International

DELHI HAS BIG PLANS TO IMPROVE ITS NAVAL PRESENCE In parts of Assam, a strong undercurrent of tensions prevails in the post NRC(National Register of Citizens) updating Earlier this month, India was made an observer of the Indian Ocean…
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THIS MOMENT NEEDS TO CONTINUE BEYOND 2020 ELECTIONS It started with the near collapse of the economy in 2008-09 when millions lost their homes and jobs and started questioning the status quo. Discussion about it picked up again with the…
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NEW DELHI SHOULD TRY TO WIN COLOMBO’S TRUST WITHOUT MUCH ADO Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is coming to India on a four-day visit on February 7. Reports from Colombo suggest that that during his talks with Prime Minister…
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LEFT ICON CRITICISES MODI GOVERNMENT’S TREATMENT OF KASHMIR FIn parts of the Arab world and India, interestingly, poetry is witnessing “a huge revival. At the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, students took to platform and sang Faiz…
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ONLY THE U.S. DEFENCE INDUSTRY IS GAINING After 19 years of the USA’s determined aim to punish the Afghan terrorists to avenge the ignominious and helpless surrender to the 9/11 invasion, the ground truth that the Washington has learnt…
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BILATERAL RELATIONS SURE TO GET A BIG PUSH Japanese are known for ethnocentric mindset. This gives an opportunity for a quick collective decision, even in a strong democratic pattern of society. The sudden about-turn of Japan for not…
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SANDERS, WARREN ACCUSE PRESIDENT OF IGNORING CONGRESS Many congressional Democrats—along with party presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Elizabeth Warren—are warning that President Donald Trump’s targeted drone…
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This year Women’s Day theme focuses on Equality in the World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030. Although workplace world is changing for women, we are still long way to go for “Work place equality”. We need more focus on equality of pay, leave…
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The US Federal Reserve rate hike of 0.25 percent is likely to have impact on Indian economy with increased outflow of foreign portfolio and institutional investors. It may also force in the course of time to raise rates in India. The RBI…
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We have been living with terrorism for a prolonged time, although it has assumed epidemic proportions only in the recent years. Post 9/11 attack the entire world has woken up to the problem and has been debating its nature, causes and…
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India is yet to ratify the UN Convention Against Torture, adopted on December 10, 1984, and enforced on June 26, 1987. As a result, June 26 is now recognized International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Since its…
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The best part of being Desi in America is we get to celebrate both Indian and American festivals. In the month of October when everyone is working really hard so they can take off for Thanksgiving, we are celebrating Navaratri.…
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Not only in India, but entire Asia bamboo has been inseparable part of religious rituals, art, music events and daily routine life for ages. Be it Krishna’s flute, cradles of children, walking stick of senior citizens……..or last journey of…
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India needs to be on the caution. It should be preparing for a futuristic change in the economic, trade and diplomatic policy. Brexit, though appears to be far-fetched thinking, may mark the beginning of fall of European Union and…
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There are close to 3.4 million (34 Lakh) Indian-Americans in USA. It is a mobile pool of population between India and USA, but many of them settle down to acquire Green cards and subsequent citizenship. In 2012 Presidential elections, it…
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India and Canada have a long history of working together. With recent visit of The Premier of Ontario Ms.Kathleen Wynee to New Delhi, newer collaborations and MOU’s have been signed that can be accomplished by working together and can…
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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton want to expand government’s regulatory reach to political speech Bernie Sanders, greedy for power to punish people he considers greedy, has occasioned 2016’s best joke (reported in Bloomberg…
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For the first time in the history of India's Republic Day, a foreign military contingent took part in the annual parade in New Delhi on India’s 67th Republic Day. A 123-member French army contingent marched down Rajpath, Delhi's…
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Once again Indian stock markets experienced intense tremors under the influence of depreciation of Chinese currency breaking records of last four years. The benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty dropped 4.7 per cent in the first full…
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England’s churches can survive – but the religion will have to go…The buildings are beautiful, but too many remain empty. They will regain their focus only if they convert to a communal role. England’s biggest, most plentiful,…
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If 2015 yielded extraordinary results in terms of cooperation between the two countries, greater ambitions have been set for 2016.           One year ago this week, my family and I were excitedly packing for the…
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The United States would have had to admit about 4 million refugees this year to take in a similar proportion of its population. It has fallen more than 3.9 million short of that mark. Most of the refugees in Germany are from…
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FOR the first six years of the Obama era, many Republicans made an apocalyptic case against the president’s health care law. It was unconstitutional, immoral, borderline tyrannical. It wouldn’t just fail: It would fail…
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Amid the noise of the opposition, the Narendra Modi government has taken an appropriate step to ease relationship with Pakistan. It is a strong statement even as terrorist activities grow in that troubled state. It is virtually…
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Bloggers and activists say no one who dares to express their thoughts, let alone raise their voice in Bangladesh is safe. About two years ago, Asif Mohiuddin, 31, was on his way to office in an upscale Dhaka neighbourhood when…
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