India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to…
When Boeing Co, General Electric Co and other companies wanted to show Congress last February the dangers of closing the Export-Import Bank, they turned to a time-tested Washington ritual: knocking…
Corporate lobbyists have become a menace to democracy in India. Recent developments, including the release of the intercepts of a telephone conversation between a member of parliament and a well-known…
The tension between Kabul and Islamabad has created the impression that Pakistan has lost all allies in the landlocked country. It is claimed that Pakistan infuriated socialist and nationalist sections…
BACK in January, if a tarot card reader had predicted that it was going to be a fabulous year for the Pakistani government, she (or he) would not have been…
In April, Colombia and the Netherlands will convene governments in Santa Marta, Colombia for the first global summit dedicated explicitly to the transition away from fossil fuels. Tripling Renewable Energy,…
The tobacco industry launched a sophisticated campaign to undermine the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by directly targeting government delegates at the recent UNFCTC COP11, a move that…
When a border officer examines your passport, they are not simply checking your nationality. They are weighing your country’s reputation – its credibility, stability and record of honesty. A passport…
Apple is lobbying India’s government to modify its income tax law to ensure the company is not taxed for ownership of high-end iPhone machinery it provides to its contract manufacturers,…
“Nothing happens in a vacuum” as the saying goes. Much ink has been spilled discussing the Constitution (Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Act, 2024. Per its critics, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment has delivered a…
