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Maldives president congratulates Sri Lanka’s new president0
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- November 17, 2019
Solih becomes the first international leader to congratulate Gotabaya over his victory in Saturdays polls. by Editor November 17, 2019 Newsinasia November 17 (newsin.asia) – Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Sunday congratulated president-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his victory at the presidential election. In a message on his official twitter account president Solih said he looked
Kashmir: If Govt Depts Want Internet, Heads Have to Take Responsibility for Any Misuse0
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- November 17, 2019
Heads of departments have to submit an undertaking to the police saying the internet will not be misused. AhmadGovernmentRights 17 November 2019 Srinagar: Government departments in Kashmir can get back their internet services only with a rider: the head of the department will be held responsible for any misuse. This is part of an undertaking
Pakistan lauds US commission for becoming voice of Kashmiris ‘brutally silenced by India’0
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- November 16, 2019
Naveed Siddiqui November 16, 2019 The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday welcomed the hearing of of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States Congress on the situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where people are facing movement and communications restrictions for more than 100 days. “Pakistan welcomes the public hearing on human rights in
Bangladesh’s universities serve ruling party’s interests0
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- November 16, 2019
Afsan Chowdhury, November 10, 2019 Southasianmonitor.com Every day, with scary regularity, the top universities of Bangladesh are producing bad news. In almost every case, they are either linked to abuse of power or corruption, often both. So messy is the situation that they have become synonymous with disorder and chaos. Many crimes are allegedly committed in
After 100 days of the shutdown in Kashmir, not much has changed0
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- November 16, 2019
Majid Maqbool, November 16, 2019 August 4. Something sinister seems to be brewing in New Delhi. The air has been rife with fearful speculation for days, and social media updates reflect widespread anxiety. “Whatever is coming, let’s be united. We shall overcome,” one Facebook user commented on the night of August 4, just before the internet
Close the Ayodhya chapter: Muslims should build ‘mosque of knowledge’0
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- November 16, 2019
The judgment termed the razing of the Babri Masjid in 1992 as illegal. The case is still pending in the courts and, hopefully, notice will be taken of the Supreme Court stricture and deserved punishments will be awarded, writes Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah (retd) for South Asia Monitor By Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah
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Sri Lanka: Who lost the most, Sajith or the TNA?0
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- November 17, 2019
N Sathiya Moorthy 17 November 2019 While it is celebrations time for Team Gota and retrospection time for Camp Sajith, it may well be introspection time for the minority communities and their polity that backed the latter – only to lament their decisions within. The list of course includes Muslim and Upcountry Tamil parties in
India-Bangladesh Relations: Risks of a Fallout Over the NRC0
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- November 17, 2019
November 14, 2019 by Indrajit Sharma When Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi last month, she raised concerns over the National Register of Citizens (NRC), India’s attempt to identify “illegal immigrants” in the northeastern state of Assam that borders Bangladesh. These comments are only the most recent
‘Terminator’ Rajapaksa, brother of Sri Lanka’s China-friendly strongman, wins election0
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- November 17, 2019
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, 70, whose brother Mahinda had close ties with Beijing during his 10-year rule, ran as the candidate for the Sri Lanka Podujana Party The Rajapaksas are adored by Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority, but detested and feared by many Tamils South China Morning Post 17 Nov, 2019 The brother of a former president who
India opts out RCEP, marches to its own tune0
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- November 17, 2019
Muhammad Mahmood | November 17, 2019 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with China’s Premier Li Keqiang during the 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit in Bangkok on November 04, 2019. —Photo: AFP The Summit of the world’s largest proposed free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was held in Bangkok
Qualification Process For the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Asia Cup in China0
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- November 17, 2019
by Supratim Barman 17 November 2019 The qualification process, which started in 2019, is for both the Asia Cup and the World Cup. 24 teams go to the Asia Cup and either 5 or 4 to the World Cup. This does not include Qatar who, as the hosts are already qualified. In Round 1, there
As Kashmir simmers the IOR too stands as a potential Nuclear Flashpoint0
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- November 17, 2019
by M. Waqas Jan 17 November 2019 This year has seen tensions between Nuclear armed Pakistan and India reach unprecedented levels with both countries flirting with a dangerous escalation spiral. February’s aerial engagement between the two countries’ air forces, sustained exchanges of small arms and artillery fire over the LOC, as well as the ongoing
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Indian-American Hindutva believers are ecstatic about India’s court decision on Babri Masjid
By Bhargavi Kulkarni and Suman Guha Mozumder Nov 12, 2019 The Nov. 9 verdict of the Supreme Court that granted Hindus permission to build a Ram temple at the centuries-old Ayodhya holy site, ending one of the country’s most politically-charged land disputes, has evoked a mixed reaction from Indian-Americans. The Hindu-American community and those supporting
India’s Narendra Modi has had a free pass from the west for too long
Threats to minority rights and democratic norms are ignored to preserve a comforting illusion Gideon Rachman November 11 2019 The Financial Times The world’s democracies are desperate to believe in India. From Washington to Tokyo, and from Canberra to London, the country is viewed as an indispensable counterbalance to China. The two Asian giants are