Is the Taliban a new problem for Pakistan?
December 13 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
On November 30, a suicide bomber associated with Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked a police vehicle in Quetta, killin...
Growing unemployment: Battle of two parallel realities
November 8 ,2022
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By: Bharat Bhushan
Last week, a 20-year-old man from Kapkot in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district consumed poison after failing the Agniveer entrance test....
As Nepal heads to polls, Here’s what major parties are say...
From L-R: Puspa Kamal Dahal, K.P. Oli, Sher Bahadur Deuba and Madhav Kumar Nepal. Collage: The Wire
Kathmandu/New Delhi: In t...
Cities under strain: India’s predicted urban boom
November 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
In this photograph taken on October 31, devotees gather to worship the sun on the banks of river Yamuna during the Hindu festival of...
Engagement returns
November 4 ,2022
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By: Touqir Hussain
The US-Pakistan engagement is back. Historically, the two countries have not remained estranged for long before re-engaging. But t...
The march and after
November 4 ,2022
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By: Zahid Hussain
The battle lines have now been clearly drawn. Apparently undeterred by the security establishment’s frontal attack, Imran Khan is...
The declining middle class leaves politics unruffled
November 4 ,2022
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By: Bharat Bhushan
Anecdotal evidence suggests that many of those who consider themselves middle class are fighting hard to stay there, and thos...
Analyzing PM Shehbaz’s visit to China
November 4 ,2022
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By: Dr Farah Naz
For a few days, the news was circulating that the Prime Minister of Pakistan along with a high-level delegation including Foreign Minis...
Sunak’s rise to PM
October 29 ,2022
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By: Ayesha Ijaz Khan
Rishi Sunak emerging as Britain’s new prime minister after having lost to Liz Truss in a Conservative Party leadership tussl...
Arvind Kejriwal's radical transformation
October 29 ,2022
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By: Vir Sanghvi
Illustration: Ajay Mohanty
If Narendra Modi ever gives up being the Hindu Hriday Samrat, who do you think will line up to take his...
Role of tax cuts in Sri Lankan crisis
October 25 ,2022
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By: Soumya Bhowmick
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has admitted that the failures of his government led to shortages and price hikes. Photo: AFP / Sri Lankan Presi...
An office for Mr. Kharge
October 25 ,2022
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By: Harish Khare
Mallikarjun Kharge after his election as Congress president. In the background is a file image of 24 Akbar Road, which houses the Con...
Kharge can't revive Congress, but the party's vote share m...
October 23 ,2022
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By: T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
Mallikarjun Kharge Elected As The New President Of The Congress Party
Now that the Congress party has elected a new, non-Gandhi fa...
Twin deficits, balance of payments issues plague Sri Lanka
October 23 ,2022
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By: Soumya Bhowmick
The IMF has allowed Sri Lanka to use the funds provided by it for managing the fiscal deficit. Photo: AFP / Mandel Ngan
After the...
The Anatomy of Pakistan’s 2022 Floods
October 23 ,2022
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By: Mariyam Suleman Anees
Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, August 29...
Are India’s arms exports on ‘cusp of a revolution’?
October 23 ,2022
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By: Swaran Singh
The BrahMos Missile System is showcased in New Delhi during the Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2009. Photo: B M Meena / Indian Mi...
Are Muslims the only victims?
October 12 ,2022
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By: Jawed Naqvi
Muslim devotees offer Namaz at Sector 37 parking area amidst protests, on December 3, 2021 in Gurugram, India [Vipin Kumar/Hindustan...
Why the messiness of the Congress election offers a glimme...
October 12 ,2022
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By: Vivek Deshpande
PTI,@ashokgehlot51 and IANS
The Congress presidential poll has dominated the headlines in recent days, with many analysts berating...
Grappling with fever, blisters & 4.30am alarms, what’s kee...
October 12 ,2022
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By: Ishadrita Lahiri
Neurologist Shushruta Haden (centre) with fellow yatris take a break from the yatra Monday | Photo: Disha Verma | ThePrint
Tumkur,...
The centrality of elections in political process
October 12 ,2022
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By: Thira Lal Bhusal
Maoist Centre chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal flanked by his comrades Narayankaji Shrestha (left) and Baburam Bhattarai, pictured outside th...
Politics in Bangladesh: Who cares for the people?
October 8 ,2022
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By: Kazi Alim-uz-zaman
As the election nears, political clashes scale up
Another general election is around the corner. It is one and a half years away f...
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Colombo Chronicle
Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
Ikram Sehgal
Karachi Canvas
Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
