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Term Blue Economy The term “blue economy” entered common parlance after the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development held in the year 2012 to promote marine ecosystem integrated management .Yet the ensuing concluding remarks did not allude to the word blue. The emphasis during the UN conference was about building adequate capacity for
Post Floods & Inland Waterway Development Flood waters have not completely receded in the province of Sindh and flood rehabilitation efforts need to be intensified in terms of flood management, building protective dykes, rebuilding infrastructure, excavation and dredging of canals and initiating Inland Waterways for Cruise and Freight with logistic nodes along the length of
Global Naval Maritime Exhibition Abu Dhabi NAVDEX 2023 is the region’s leading naval defence and maritime security exhibition scheduled to take place in February 2023 at Abu Dhabi under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. Such conferences , exhibitions and events can be categorised as segments of the
Sanctions & Disruption of Energy Supply Chain Courtesy The Japan Times After the conflict in Ukraine erupted Russian supply of oil and piped gas to the European Union got severely disrupted. The US and EU imposed sanctions as well as a price cap on Russian crude. The ostensible purpose seems to be to curb Russia's
Russian Monopoly Russia retains a monopoly over the uranium conversion infrastructure. The world’s largest producer and exporter of natural raw uranium is Kazatomprom which has a joint venture with a Canadian firm.Kazatomprom has the largest uranium reserve base in the nuclear industry.Raw uranium has to be refined and enriched in order to be utilised
The need for a comparative study and research as to the number of women at operational roles at seaports in the maritime nations is intensifying. No such latest and updated study is available
OFAC has now published its formal guidance on the price cap sanctions for Russian oil entering into force on December 5, 2022. The price cap policy is intended to maintain a reliable supply of oil to the global markets while reducing the revenues the Russian Federation earns from its oil after the conflict in Ukraine inflated
Studies indicate that the difference between fossil fuels and renewable energy is not vast. Trade in energy is unlikely to weaken and fossil fuel producers will continue to remain significant players in international affairs for at least the near future.Renewable energy sources may be more evenly distributed then fossil fuel sources
Cyber Bank Fraud Charges by US against Huawei CFO As reported in the South China Post US prosecutors moved for dismissal of bank fraud charges against Meng Wanzhou CFO of China’s Huawei Technologies whose 2018 arrest strained relations between the US and China. Meng struck a deal with the prosecutors for the charges against her
Barrick Gold of Canada which is re entering the mineral resource sector (copper gold) in Pakistan , after an international arbitration award, recently shared its policy on Anti – Bribery and Anti – Corruption. The company informed that Corruption causes widespread harm, fuels conflict and can result in misdirection of funds that would be used
