Rishika Singh

Introduction

Rishika Singh is a deputy copyeditor at the Explained Desk of The Indian Express. She enjoys writing on issues related to international relations, and in particular, likes to follow analyses of news from China. Additionally, she writes on developments related to politics and culture in India....Read More

Articles by Rishika Singh

Women carrying placards with the slogan 'Palestine will be free from the river to the sea' during pro-Palestine protests.

‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’: How the rallying call began, why it is criticisedSubscriber Only

Nov 14, 2023 20:43 IST

Where does the slogan, seen in pro-Palestine marches around the world, come from? Who has said it...

Sun, Feb 11, 2024

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a bilateral meeting ahead of a U.S.-hosted APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 9, 2023.

Xi-Biden to meet amid US-China tensions: What is APEC, the forum they will be attending?Subscriber Only

Nov 14, 2023 13:11 IST

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President XI Jinping are also set to meet on the summit's...

Tue, Nov 14, 2023

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on his first day in office.

David Cameron to be new UK Foreign Secretary: Who is the former PM, what his return signalsSubscriber Only

Nov 13, 2023 16:57 IST

The appointment comes after British PM Rishi Sunak sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Cameron...

Tue, Nov 14, 2023

Trump ahead of Biden in key US states, finds survey: What it means, why it mattersSubscriber Only

Nov 07, 2023 19:47 IST

In states considered crucial for winning US Presidential elections, Biden has seen low approval on...

Tue, Dec 05, 2023

The late former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waving to media after a statement during an official visit to Switzerland in 2013.

Li Keqiang was once tipped to be President of China. What happened?Subscriber Only

Oct 27, 2023 16:25 IST

Li, who passed away on Oct 27, served as China's Premier for a decade until early 2023. His reduced...

Fri, Oct 27, 2023

ec sybols such as a laptop, charging socket, a bowl of noodles, a dustbin and a sink.

Hand, Lotus, noodle bowl, charger and more: How are symbols allotted to political parties in India?Subscriber Only

Oct 23, 2023 18:54 IST

Recognised national and state parties get exclusive symbols, while unrecognised registered parties'...

Tue, Oct 24, 2023

Canada recalls 41 diplomats from India: What is the 1961 Vienna Convention, why it was invokedSubscriber Only

Oct 22, 2023 18:01 IST

Earlier this month, India had sought ‘parity’ with Canada, asking it to downsize its diplomatic...

Mon, Oct 23, 2023

Photographs showing officials, including Russia's incumbent president Vladimir Putin, are on display next to the so-called Russia's nuclear briefcase also known as the "Cheget", at the exposition of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre in Yekaterinburg, Russia, October 18, 2022.

Vladimir Putin seen with ‘nuclear briefcase’ in China: Its history, what it containsSubscriber Only

Oct 19, 2023 19:31 IST

Emerging during the Cold War rivalry between the US and the USSR, the briefcase has drawn interest...

Fri, Oct 20, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China in 2017. On right, Xi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2023.

China’s envoy to visit Middle East: Beijing’s position on Israel-Palestine conflict, and its changing roleSubscriber Only

Oct 16, 2023 08:01 IST

China has called itself a "friend to both Israel and Palestine". How has its involvement in the...

Mon, Oct 16, 2023

economics nobel 2023 winner claudia goldin.

What the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize winner says on women’s aspirations, role in workforce and pay gapSubscriber Only

Oct 14, 2023 07:15 IST

While Claudia Goldin's 2021 book focuses on American women, in an increasingly globalised world...

Sun, Oct 15, 2023

Robbie Thorpe talks during a NAIDOC, National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, march in Melbourne, July 6, 2018. Thorpe, an Indigenous activist, drew attention to Indigenous division over the Voice by applying for a High Court injunction to prevent the referendum going ahead.

What is Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum?Subscriber Only

Oct 13, 2023 18:03 IST

Australians will vote to decide whether the indigenous, non-white population of the continent...

Fri, Oct 13, 2023

A vendor waits for customers at a shoe shop in a market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 14, 2022.

Why China has assisted Sri Lanka over debt worth $4.2 billionSubscriber Only

Oct 12, 2023 18:50 IST

India is also involved in the process of negotiating the debt Sri Lanka owes to it. How did the...

Sat, Oct 14, 2023

In Israel-Palestine conflict, why Hamas and Hezbollah have raised the issue of ‘normalisation’Subscriber Only

Oct 09, 2023 09:15 IST

The militant anti-Israel groups have opposed the creeping improvement of relations between the Arab...

Thu, Oct 19, 2023

A Hezbollah supporter holds up a poster of the late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, as others wave the group's and Palestinian flags during a rally in celebration of the attacks that the militant Hamas group carried out against Israel, in Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel-Hamas conflict: Who are Hezbollah, and why has their presence raised concerns of escalation?Subscriber Only

Oct 08, 2023 15:45 IST

Hezbollah, whose name means ‘Party of God’, is a Shiite Islamic militant organisation from...

Mon, Oct 09, 2023

Mohammadi has also been awarded other prominent prizes in the West for her work, such as the 2023 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award in May 2023.

Nobel Prize for Peace: Who is Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian woman awarded this year?Subscriber Only

Oct 06, 2023 16:23 IST

An engineer-turned-activist, Narges Mohammadi is currently living in a detention facility in Iran...

Sat, Oct 07, 2023

A part of the 'Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains' painting, titled 'The Remaining Mountain', at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, China.

Why China used a torn painting as a symbol of ‘hope for reunification’ with TaiwanSubscriber Only

Oct 03, 2023 20:07 IST

A 14th-century painting was brought up recently by the Chinese military to invoke the historical...

Thu, Oct 05, 2023

This Quote Means | Gandhi: ‘To the hungry, God can only appear as bread’ and why MS Swaminathan invoked itSubscriber Only

Oct 01, 2023 19:50 IST

Why did Gandhi say this about hunger? And why were these words relevant for the man described as...

Mon, Oct 02, 2023

Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong proclaiming the People's Republic of China on 1 October, 1949, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

How China’s communist state was established on October 1, 1949Subscriber Only

Oct 01, 2023 10:07 IST

How did the ideology of Communism come to China and why did it prevail, leading to a system that is...

Tue, Oct 01, 2024

UK’s beloved Sycamore Gap cut down: The tree and its significanceSubscriber Only

Sep 29, 2023 21:45 IST

The sycamore tree was located in a dip between two hills, at a gap in the Hadrian Wall – an old...

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

Canada Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry

‘Some terrorists found safe haven in Canada’: Why Sri Lanka has backed IndiaSubscriber Only

Sep 26, 2023 18:09 IST

This is not the first time that Sri Lanka has criticised Canada. Its objections have revolved...

Tue, Sep 26, 2023

a poster of bollywood actor john abraham smoking.

Debate over anti-smoking ads on OTT platforms: How Indian films and TV saw warnings come inSubscriber Only

Sep 26, 2023 11:43 IST

Smoking warnings for films and TV shows were introduced a few years ago but were followed by court...

Tue, Sep 26, 2023

UPSC This Quote Means: Representational photo

This Quote Means: ‘The opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice’Subscriber Only

Sep 24, 2023 18:46 IST

What this quote essentially puts forward is that too often, poverty is seen narrowly. The...

Mon, Sep 25, 2023

In recent years, common interests, such as balancing the rise of China, have led to a closer alignment among the Five Eyes countries: the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and New Zealand.

India-Canada stand-off: What is the Five Eyes Alliance, which helped ‘lead’ Canada PM Trudeau to claims on Nijjar’s death?Subscriber Only

Sep 23, 2023 11:01 IST

Spokespersons from the US and the UK have so far stressed letting Canada’s investigation into...

Sun, Sep 24, 2023

Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Rahul Gandhi outside Parliament, holding a copy of the constitution.

‘Socialist’ and ‘secular’: What do these words mean in the Constitution, and how did they come to be part of the Preamble?Subscriber Only

Sep 20, 2023 11:40 IST

The original framers of the Constitution did not feel the need to explicitly mention either word...

Thu, Sep 21, 2023

Rwandan women at a meet of the political party RPF.

A country with 61 per cent women Parliamentarians: The tragedy that led to Rwanda scoring so highSubscriber Only

Sep 20, 2023 08:47 IST

Countries like Sweden, Iceland and New Zealand, which have boasted of gender progress for decades,...

Thu, Sep 21, 2023

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