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China contributes to doubts about Pakistani crackdown on militants0
- Blog
- August 15, 2017
By James M. Dorsey China, at the behest of Pakistan, has for the second time this year prevented the United Nations from listing a prominent Pakistani militant as a globally designated terrorist. China’s protection of Masood Azhar, who is believed to have close ties to Pakistani intelligence and the military, comes days after another militant
Seventy Years After Independence, Remembering the Titans Who Got Us There0
- Blog
- August 15, 2017
By Sucheta Mahajan on 15/08/2017 Today there is an attempt at portraying the Congress party – and its leaders during independence and Partition – in very different hues from the inclusiveness, tolerance, democracy and secularism it upheld in very trying times. Mahatma Gandhi with Jawaharlal Nehru (L) and Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The
How the Partition of India happened – and why its effects are still felt today0
- Blog
- August 15, 2017
Mahatma Gandhi with Lord and Lady Mountbatten, 1947. Wikimedia Commons Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway “Partition” – the division of British India into the two separate states of India and Pakistan on August 14-15, 1947 – was the “last-minute” mechanism by which the British were able to secure agreement over how independence would take place. At
India’s Naval Development: Implications for Region0
- Blog
- August 14, 2017
India is extensively modernizing its navy. Admiral Suresh Mehta the then Chief of Indian Navy in 2008 stated that till 2022 India has planned to have 160 ships which include three aircraft carriers, 60 combatants which include submarines and approximately 400 aircrafts of different types. This modernization is not only the quantitative but also qualitative
After 70 Years Of Division India & Pakistan Has This One Thing In Common0
- Blog
- August 14, 2017
After 70 years of division and Independence, there is one thing that is strikingly common to both India and Pakistan. Both the countries are implementing massive bio-metric surveillance projects implemented by their former masters known as Aadhaar in India and Nadra in Pakistan. By GGI News Staff August 14, 2017 After 70 years of division
Doklam Standoff – Behind The India China Border Dispute0
- Blog
- August 14, 2017
It’s very discomforting to see the nation of India, one of the great potential leading countries of the world systematically self-destruct. Provoking a new war with China over remote chunks of land in the high Himalayas where the borders of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region converge with India and the Kingdom of Bhutan, is only the
Indian band sings Pakistan’s national anthem to celebrate independence day0
- Blog
- August 14, 2017
An Indian band is winning hearts in Pakistan with its video of Pakistan’s national anthem sung to celebrate the country’s 70th ‘birthday’. <img src=”http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/sites/sbs.com.au.yourlanguage/files/styles/thumb_small/public/k5ii1338_0.jpg?itok=M5E_MFCX&mtime=1501117945″ itemprop=”image”/> By Shamsher Kainth 14 Aug 2017 India and Pakistan are celebrating their 70th independence days this year. While India celebrates Independence day on 15th August, Pakistan does this a day earlier. Both were
India shooting itself in the foot: China Daily editorial0
- Blog
- August 13, 2017
(China Daily) Updated: 2017-08-13 19:56 By persistently maintaining the standoff between its troops trespassing in China’s territory and the Chinese troops stationed there, what does India want, a war with China or something else? By calling on India to withdraw its troops and warning it time and again about the serious consequences it will face,
Commentary
A Brief History of Arakan: From Kingdom to a Colony0
- Blog, Commentary
- December 7, 2016
Abid Bahar On December 31st, 2011, Arakanese Diaspora marked its 227th anniversary of the fall of the great Arakanese medieval kingdom. Arakan’s powerful kingdom was established by King Noromikhla. Arakanese nationals didn’t forget, in 1784 Burmese king Budapaya sent a large army led by his son who mercilessly razed the city to ground and
Power struggle intensifies in ruling coalition in Maldives0
- Commentary, Issue 18 - Fall 2016
- July 12, 2016
Dunya is the third of the fourth Gayoom children to ‘revolt’ against Yameen, after half-sister Yumna, who made a quite exit as a junior minister a couple of months ago. Faaris is younger to the two, followed by brother Ghassim. His decision on staying on in the Yameen ministry will be watched – more for
Sri Lankan government’s unprincipled stand on visa for the Dalai Lama0
- Commentary
- July 10, 2016
Government of Sri Lanka has refused to grant visa for the Dalai Lama to visit Sri Lanka on several occasions in the past. While earlier Rajapaksa government took such negative stand towards the Dalai Lama, the present Sirisena government is also adopting the same policy and approach. Such stand has resulted in the denial to
Why Obama Should Support Modi’s Play in Iran and Afghanistan0
- Commentary
- June 10, 2016
Last month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inked a major transport corridor deal withIran and Afghanistan. According to the terms, India will provide $500 million to develop a port in the southern Iranian city of Chabahar. New Delhi also pledged to invest $16 billion in a free trade zone around the city. Additionally, there will