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Category: General Interest

  • Dr. Richard Danzig visits Synergia

    Dr. Richard Danzig visits Synergia

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    Former US Secretary of the Navy, Richard Danzig visited Synergia Foundation on February 22, 2019 for a discussion on Artificial Intelligence and International Security. Dr. Danzig also touched upon a few key points for India and the security related issues arising from rapid technological change..

  • Future of Banking in India

    Future of Banking in India

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    Synergia Foundation hosted its 50th roundtable conference on Monday, February 25, 2019, on the topic of the Future of Banking. The conference was led by the keynote speaker Dr. Charan Singh who is presently the Chief Executive of EGROW, Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare. He is also serving as the…

  • Medicare for all

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    The Democrats in the US House of representatives have recently revealed their most ambitious government-run health care program, i.e., the Medicare health insurance program. The U.S. does not have a uniform health system, has no universal health care coverage, and only recently enacted legislation…

  • El Sharara remains closed

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    Libyans remain divided on when to restart the El Sharara oilfield, the country’s biggest, after closure due to the presence of militants. The El Sharara oil field is located in Murzuq Desert. It was discovered in 1980 and developed by Petrom. The oil field is operated and owned by Repsol. The total proven reserves of….

  • Venezuela’s unsold offshore oil

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    Tankers loaded with 8.36 million barrels of crude are reportedly floating off the Venezuelan coast as the sanctions-hit country struggles to find buyers for its oil. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is located in northwest South America. In 2017, the UN estimated that the country is home to over 31 million people. The country….

  • Make in India – Aerospace & Defence – II

    Make in India – Aerospace & Defence – II

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    The Synergia Foundation organized its 48th roundtable on the topic Make in India – Aerospace & Defence -II with Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, Technical, NITI Aayog and former Secretary of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and SA to RM and Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Secretary..

  • China to buy more US Agro products

    China to buy more US Agro products

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    China has proposed that it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including soybeans, corn and wheat as part of a possible trade deal being negotiated by the two countries. Relations between the US and China have generally been stable with some…

  • HPV vaccine to cure Cervical Cancer

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    According to a recent study published at the Cancer Council New South Wales, the rapid scale-up of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in a handful of rich countries within the next three decades, and in most other nations by the end of this century….

  • China’s “mega city” corridor plans

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    China’s long-awaited plan to create a high-tech megalopolis on its southern coastline rivalling California’s Silicon Valley generated optimism among Hong Kong’s business community even as key details remain unclear. Hong Kong is an autonomous territory that holds a separate political and economic system from China. Under the principal …

  • US state sue over emergency declaration

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    California and 15 other US states have filed a lawsuit against US President Trump’s national emergency declaration which can bypass Congress to fund the US Mexico border wall. A state of emergency can be declared during a disaster, civil unrest or armed conflict. This can be used as a rationale or pretext for suspending rights…