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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today conveyed his warm congratulations to Mr. Tarique Rahman on leading the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to a decisive victory in the Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. In an official post on X, Shri Modi wrote: “I convey my warm congratulations to Mr. Tarique Rahman on leading BNP to a decisive victory in the Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. This victory shows the trust of the people of Bangladesh in your leadership. India will continue to stand in support of a democratic, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh. I look forward to working with you to strengthen our multifaceted relations and advance our common development goals.” The Prime Minister’s message underscores India&r
2026: The Year Diplomacy Outruns Escalation After a decade defined by pandemics, wars, technological shocks, and climate extremes, the world enters a rare convergence year. Power is scaling faster than wisdom. Whether 2026 becomes a reset or a rupture will depend on one decisive factor: the ability of diplomacy, institutions, and long-horizon thinking to keep pace with accelerating capability. 2026 is not merely the next chapter in the calendar. It is a structural inflection point — where technology, geopolitics, climate, capital, and conscience intersect — forcing humanity to decide not how fast it can move, but how wisely it must. For those who read the year symbolically, the first day of 2026 opens on a Thursday—traditionally associated with Jupiter, the arc
The global financial system is not reacting merely to the freezing of approximately €210 billion (about $246B) of Russian sovereign reserves in Europe. It is reacting to a deeper signal: that sovereign reserves—once assumed inviolable—are now conditionally accessible. This is a geo-economic inflection point, not a sanctions footnote. What actually happened: stock, flow, and regime risk Russian central-bank sovereign reserves were immobilised primarily within EU jurisdiction, with the largest concentration at Euroclear in Belgium. The principal has not been confiscated. However, the assets have been frozen indefinitely, interest or windfall profits have been debated and partially structured to support Ukraine’s financing needs, and principal confiscat
