Ultimate Global Podcast Episodes

The protests following the horrific Delhi bus case in December 2012, led to new anti-rape laws in India in 2013. These laws criminalized a range of sexual assaults and allowed for death penalty of the perpetrators. This incident made everyone examine between South Asia and other countries of the world why girls and women receive fewer resources and are often victim to violent crimes. Are women saf...

When delivered accurately, team development can create an innovative atmosphere that encourages cooperation, teamwork, hard work and trust among its members. But what takes to be a great leader while working in a team? Successful leaders are only able to positively influence others by using their innate qualities. Good leadership is significant in a business context for means of analyzing the stre...

Dominic Perrottet, 39, has become the state's youngest premier in history after winning a party room ballot against Planning Minister Rob Stokes. But what went after his successor Gladys Berejiklian's resignation has created much bigger a stir in the state. The election of a new NSW Liberal leader comes after Berejiklian's shock resignation last Friday following an announcement by NSW's Independen...

Content marketing is really important for all kinds of business across different platforms. Understanding why you are producing some content and for whom is extremely important for your brand to engage with the right customers. It’s extremely critical for you to understand what your target market wants to read and react to. Undoubtedly, this might take some time as you will have to first build tru...

What an interesting Indian Premier League we are witnessing this year with Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore already confirming their spots in the playoffs. It’s going to watch out for who qualifies for that 4th spot. Kolkata Knight Riders seem to be leading that race at this moment with their high net run rate and a strong momentum with a victory in the last matc...

Acting fast on the UN Sustainable Development Goals is extremely important for the world. There has been too much talking and less action in the recent past. We need to stop doing that and instead start taking those small baby steps which can help us achieve our 2030 targets collectively. As pointed out by Prof Sreerupa, what we might have to clearly look at is to make these SDGs a part of our pol...

Listen to our Daily Dose Podcast as we discuss the relevance of the Gandhian values in the 21st century. The world celebrates Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October every year which marks the birth anniversary of this great soul, who was able to impart key lessons to his future generations. He proposed ideas like Sarvodaya (welfare of all) which can be achieved through truth and non-violence. Gandhiji also...

The 76th session of the UN General Assembly was dominated by speeches of some of the world’s most influential political leaders. Countries have made commitments to take strong action on key issues such as Climate Change, COVID-19 and conflict. A lot was talked about Climate Change and Terrorism but the bigger question here is what’s the action the world leaders are ready to take. Or is it just goi...

The independence of the media has been under the radar for a couple of years now. It’s a matter of great shame that even most of the media houses have solely lost their independence in some of the most powerful democracies in the world currently. As consumers, we definitely have a choice to make as to what we want to watch and what we don’t want to watch. The World Press Freedom Index gives us a c...

The state of New South Wales in Australia has declared their path to freedom from the current COVID-19 Lockdown once the state reaches 70% vaccination rate on 11th October and 80% vaccination rate on 25th October. Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and retail stores are expected to open up on 11th October. And that’s what most of the people might be waiting for. But, there is still a lack of clarity...

The 16-year long tenure of the first female German Chancellor and one of the most popular leaders globally, Angela Merkel is now coming to an end. She has been successfully able to transform Germany into a modern country that is less defined by its history and more by its power to rule in the world of new technologies. Merkel was indeed a pragmatic individual and a problem solver. Not only this, b...

In Friday’s Daily Dose on International students, we shared some really key tips on how international students can network while studying abroad. It’s so important for you to become a part of different activities and interact with a lot of new people. However, being open and authentic about yourself is equally critical while entering into different conversations. It’s about learning the art of wha...

The new strategic alliance between USA, UK and Australia is definitely going to have a significant impact on the world. It is also going to upset some of the countries such as China and France. Australia has officially broken the contract which they signed previously with France in 2016 where they were getting 12 diesel electric-powered submarines on a $ 90 billion contract. The new nuclear submar...

Travel industry has been one of the most badly hit industries during the coronavirus pandemic. And that’s why one of the top priorities for the CEO of WTTC (World Travel & Tourism Council) Julia Simpson has been to focus on the revival of this sector and get the lost tourism jobs back. 62 million jobs have been lost just in this particular sector along with the contribution to the global GDP g...

One of the most difficult job during the COVID-19 pandemic has been for the contact tracers who have been working day and night to identify the chains of transmission of COVID-19 virus. With the highly transmissible Delta strain, their job has become even more difficult. However, contact tracing is still playing a key role in keeping the transmission rates under check. Moving forward, the best way...

The ongoing extreme climate activities including devastating hurricanes, dangerous bushfires, torrential rains and deadly heat waves are sending strong signals to take immediate & collective action by all the countries. A recent report recommends countries to work towards 5 policy levers including increasing their investment towards greener technologies, regulating carbon emissions, imposing t...

Studying abroad can involve a lot of challenges in terms of understanding the right ways of networking with others, absorbing the cultural shock as well as home-sickness. It is extremely critical in those scenarios for the students to take an extra mile and come out of their comfort zones. Approaching as many new people in a new country and understanding how to get into meaningful conversations ca...

It’s time to discuss about how the situation in Afghanistan looks like after a month of Taliban taking control of it. There have been several key developments happening recently including the formation of their Govt which apparently doesn’t include any women. UN’s political head, Pramila Patten has in fact pointed out at the importance of women’s participation in the decision making of the Govt wh...

The alliance of BRICS consisting of emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa is definitely able to have a strong influence on the global business environment due to their low labour costs, abundance of natural resources and favourable demographics in these nations. The primary agenda of 13th Annual BRICS Summit organized last week revolved around 2 primary issues....

With an extremely high transmissibility rate of the Delta variant, having a zero-COVID target seems to be a really unrealistic situation. Even countries such as Singapore with 80% double vaccination rate are reimposing restrictions back after recording the maximum daily cases since August 2020. The countries need to unite together to encourage people to get vaccinated soon before more variants of...

Providing mentorship can be a brilliant way of contributing towards meeting some of the key UN Sustainable Development Goals such as reduced inequalities, zero hunger and no poverty. As a mentor, one has the ability to guide others in the right direction through their experience, skill set and resources. In this episode, we were also joined by Kumar R Jha who is the Founder of Opportunities Austra...

One of the biggest downfalls during COVID-19 has been witnessed in the International Education sector. Since a lot of students cannot travel abroad in a safe environment during a pandemic, they have been left completely confused as to whether they should be delaying their plans of studying abroad now. This is the time for all the countries to create a safe & secure ecosystem where they are in...

 We will be marking 20 years of completion of the devastating 9/11 attack in the US this Saturday on 11th September, in which around 3,000 people died due to numerous airline hijackings and suicide attacks  by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. It also led to the beginning of the longest war, which recently ended abruptly. Or shall we say that the war has...

Being adaptable and flexible is the need of the hour in today's business environment. COVID-19 has shown us the importance of being agile in the way we work and structure our businesses in the near future. Both the employers and employees need to understand that this is the new normal that will now remain for a long time. And that's why the organizations might have to think of adopting quickly to...

In today’s Tuesday Daily Dose on COVID-19 Updates/Sports, we discuss about the impact of COVID-19 on your mental health. What we might require to do here is to look at this problem both from the community angle as well as an administrative angle. An integrated whole-of-society response will play a key role in determining how well the society gets access to the mental health services and what kind...