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  • Modi springs surprise by assailing Putin

    by Abbas Adil

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly…

  • Chabahar – The Ace Up Tehran’s sleeve

    by Abbas Adil

    A convergence of interests (read: opposition to the U.S.) is bringing Iran, China and Russia closer together than ever. As their relations with the West deteriorate, Russia and China are…

  • Cosmetic changes

    by Abbas Adil

    THE Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that in order to ‘avoid unhealthy competition’ among students, it would stop releasing merit lists for the Class X and XII…

  • Who is OPEC’s new Secretary General?

    by Abbas Adil

    SHAFAQNA- After the death of Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, a Kuwaiti who has a lot of experience in the oil field, will begin as the OPEC Secretary-General. Haitham Al-Ghais will be OPEC’s…

  • How good policy of Congress proved bad

    by Abbas Adil

    On the one side, there is no challenge to BJP, but there is no alternate of BJP except Congress on the other. The big problem with Congress is that it…

  • How India killed SAARC?

    by Abbas Adil

    The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was the brainchild of the late General Zia Ur Rehman, the former President of Bangladesh. He envisioned SAARC as a forum for…

  • Punjab Budget

    by Abbas Adil

    Just three months after storming to power in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) finds itself on a sticky wicket, particularly over the deteriorating law and order situation and the…

  • New surrogacy rules

    by Abbas Adil

    FIVE months after the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act came into force, the Health Ministry has notified the rules governing surrogate pregnancies. Among other things, the rules make it mandatory for couples…

  • Bulldozing Dissent in India

    by Abbas Adil

    State brutality and hostility have emerged as the defining factors in BJP’s (Bharatiya Janata Party) policy toward Indian Muslims. From mob lynching and punishment on beef consumption to imposing a…

  • Tackle job crisis

    by Abbas Adil

    The spate of violent protests in Bihar, UP, Haryana and other states against the Agnipath scheme leaves no room for doubt that the unemployment crisis has assumed alarming proportions in…

  • A deserted road ahead for Muslims in India?

    by Abbas Adil

    Muslims in India bear two major burdens: the first is to prove “Jinnah” wrong, who said that Muslims in India would have to prove their patriotism for the rest of…

  • World mum as Modi bulldozes all human rights

    by Abbas Adil

    Bulldozers in India are being rumbled into Muslim localities to tear down houses and impose collective punishment on alleged rioters — but none of this merits more than a yawn…

  • Novel India-Vietnam axis emerging in Indo-Pacific

    by Abbas Adil

    Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday concluded a three-day visit to Hanoi. This not only reinforced but showcased how, other than the Quadrilateral Security Framework of Australia, Japan, India…

  • American criticism of India

    by Abbas Adil

    Since 2015, according to a database maintained meticulously by The Washington Post, every year around 1,000 people are shot by police officers in the US. Though around 50% of the…

  • 100 days of the war

    by Abbas Adil

    The Russia-Ukraine war is 100 days old and there are few signs to be hopeful that it will end anytime soon. Instead, the battle lines are hardening, with the US…

  • Tottering economy

    by Abbas Adil

    INDIAN economy has been hit hard by the double whammy of the Russia-Ukraine war and the Omicron-fuelled third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The country’s GDP grew by a dismal…

  • WHO and international health regulations

    by Abbas Adil

    According to western media, after lengthy debate the global community has agreed on amendments to reform the rules around disease outbreaks in the world, known as the International Health Regulations…

  • Nuclear South Asia and Challenges to Strategic Stability

    by Abbas Adil

    As he builds a theoretical explanation of Pakistan’s pursuance and acquisition of Nuclear Weapons, Feroz Hassan Khan in his seminal work on Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program, among others, refers to…

  • India-UAE tourism and education linkages

    by Abbas Adil

    In spite of the continued uncertainty with regard to the trajectory of the covid19 pandemic, globally, countries are trying to return to normalcy. Significantly, the performance of United Arab Emirates…

  • India: Volume of Adhan has become a political issue

    by Abbas Adil

    –Hindu leader calls for mosque loudspeakers to be turned down. Mosques in Mumbai comply with demands after police intervene. Sitting in an office lined with books overlooking a giant prayer…

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