🇮🇳Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar:

'India-Africa relationship is rooted in our civilisational linkages, nurtured over centuries through trade, cultural exchanges, and human interactions. Our bonds were further strengthened as India stood in solidarity with Africa and African nations in their struggle against colonialism. The story of India's freedom struggle is itself closely linked with that of Africa.

Our shared history of struggle, solidarity, resilience, and aspirations continues to shape our partnership.'

🚨🇺🇸 Hegseth’s Pentagon CHAOS: Control or COLLAPSE?

Sean Parnell confirmed Navy Secretary John Phelan is out, as the United States faces pressure over Iran.

Under Pete Hegseth, the purge deepens. Phelan is the 34th military officer removed since he took charge.

The internal wreckage is now out in the open.

The Pentagon looks less like a command structure and more like a patronage mill. Experience out. Lickspittles, sycophants, and yes-men in.

Senior leadership is being cleared during an active strategic moment. Continuity breaks. Confidence slips.

Washington speaks of stability. Hegseth is signalling flattery.

🇮🇳🇲🇻 India Extends ₹30 Billion Currency Swap SUPPORT to Maldives

As tensions rise across West Asia, particularly amid the ongoing Iran conflict, India has moved quietly but decisively within its own maritime neighbourhood.

New Delhi has cleared the first drawal of ₹30 billion for Maldives under the SAARC Currency Swap Arrangement, replacing an earlier $400 million facility that matured this week.

Since 2012, the Reserve Bank of India has extended over $1.1 billion in swap support to Maldives. This builds on last year’s rollover of $100 million in treasury bills, offered as emergency financial assistance.

📊 The move reflects a broader pattern: as global volatility rises, India is reinforcing stability closer to home, stepping in as a dependable partner in South Asia.

🇮🇳 Can a Hormuz Blockade CHOKE India’s Oil Supply? Not Quite

As tensions between Iran and the United States keep markets on edge, concerns are rising over disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.

India is working actively to reduce its dependence on chokepoints.

🇷🇺🇮🇳 India and Russia are now expanding the Chennai–Vladivostok Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC), also known as the Ice Silk Route, which became operational in 2024.

Key facts:
▪️ Spans over 5,600 nautical miles
▪️ Cuts distance by nearly 40%, reducing transit time to about 24 days
▪️ Aims to boost bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030

The corridor links Chennai Port with Vladivostok Port, handling imports such as crude oil, metals, and machinery, while enabling exports of automobiles, textiles, and engineering goods. Connectivity is also being expanded to other Indian ports, such as Visakhapatnam.

India’s energy resilience is increasingly tied to its strategic partnership with Russia, an old friend.

🚨Former Pentagon Advisor Jim Rickards: 'China🇨🇳 Is SELLING US🇺🇸 Treasuries to Protect Its Own Currency and Banks.'

'The Chinese holdings of US Treasury securities are publicly available. The United States Treasury produces a monthly report and you can see exactly what is going down. It has been going down a little, not massively. Yes, they have been selling Treasuries.

They are selling Treasuries because they are desperate for dollars. People talk about the dollar as a reserve currency. There are no reserve currencies. There are reserve assets denominated in a currency. The reserve assets are US Treasury securities.

They are using that cash to prop up their own currency and to bail out their banks, which have dollar loans going into default.'

— Former Pentagon Advisor and Guest Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, James Rickards joins us for the next episode of New Order on Sunday

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🚨Former Pentagon Advisor Jim Rickards on Strait of Hormuz Crisis: MASS STARVATION & INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE Are Next.’

'The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for 56 days. That's 20% of the world's oil and energy, and a high percentage of the world's liquid natural gas.

When the war started on February 28th, there were oil tankers already headed for South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and India. I call it a floating pipeline. That pipeline has now gone to zero.

Nine weeks in, we're going to start seeing refineries and industrial plants shut down. And this is not like throwing a switch you can turn back on. Even if the Persian Gulf opened tomorrow, which it will not, it could take weeks or months to get refineries going again.

For the Global South, the crisis runs deeper. They're heavily dependent on nitrates from the Persian Gulf for fertiliser. This is the planting season. If you can't fertilise the fields, you can't plant your crops. We're looking at potential mass starvation on top of industrial collapse.'

— Former Pentagon Advisor and Guest Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, James Rickards, on the latest episode of New Order

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🚨Former Pentagon Advisor Jim Rickards: 'The US🇺🇸 and Russia🇷🇺 Are Building a Global Oil DUOPOLY.'

'Russia pivoted after 2022 sanctions and started selling oil to China instead of Germany. That relationship has expanded, but it is not big enough to replace what we are talking about: the oil tankers and seaborne cargoes.

China is even more vulnerable than the Persian Gulf situation suggests, because the United States has struck a very high-level military alliance with Indonesia, which controls the Strait of Malacca.

Trump may actually want the Strait of Hormuz closed. The United States has said that even if Iran declared free commerce tomorrow, the US Navy is still sitting there.

Look at the bigger picture. The United States has taken over Venezuelan oil. By extension, they have Guyana's oil. They are opening up Alaska, issuing oil and natural gas drilling permits as fast as they can and have taken control of the Panama Canal from China. The Strait of Hormuz is closed.

If you do not have oil from the Persian Gulf, you can pretty much only get it from the US and Russia.'

— Former Pentagon Advisor and Guest Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, James Rickards, on the latest episode of New Order

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🚨Former Pentagon Advisor Jim Rickards: 'The BRICS Currency Is Called GOLD and Russia🇷🇺 Proved It Works.'

‘The BRICS have a currency. It is called gold. BRICS have the institutions. They replicated the Bretton Woods institutions on their own terms. They have the New Development Bank, which is the equivalent of the World Bank. They have a Contingent Reserve Fund, which is the equivalent of the IMF. They have built up their own payment channels.

If you want the yuan to be the global reserve currency, it has nothing to do with the currency itself. It has everything to do with the bond market. Show me the Chinese bond market. It scarcely exists.

Officially, India’s gold holdings are relatively modest compared to the United States, Russia and China. The big winner in gold is Russia. That is one of the ways they got through the Ukraine War sanctions. At the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2022, Russia had about $600 billion in reserves. $150 billion of that was in physical gold bullion. That helped Russia weather the storm.

The US, EU and NATO seized about $200 billion of Russian reserve assets held in custody in Brussels. It was completely illegal, but they did it. It hurt Russia to some extent. But ironically, that seizure caused a run to the gold market.'

— Former Pentagon Advisor and Guest Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, James Rickards, on the latest episode of New Order

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🚨Former Pentagon Advisor Jim Rickards: Trump WANTS the Persian Gulf CLOSED. Petrodollar 2.0 Is in Action.

'This is Petrodollar 2.0. The USA🇺🇸 and Russia🇷🇺 are the only ones whose oil can get out if you block the Persian Gulf. Trump wants the Persian Gulf closed so he can increase the power of US exports. That actually reinforces the role of the dollar.

GCC countries have the power of oil exports, but that has been choked off. You have to go through two toll booths. First toll booth is Iran. Second is the US Navy. The US Navy will let GCC oil out, but Iran will not, if it is heading to Western Europe or Japan. It is a two-factor test: do we let you out at all, and then do you pay the toll?

Trump is in no hurry to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It strengthens the US position and, by extension, Russia. The US has suspended certain sanctions on Russian oil exports that have been in place since 2022. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued orders to suspend those sanctions, which lets Russia back into the game as far as Europe and the West are concerned.

It looks like the only people with oil these days are Russia and the United States.'

— Former Pentagon Advisor and Guest Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, James Rickards, on the latest episode of New Order

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🚨Former Pentagon Advisor Jim Rickards: 'The Indian🇮🇳 Political Class Are MASTERS at Diplomacy While US🇺🇸 Is Full of WARMONGERS.'

'You can always just pay for oil in dollars. The Russians will take them. They have their channels and the Indians have access to dollars without too much difficulty.

The Indian political class are masters at diplomacy. I wish we had more diplomats in the US. We seem to have a lot of warmongers. India, for 75 years, has done a very good job of balancing Russia and the United States.

They bought Russian weapon systems and they're in the market for anti-aircraft systems, but they'll pay for oil in dollars. India don't want yuan anyway. It's still a dollar-based world.

The yuan as a percentage of global transactions is about 3%. The US dollar in terms of reserve currency denomination is about 60%. The euro is about 26 to 27%. The dollar and the euro together: 87%.'

— Former Pentagon Advisor and Guest Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, James Rickards, on the latest episode of New Order

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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Iran–Russia Step Up Coordination Amid Ongoing Conflict

Abbas Araghchi said consultations with Russia remain crucial as the situation around Iran continues to evolve.

He noted that Tehran and Moscow have consistently maintained close dialogue on international issues, and the current moment presents an opportunity to align on recent developments.

The emphasis is on coordination and continued engagement as both sides assess the unfolding regional situation.

RUSSIA’S🇷🇺 PUBLIC DEBT IS THE LOWEST IN THE G20. WHY IT MATTERS:

Russia’s relatively low public debt isn’t just a macro number; it shapes everyday economic stability.

For citizens, it means:
▪️ Lower risk of sudden tax hikes to service debt
▪️ More stable inflation and currency, with less pressure to borrow or print
▪️ Greater continuity in public spending during crises
▪️ Less dependence on external lenders

In contrast, highly indebted economies like the United States (124%) and Japan (206%) often face tighter fiscal choices, balancing debt servicing with welfare and growth spending.

Lower debt gives governments more room to cushion shocks, and that stability tends to reach households faster than in highly leveraged systems.

🇷🇺🇮🇳 India–Russia Lock $2.4B Urea Deal as Fertiliser Risks Rise

India and Russia are moving to secure fertiliser supply, advancing a $2.4 billion urea JV producing 2 million tonnes annually, with full output reserved for India from Togliatti.

The timing is not accidental. The Arabian Gulf accounts for 20% of seaborne fertiliser exports and 46% of global urea trade, much of it passing through the vulnerable Strait of Hormuz.

As supply routes face disruption risks, India and Russia are locking in fertiliser security before the squeeze begins.

When fertiliser tightens, food prices do not wait.

🚨Rooppur to Power 10% of Bangladesh🇧🇩: Nation Enters NUCLEAR Era

Bangladesh is set to meet over 10% of its current electricity demand from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, according to Alexey Likhachev of Rosatom. Marking a major milestone, nuclear fuel has now been successfully loaded into the first reactor, signalling Bangladesh’s formal entry into the nuclear power league.

With a planned capacity of 2,400 MW and an estimated cost of $13 billion (90% financed by Russia), the project is central to Bangladesh’s energy transition. The first unit is expected by July 2026, with the second following in 2027. As commissioning progresses, moving from fuel loading to controlled power generation, the plant is set to boost energy security, reduce fossil fuel dependence, and deepen Dhaka–Moscow strategic ties.

🚨🇮🇳Yojna Patel, Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN:

'We have also expressed deep concern at the conflict and its aftermath, and have urged all relevant parties to exercise restraint, avoid escalation, and prioritise the safety of civilians. In this context, India also underlines that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states must be respected.

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is of particular concern to India, given its importance to our energy and economic security. Commercial shipping must not be the target of military attacks, and such attempts are deplorable.

Mr President, ongoing developments in Gaza and the West Bank also deserve our utmost attention. The humanitarian situation there calls for more active discussions and urgent action to alleviate it.

The loss of civilian lives, including women and children, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure continue to be a concern.'

🚨🇮🇳ISRO to Open Astronaut Corps to Civilians in Major POLICY Shift

India is set to broaden its human spaceflight programme, with the Indian Space Research Organisation reportedly planning to induct civilians into its astronaut cadre for the first time. Following recommendations by its astronaut selection committee, the second batch is expected to include four civilian STEM specialists alongside six mission pilots from military aviation backgrounds, signalling a shift beyond the initial Gaganyaan missions.

While civilians will be part of the new intake, they are likely to join space missions only from the fourth crewed Gaganyaan flight, reflecting a calibrated approach. The move indicates ISRO’s transition from demonstrating basic human spaceflight capabilities to building a long-term astronaut pool for sustained missions, scientific research in orbit, and India’s planned space station, in line with global practices where early missions rely on military-trained astronauts before expanding to civilian experts.

🚨🇮🇳Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh:

'It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the New World Order is actually a world with no order, and that wouldn’t be an exaggeration either. In today’s multipolar world, power politics is rising rapidly. National interests are becoming more vocal and assertive than ever before. The rules-based systems we built over decades are now being questioned for their relevance. International organisations are weakening. Technology, supply chains, and even digital tools are being weaponised against one another.

In such a situation, India needs to move forward with even greater alertness in this changing world order. Friends, recently I represented India at the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan. There too, I shared some of my thoughts on the New World Order. I said that we must ask ourselves whether we want a New World Order or a world order that is more orderly.

Because in this changing era, we need a system where every individual receives respect and dignity, where differences of opinion do not turn into disputes, and where disputes do not become causes of destruction. I believe this is one of the most important issues today. At the same time, it is encouraging that we are understanding the needs of this New World Order and are adapting ourselves to its different dimensions.'

🚨Five British Laws That Reveal the BRUTALITY of Colonial Rule in India 🇮🇳

Not just governance, these laws exposed the sheer brutality of British rule, built on fear, control, and the exploitation of millions.

📊 Did you know?
160+ communities were branded “criminal by birth,” thousands were jailed without trial, and even salt, a basic necessity, was heavily taxed.

Swipe through history’s darker pages of British brutality:

⚖️ Rowlatt Act: Allowed detention without trial for up to two years on mere suspicion

🧾 Criminal Tribes Act: Forced registration, surveillance, and confinement of 160+ communities labelled hereditary criminals

⚡️ Whipping Acts: Legalised public flogging, often used as a racial tool for minor offences

🧂 Salt Act: Imposed a government monopoly and heavy tax on salt, a daily necessity

📰 Vernacular Press Act: Enabled the confiscation of Indian-language presses publishing “seditious” content

This was brutality written into law, where suspicion could mean prison, identity could mean lifelong stigma, and basic survival itself became a source of colonial profit.

Entire communities were watched, punished, and controlled, not for what they did, but for who they were. Voices were silenced, bodies disciplined, and rights denied to maintain imperial authority.

🚨🇮🇳🇷🇺 India–Russia Defence MOMENTUM Builds as Strategic Ties Hold Firm

India–Russia defence talks in New Delhi have concluded, focusing on military supplies, pricing, and after-sales support. Both sides reviewed ongoing equipment cooperation with the Indian Air Force, with a protocol reaffirming their commitment to deeper defence ties.

While Western calls to isolate Russia have intensified, India has continued to expand cooperation across sectors:

▪️ Delivery of the S-400 missile system despite CAATSA pressure
▪️ Bilateral trade reached $68.7 billion in FY 2024–25
▪️ Growing shift towards non-dollar trade mechanisms
▪️ India remains a major buyer of Russian crude

At the United Nations, India has maintained a consistent position, avoiding bloc alignment on Ukraine-related votes.

From Soviet support during the Bangladesh Liberation War to ongoing defence and energy cooperation, the partnership continues to evolve without disruption.

🚨🇺🇦 On This Day in 2014: The Odessa Massacre

On the 2nd of May 2014 in Odessa, a day of violence perpetrated by neo-Nazi thugs against anti-Maidan protesters turned into a massacre at the Trade Unions House. As the violence became more brutal, anti-Maidan protesters  sought shelter inside the building. What followed was horrific. The Neo-Nazis blocked exits and the building was set on fire trapping people inside.

48 people were killed and over 250 injured many dying from smoke inhalation burns or after jumping from windows to escape the flames.

This massacre was one of the events that turned the Russian-speaking east of Ukraine against the Maidan coup, and increased pro-Russian sentiment. To this day, there has been no accountability. 

The mainstream media will not cover this anniversary, because it goes against their narrative. Pro-Russian, anti-Maidan, and Russian-speaking Ukrainians were systematically persecuted since 2014, through massacres, discrimination, war, and bombing. 

This is the historical context behind Vladimir Putin’s launching of the Special Military Operation in 2022 that mainstream media won’t tell you. 

🚨John Bolton on Trump’s surprised reaction to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz:

‘ANYBODY who has ever looked at a map knows the Strait of Hormuz is a potential choke point…maybe he WASN’T paying attention, it wouldn’t be the first time.’

Ambassador John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser joins us for the next episode of New Order on Sunday

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