Sri Lanka is China's ‘pearl’ in the Indian Ocean region
January 18 ,2022
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By: Sutirtho Patranobis
China’s bold typeface on the tropical and troubled island is pretty much visible from every direction. (AFP File Photo)...
Why this bar to get information on Digital Security Act?
January 17 ,2022
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By: Ali Riaz
Members of the Newspaper Editors' Council of Bangladesh form a human chain in front of National Press Club demanding an amendment to...
Today’s hate crimes India are bitter harvests of fields cu...
January 15 ,2022
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By: Satish Deshpande
In most societies and in most times, the rich and the privileged are treated more leniently than the poor and the powerless. But long...
How will 2022 look like for Afghanistan?
January 14 ,2022
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By: Rustam Shah Mohmand
The uncertainty about recognition continues: the world continues to weigh the pros and cons of whether and when to formally acknowledge...
A quest for social consensus against hate speech
January 13 ,2022
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By: Gautam Bhatia
It requires consistent legal implementation over time and daily conversations that society needs to have
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Bangabandhu’s democratic ideals are no longer the guiding...
January 12 ,2022
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By: Mani Shankar Aiyar
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Bangabandhu elevated “democracy” and “secularism” as t...
China proposes “Forum on Indian Ocean Islands’ Development...
January 11 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
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Myanmar’s military massacre women, children, charity worke...
January 10 ,2022
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By: Bhavan Jaipragasand & Min Ye Kyaw
Smoke and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso on December 24. Myanmar government troops rounded up and shot more than 30 villagers...
‘Lines have been drawn’: Pakistan, India look to allies as...
January 8 ,2022
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By: Tom Hussain
A Chinese multi-role J-10C fighter jet seen in training in 2018. Pakistan is rumoured to have ordered 36 J10-Cs from China in total....
Study shows Hindutva groups targeting Christians in East S...
January 7 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
The Sri Lanka bombings killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday
Colombo: A study has revealed that emerging Hindutva group...
Stalled but not overturned
January 6 ,2022
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By: Jawed Naqvi
Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif with Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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By supporting politicised, saffronised barracks, Bipin Raw...
January 5 ,2022
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By: P. Raman
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Politicisation of the Indian Army is no more a matter o...
Incitement to violence: When will Indian Supreme Court tak...
January 4 ,2022
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By: Bharat Bhushan
Chief Justice N V Ramana recently exhorted journalists to do their duty and not be “co-opted by an ideology or State”. He d...
With its economy in dire straits, Sri Lanka has high expec...
January 3 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Colombo: The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Sri Lanka, which is to take place around January 8 and 9, will be happen...
India China ties in deep freeze only Modi and Xi can now b...
December 24 ,2021
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By: Seema Guha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping | PTI
Since last summer’s military confrontation in Ladakh, ti...
What Gurgaon namaz attacks, Modi’s Kashi puja tell us abou...
December 23 ,2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
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In 1958, while inaugurating the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam, India’s first prime minister, Jawha...
Army killings in India’s Nagaland reignite debate over con...
December 22 ,2021
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By: Sanskrita Bharadwa
Nagas protest the Indian Army’s killings of 14 civilians earlier that month in the city of Kohima in Nagaland, India, on Dec. 1...
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: New Delhi’s Bulwark in th...
December 21 ,2021
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By: Ashutosh S. Patki
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Anirvan Shukla
In 2015, the Indian government drew up a 100,000 million Indian rupee plan funded by...
How Modi’s BJP ensures that the two-nation theory flourish...
December 20 ,2021
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By: Ramachandra Guha
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Widening US sanctions make it harder to invest in Myanmar,...
December 18 ,2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
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December 17 ,2021
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By: Lailufar Yasmin
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