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India Naval Ambitions and Strategic Stability of South Asia0
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- May 27, 2019
by Syeda Saiqa Bukhari 27 May 2019 For a long time, India has held the ambition of becoming one of the most significant military powers in the world. For this purpose, India spends significant amounts of money to modernize its armed forces, including its land, air, and naval forces. Since the last few years, India’s
READ MOREWhat does Modi’s return mean for Sri Lanka?0
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- May 27, 2019
N Sathiya Moorthy, 27 May 2019 The President’s Office in Colombo has since announced that incumbent Maithripala Sirisena would be attending the swearing-in of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second time, in New Delhi, on 30 May. Indications are that Modi is inviting neighbourhood Heads of State for his Inauguration, as he did
READ MORE21 years of Nuclearization of South Asia: Current Doctrinal Trends0
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- May 26, 2019
By: Haris Bilal Malik 26 May 2019 Since the nuclearization of South-Asia in 1998, the region’s security dynamics have changed considerably. This has had a profound and irreversible impact on regional and extra-regional politics, the security architecture of South Asia and the international nuclear order. India had carried out its nuclear tests between 11-13 May
READ MOREU.S. Peace strategy in modern Afghanistan0
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- May 26, 2019
by Dr. Rajkumar Singh 26 May 2019 The situation on the ground in Afghanistan has only gotten worse in recent months, with escalating violence and an increasingly unstable government. The National Unity Government has been paralyzed by infighting and division ahead of presidential elections scheduled for April 2019. Results from parliamentary elections held in October
READ MOREIndian Politics: — Modi Returns!0
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- May 25, 2019
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 25 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s stunning victory in Indian parliamentary elections marking return of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister have raised apprehensions of it spelling danger signals for Indian secularism as well as democracy. Undeniably, Modi’s term, from 2014 to present, has been marked by saffronization of certain institutions
READ MOREIMF and Critical Issues Facing Pakistan0
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- May 24, 2019
by Fawad Kaiser 24 May 2019 Critical issues facing Pakistan today are the lack of transparency and accountability in government. From buying influence to spending public funds on personal interests, corruption is eroding public trust in fragile democratic processes, the rule of law, and public institutions. Many Asian countries today are tackling critical challenges that
READ MOREUnforgettable Zia, As I Knew Him0
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- May 23, 2019
By R Chowdhury 23 May 2019 Following my escape from Pakistan Army in 1971, I was posted to Z Force of Colonel Ziaur Rahman in the eastern theater of the Bangladesh liberation war. The nearly 20-day journey took me from Lahore to Khem Karan to Rajoke to Ferozepur to Delhi to Kolkata to Agartala and
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From Colonialism to New Colonialism: Women’s Studies Centres in India0
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- May 22, 2019
Dr. Firdous Azmat Siddiqui 22 May 2019 Let me begin with one main commandments of animalism from George Orwell’s Novel ‘Animal Farm’ that ‘All animals are equal.’ Concept behind women’s movement was a fight for gender equality, a fight for justice that resulted into an academic discipline. Women Studies as an academic discipline in India
READ MOREInteraction between Democracy and Development in the Contemporary Era0
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- May 22, 2019
by Miskat Jahan 22 May 2019 Abstract Though both democracy and development are two conventional words around the modern world, but the interrelation between these two is crucial as well as has a debatable exposure. Democracy is one of the state principles which can act as an important catalyst to make the development more vivid.
READ MOREIndia’s booming print media!0
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- May 22, 2019
by Dr Bhargavi D Hemmige 22 May 2019 In a surprise move, the Indian print industry seems to be defying the global trends. The Media Research Users Council (MRUC), on 26th April 2019 released the latest Indian Readership Survey (IRS) report which indicated that the print media is on the rise, adding 1.8 crore new
READ MORE2019 Election and the Debate Around the Issue of India’s Identity: A ‘Hindutva’ India or ‘Sarvadharma Sambhava’ India?2
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- May 22, 2019
By: Rajit Das 22 May 2019 The world’s largest democracy is going through with elections to elect the new prime minister of India. After five years of rule under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi, the citizens of India are making their voices heard by practicing their democratic franchise of
READ MOREAfter SL serial-blasts, Maldives displays cautious optimism0
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- May 22, 2019
N Sathiya Moorthy 22 May 2019 The Easter Day serial-blasts in neighbouring Sri Lanka may have rattled Maldives, but the nation is not afraid. Defence Minister Mariya Didi told the Indian newspaper, The Hindu, recently that “there was no specific or imminent terrorist threat to the nation, but in today’s world, we can never really entirely
READ MOREBook Review; The secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism0
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- May 20, 2019
by Zaboor Ahmad 20 May 2019 India and Turkey are the two leading examples of secular states in the non-secular world. Both are constitutionally secular as there is no official religion in them. However, it is different from the western conception of state-religion dichotomy. Indeed the state has acted as intrusive and regulating authority in
READ MOREWater Energy Projects in Nepal: An Opportunity for India0
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- May 20, 2019
by Dr. Rajkumar Singh 20 May 2019 Very recently in February 2019, the Indian government has proposed the construction of Lower Arun Hydropower project in Nepal with a capacity of 400 megawatts. It was decided in a meeting with Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation Barshaman Pun at New Delhi on and, Indian Minister
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