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SC Order on Manipur Fake Encounters is a Step Forward in Long Road to Justice0
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- July 21, 2017
By Arijit Sen on 20/07/2017 The order may or may not bring closure and peace to the victims’ families, but it has renewed hope for justice in areas where the AFSPA is in force. Women hold placards during a protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Credit: Reuters On July 14, the fight against extrajudicial
Doklam Standoff: Misunderestimating Bhutan’s Sovereignty0
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- July 21, 2017
By Omair Ahmad on 20/07/2017 Today, as two Asian powers face off with Bhutan at the centre of this delicate situation, the outcome will show whether the Asian century has a chance to be a peaceful one, or whether it will replay the violence of the colonial period. Jawaharlal Nehru at Paro 1958. Credit: India
Is Doklam China’s way of telling India to ‘behave’ in the seas?0
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- July 21, 2017
by N Sathiya Moorthy ‘Little did those in India’s strategic community realise that any wise adversary in China’s place and circumstances would only take the land route to disturb and trouble India….It is along the land border that all of India’s post-Cold War allies would be of little or no political and diplomatic, and least
The Gulf crisis: A battle of megalomaniacs0
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- July 21, 2017
Source: The World Bank By James M. Dorsey There are fundamental problems in trying to learn lessons or draw conclusions from the Gulf crisis for the role of small states in international relations. For one, the Gulf crisis is an epic battle between small states rather than simply one small state being targeted
Why does India make national awards fake? Now cricket mafias try to boost the image of Indian women cricketers for Bharat Ratna?0
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- July 20, 2017
DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL Unfortunately, India is suffering from ill-focusing on national award by easiest ways and cricketers think they can get national awards by using corporate lords who got the Congress government to offer Bharat Ratna- the highest national honor for hard work- to a fake sport boy Sachin Tendulkar of his fake 100s
CHINA’S WAR CRY FRIGHTEN THE ASIAN COUNTRIES0
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- July 20, 2017
In the last few weeks, spokesman of Government of China have been issuing several statements and making observations against India that sound like a war cry. 1962 war between India and China was mentioned, as a reminder to India of the happenings then, which virtually amounts to a warning that events of 1962 could be
India on the absolute path: PM Modi and Hindutva illegal operations in Gandhian India! (Story of Indian fanaticism, secularism, and Muslims)0
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- July 20, 2017
-Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Indian Hindutva looks very close to criminal Zionism of Israel that brutally occupies Palestine, and unless the trend is checked legally, it could harm the nations and the entire world. If PM Modi is opposed to Hindus murdering Muslims in cow’s name, why can’t he initiate legal action against Hindutva
India China Doklam Stand-off: The war of thoughts0
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- July 20, 2017
By Avinash Kumar For the last four weeks, Dokalam area near the Bhutan Tri-junction has become a strategic hotbed for the unarmed and propaganda conflict for India and China. The deadlock is over the construction of a road by the Chinese in Dokalam area. It all started when a Chinese road construction party was questioned
Commentary
NO TO HATRED & VIOLENCE; YES TO PEACE & PROSPERITY6
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- June 30, 2017
F R Chowdhury NO TO HATRED & VIOLENCE; YES TO PEACE & PROSPERITY F R Chowdhury The word “ISLAM” means peace. Islam does not support violence. The killing of any human being is a crime. It is a sin for which everyone will be ultimately answerable to Allah, the creator of
The pain is doubled when the government keeps saying Bangladesh has democracy2
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- May 13, 2017
Sheikh Hasina has choked her grip on the citizens of Bangladesh using all kinds of rules and regulations. Bangladesh passport bill is the latest one. This law can refuse issuance or renewal of anyone’s passport if the government suspects someone to be anti-state. Mixing up the state with the government, anyone can be accused of
Pakistan’s lurch towards ultra-conservativism abetted by Saudi-inspired pyramid scheme0
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- April 22, 2017
By James M. Dorsey Pakistan has been for at least four decades a major theatre of operations in the global struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for dominance in the Muslim world. The stakes for both regional powers are high given that Pakistan borders on Iran; shares with the Islamic republic the restless region
Ambassador Nikki Haley Is Completely Clueless0
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- February 26, 2017
Ambassador Nikki Haley Is Completely Clueless United States’ Nikki Haley. Photo Credit: Office of the President-elect, Wikipedia Commons. By Daniel McAdams February 26, 2017 Just when we thought the great national embarrassment of a UN Ambassador Samantha Power was over, we are suddenly faced with a new US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley,