The decision of the United States under President Donald Trump to withdraw not only from the Paris Agreement but also from the foundational institutions of global climate governance marks an unprecedented rupture in international cooperation. By formally exiting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Washington has stepped away from the core legal and scientific architecture that underpins collective climate action. This move goes far beyond policy disagreement; it challenges the very logic of multilateralism in addressing a global commons problem.

Languages are more than instruments of communication; they embody history, social struggle, and collective imagination. Hindi, today among the world’s most widely spoken languages, did not emerge through royal decree or institutional imposition. Its journey has been gradual, democratic and deeply rooted in popular life. Observed every year on January 10, World Hindi Day commemorates the First World Hindi Conference held in Nagpur in 1975, when Hindi was consciously projected as a global language. The occasion invites reflection on how a people’s language acquired international voice and relevance.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the December 28, 2025 episode of Mann Ki Baat, he elevated a largely technical public-health concern into a subject of national conversation. For years, India’s AMR crisis has been acknowledged by experts but ignored by the public. Whether this intervention becomes a transformative moment or merely a symbolic warning will depend on how decisively recognition is converted into action.

US President Donald Trump’s renewed push to bring Greenland under American control has transformed a long-dormant geopolitical curiosity into a serious transatlantic crisis. Coming soon after a controversial US military operation that claimed the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump’s remarks have unsettled allies, alarmed Denmark, and revived fears that raw power politics are returning to regions once governed by restraint and alliance norms.

The United States’ military action to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reignited an old and deeply uncomfortable question: is the global system for maintaining peace, built around the United Nations, still capable of restraining powerful states? Coming after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and amid the continuing devastation in Gaza, the episode has sharpened doubts about whether the UN can still fulfil its most fundamental promise — preventing the unilateral use of force.