, carefully drafted communiqués and formal state dinners. Every gesture, glance, stumble and awkward interaction can now become viral political theatre within minutes.

Balancing Act

The most revealing aspect of President Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to Beijing was not the choreography of friendship, but the limits of it.

Cautious Courtesies

India’s move to resume tourist visas for Chinese nationals after a five-year freeze is not just a bu - reaucratic gesture ~ it is a diplomatic signal.

Damned by a dam

China’s decision to begin construction on what is poised to become the world’s largest hydropower dam in the ecologically fragile Yarlung Tsangpo canyon is not merely an engineering feat ~ it is a geopolitical gamble that India and its neighbours can ill afford to ignore.