Category: WORLD

By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group On A Tour Of The United Nations Headquarters In New York City A visit to  the United Nations headquarters! My heart skipped a  beat. United Nations had  till then been a chapter to be read  in textbooks, see news feed on Facebook and read tweets of. This was not even in the  bucket list of mine, for the thought of visiting the UN had  never occurred to me. In fact, I wasn’t even aware that it was permissible to do so. Suddenly, the unexpected becoming possible …

BANGKOK: Angkhana Neelapaijit, who resigned as human rights commissioner two days ago, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Angkhana Neelaphaijit is a Thai human rights activist and the wife of disappeared human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit.Amnesty International described her as “a leading human rights defender in Southern Thailand”. Angkhana Neelapaijit has been bravely working on this case, fighting for justice for her husband and all other victims of human rights violations in Southern Thailand and beyond. The EU should continue to assist the Thai state to bring human rights cases to justice and show that…

MANILA: Two journalists are also this year’s awardees of Ramon Magsaysay;Ko Swe Win, editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, and Ravish Kumar,  Sr. executive editor of the NDTV. Ko Swe Win is the editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, an independent online news site focused on long-form investigative pieces in both Burmese and English. Myanmar Now is an independent online news site focused on long-form investigative pieces in both Burmese and English.The 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Awards will be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on September 9. Swe Win has criticized powerful, ultranationalist Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, who has…

The former Mayor of London had reached out to the Indian diaspora in UK, describing himself as the ‘son-in-law of India’. LONDON: Johnson is set to become prime minister on Wednesday after winning an election to lead the governing Conservatives. After British Prime Minister Teresa May’s resignation, Boris was a prominent choice to lead the country. The 55-year-old Tory MP  won with a huge margin after securing 92,153 votes compared to his rival candidate Jeremy Hunt, who got 46,656 votes.Boris described himself as the “son-in-law” of India and elaborated on his special…

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, Chief Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Associate Editor-ICN  Automated ships will bring a technological revolution in the shipping industry focusing on increasing the vessels’ efficiency and in fact to offer higher benefits to the shipping companies. “Autonomous shipping is the future of the Maritime Industry. As disruptive as the smartphone, the smart ship will revolutionise the landscape of ship design and operations”. Autonomous shipping is increasingly being explored by the maritime industry. This ships are performed via remote control machines. Autonomous shipping will offer better efficiency, reliability, safety…