UAE Telecommunications Authority Addresses Microsoft IT Outage Impact
A significant IT outage affecting Microsoft services has caused widespread disruptions globally, including in critical sectors such as aviation, banking, and media. The UAE’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) issued a statement on July 15, 2024, addressing the ongoing situation. The outage began on July 13, 2024, when an automated cleanup operation inadvertently deleted essential resources within Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. This triggered a series […]

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to China has sparked discussions about potential implications for regional dynamics, particularly in relation to India. Sheikh Hasina, who has visited India twice this year, had not travelled to China in five years prior to this recent trip from July 8 to 10. The […]

By Nantoo Banerjee The US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, may have exceeded his brief by issuing a warning to India that the country can’t take its improved relationship with the United States for granted in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, last week. The ambassador, […]