Media freedom in India is under threat, again
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Aug 29th 2022 | DELHI
For years, whenever observers lamented the decline of press freedom in India, especially in its broadca...
PM Hasina receives ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bha...
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina shakes hands with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during her ceremonial reception at the foreco...
Chief concern
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
With characteristic lack of tact, former prime minister Imran Khan has pushed the looming appointment of the next army chief to front and centre of th...
Saudi Arabia’s ‘The Line’ and the need for big ideas
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: AFP / EyePress News
Now, perhaps more than ever, the world needs big dreamers with big id...
Who is Liz Truss? UK’s new prime minister to replace Boris...
September 7, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The party said Truss won the votes of around 57 percent of Conservative members, compared with about 43 percent for ex-Treasury chief Rishi Sunak. (...
Tamil girl marries Bangladeshi woman in traditional Tamil...
September 5, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Another instance of the same-sex marriage, which was once frowned upon by society but is now more common than it used to be.
In the capital city of T...
BCL forms committees at pvt universities including NSU, Br...
September 4, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh Chhatra League has reportedly formed committees at country's private universities including North South University, Independent University...
Elon Musk is virtual friends with an Indian superfan, who...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Pranay Pathole uses his mobile phone at his home in Pune, India. Photo: AFP
Not many people can boast of having candid conversations about planet...
Myanmar: Junta approves sale of ousted leader Suu Kyi's an...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ousted leader Daw Aund San Suu Kyi's ancestral home, 54 University Avenue on the shores of Yangon’s Inya Lake. Photo: Reuters/ Soe Zeya Tun....
Qatar Investment Authority aims to invest $3 billion in Pa...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) plans to invest $3 billion in Pakistan, Qatar’s Emiri Diwan said on Wednesday, lending support to the cash-...
PM Hasina to visit India Dhaka, Delhi eye positive results
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Former foreign secretary Shahidul Haque addresses a programme ‘Special Lecture on Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy’ organised by Indian...
Geopolitical tensions biggest risk to India's growth outlo...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Jayanth R Varma, member, Monetary Policy Committee
The biggest risk to India's growth outlook is an escalation of geopolitical tensions, especial...
Adani stake in NDTV a 'move to stifle independent media':...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Jairam Ramesh. Photo: PTI
New Delhi: With billionaire Gautam Adani launching a hostile takeover of NDTV, the Congress on Wednesday, August 2...
How Adani Group moved stealthily to acquire NDTV stake: An...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
When India's richest man Gautam Adani unveiled plans for his firm to control a majority stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV) on Tuesday, it was the st...
Zero-Covid Bhutan bans vehicle imports to stave off a Sri...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Vehicles are seen driving along a road in a valley near Punakha, Bhutan. The country of fewer than 800,000 people has banned most vehicle imports to...
As Thai court suspends Prayuth, ex-army ally takes over as...
August 25, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Prayuth Chan-ocha, right, and ally Prawit Wongsuwan. File photo: Reuters
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was suspended from off...
UNSC divided over travel ban on Taliban
August 24, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Members of the United Nations Security Council remained divided Monday over whether to exempt some of Afghanistan’s Taliban officials from a tra...
Indian legislator from Modi’s BJP arrested after Prophet r...
August 24, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Students demonstrate in New Delhi after another BJP politician made remarks against Prophet Muhammad earlier this year [File: Money Sharma/AFP]
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Islamic State member arrested for planning terror attack i...
August 24, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Representational image. Credit: Reuters
New Delhi: Russia’s principal security agency has claimed to have detained a suicide bomber of...
India forced twitter to hire a ‘Govt Agent’, claims former...
August 24, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Printed Twitter logos are seen in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
New Delhi: An...
Western media needs to stop fixating on how Arab women loo...
August 24, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur, who reached the women's singles final at Wimbledon last month, is among a rising band of Arab women challenging Wes...
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