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INDIA : NEED LAWS TO CRIMINALISE FEMALE GENITAL MUTULATION0
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- July 6, 2020
by Naina Bhargava 7 July 2020 Female genital mutilation is commonly known as FGM. It is a barbaric practice that includes all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injuries to female genitalia organs for nonmedical reasons. Recently it set the system in motion and an eye opener for the
READ MORESinhalese must also vote for TNA to get ‘Leader of the Opposition’ 0
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- July 6, 2020
ITAK Leadership – M.A. Sumanthiran M.P., R.Sampanthan M.P., & S. Mavai S. Senathirajah M.P. N Sathiya Moorthy 7 July 2020 Irony but true. If President Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the November polls near-exclusively on the majority southern Sinhalese votes, it is also for them to now decide if the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) or an
READ MOREBook review: The Argumentative Indian: Writing on Indian History,Culture and Identity, by Amartya Sen0
- Commentary, Reviews
- July 6, 2020
The Argumentative Indian: Writing on Indian History,Culture and Identity, by Amartya Sen, Farrar, Strass and Giroux, New York, 2005, 409 pp, Hardcover, $6.61 on Amazon, ISBN: 978-0-374-10583-9 by Arnold Zeitlin 6 July 2020 Polymath economist and Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen’s sentiments, written more than two decades ago about the land of his birth
READ MOREInsight 238: Turning Gulf Security Upside Down0
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- July 6, 2020
By James M Dorsey 6 July 2020 Like many paradigms across the globe, the pandemic and its associated economic downturn have changed the paradigm shaping debates about Gulf security that was inevitably set to gradually migrate from a unipolar US defense umbrella that shielded energy-rich monarchies against Iran to an architecture that
READ MORECombating the dual effect of climate change and capitalism – The Bhutan Model0
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- July 5, 2020
by Yuvraj Trivedi 5 July 2020 Fresh air and conscientious industries are the flawless state of affairs that models of government would like to achieve. Regrettably, these affairs are only a façade in contemporary times. Environmental degradation has befallen us due to the active ignorance of capitalistic institutions. Being of prime importance, the
READ MOREHalf a Year in Review: Setting Aside Arbitral Awards under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (Delhi High Court)0
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- July 5, 2020
by Ragini Agarwal 5 July 2020 It is undisputed that court interference with arbitral awards should be in the least. At the same time arbitral tribunals are not immune to interference. Under Section 34 sub-section (2) and (2A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Arbitration Act”), courts have limited power under the
READ MORECelebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 85th Birthday: a gardener for mankind0
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- July 5, 2020
by Ugyen Gyalpo 6 July 2020 This 6th of July will mark the 85th birth anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. At a young age back in 1959, when the Chinese armies crushed the Tibetan uprising, the young Dalai Lama along with fleeing his homeland also had to shoulder the mantle
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A Geo-strategic Importance of Tibet: China’s “Palm and Five-Fingers Strategy”0
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- July 4, 2020
India’ strategy is all about ensuring that all five fingers were more closely attached to India, not China. And the Chinese line of thought was that it is China’s responsibility to “liberate” the five fingers. by Tsewang Dorji 4 July 2020 China warned India that it will open new fronts in the Himalayas
READ MOREA Consular Mistake By Russia: The Black Monday 20200
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- July 3, 2020
by Divyanshi and Archit Shukla 3 July 2020 The Pandemic Covid – 19 has created a macabre situation which has disturbed the whole world mentally as well as economically. Many superpowers are trying to save their GDPs but unable to do so. Oil is a profitable sector to invest in as it provides
READ MOREUS Wants India to Stand up to China. It Can Do That Only With American Aid and Tech Support0
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- July 3, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump at Hyderabad House by Aparna Pande Hudson Institute 3 July 2020 The Covid pandemic offers India and the United States an opportunity to bolster their partnership. The large-scale loss of human life, social disruption, and economic devastation caused by the pandemic will almost certainly be
READ MOREUrban Biodiversity0
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- July 3, 2020
by Pratiksha Baruah 3 July 2020 Introduction Globally, towns and cities are rapidly growing in area and population. If current trends continue, the global urban population is estimated to be 6.3 billion with more than 60% of the projected area to be urban by 2030 as predicted by United Nations. This continuous urban
READ MOREIs the Corona epidemic bringing about the collapse of the unipolar world? Is the rise of China going to give birth to a new bipolar world order?0
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- July 2, 2020
by Rahul Das 2 July 2020 Speculation and predictions have begun about what the world system will be like in the aftermath of the corona epidemic. From political scientists to diplomats, politicians, businessmen, researchers, academicians everyone has started giving different interpretations of this issue. The question is whether the existence of the unipolar world
READ MOREIndia/China Clash and South Asia: Discordant Mindsets, Changing Dynamics and the Way Forward0
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- July 2, 2020
File image of Indian and Chinese soldiers jointly marching duirng the New Year 2019 PTI Photo “It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things by M Adil Khan — July 2, 2020 India’s Galwan Debacle Recently, in a gun-less
READ MOREEconomic Crisis Does Little to Dampen Mohammed bin Salman’s Pricey Ambitions0
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- July 1, 2020
by James M. Dorsey 1 July 2020 An initial version of this story was first published in Inside Arabia A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts, Tumblr, Podbean, Audecibel, Patreon and Castbox. The hiring by Saudi Arabia of an international public relations firm
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