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India-Bangladesh-China Relations: A Complex Triangle0
- Blog, Issue 22 - Fall 2017
- July 25, 2017
Author: Asma Masood Reuters On February 17, 2015 Bangladesh reiterated its request to China for help on the Chittagong-Kunming road link. It was expressed that the establishment of a link similar to the connectivity between China and Myanmar was desired. The Chinese Ambassador had earlier stated that China wants peace in Bangladesh for smooth development.
READ MORETo Kolkata, From Baghdadi Jews, With Love0
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- July 25, 2017
By Jael Silliman on 22/07/2017 During the late 1800s, Kolkata (then Calcutta) was a migrant hub. Among the Chinese, Greeks, Burmese, Armenians and Parsis were the Baghdadi Jews. This unique community is striving to keep its culture alive and food is playing a major role. Bethel Synagogue in Kolkata. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Crisp on the outside,
READ MOREGrowing Nepal China Friendship of Equality and Reliability0
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- July 23, 2017
By Hari Prasad Shrestha China is moving fast towards Nepal to be its best neighbor, position currently occupied by India. A section of Indian establishment and media dislike Nepal’s widening ties with China. They believe that Nepal has gone a bit too far and too fast in enhancing relations with its northern neighbor. Nepal is
READ MOREKovind, little known RSS man from UP, is new rubber-stamp president of India!0
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- July 23, 2017
-Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Indian news is that Ram Nath Kovind, former governor of the northern Indian state of Bihar in the North, has been elected as the country’s new president. It is an accepted fact that under Indian setup, the president’s job is restricted to rubber-stamping the decisions of the central government, faithfully. He
READ MOREFREE JIO PHONE OFFER OF RELIANCE GROUP IS SUSPECT0
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- July 23, 2017
At the 40th annual General Body Meeting of the largest Indian organization Reliance Industries, its chairman Mr. Mukesh Ambani, who is said to be the richest man in India today, has announced that Reliance would launch a 4G feature phone in September 2017 that would be given free to the customers. It was further reported
READ MORE“Cold Water on Cold Start”: Long-Term Implications of Short-Range Missiles0
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- July 23, 2017
Maimuna Ashraf “Nasr has put cold water on Cold Start” is the statement that buzzed the headlines recently after Pakistan successfully undertaken a series of training launches and test/trials of its short-range surface to surface ballistic missile. This development grabbed the attention of critics on Nasr’s improved technical parameters to counterweight Indian Cold Start Doctrine
READ MOREQatar scores, at least on the soccer pitch0
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- July 23, 2017
By James M. Dorsey Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by European soccer body UEFA to award controversial television network Al Jazeera’s sport franchise, BeIN Spots, the Middle Eastern and North African broadcasting rights for two of soccer’s most prestigious club competitions — the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
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Education: A Privilege Of The Rich In The Third World0
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- July 22, 2017
By Nauman Sadiq We commit a big fallacy when we assume that our educational accomplishments are our individual achievements. We like to believe that we were born with a certain innate talent which makes us intellectually superior to all the rest. But the fact of the matter is that our innate talents aren’t all
READ MOREUS moves against Iran raise spectre of wider regional conflict0
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- July 22, 2017
President Trump visits Saudi Arabia By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump. in a step that could embolden Saudi Arabia to move ahead with plans to destabilize Iran, has instructed White House aides to give him the arguments for withholding certification in October that Iran has complied with its nuclear agreement with world
READ MORESC 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
READ MOREDoklam Standoff: Misunderestimating Bhutan’s Sovereignty1
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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
READ MOREIs 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
READ MOREThe 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
READ MOREWhy 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
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