Pakistan, Iran, China, Russia start one of world’s most fi...
September 22 ,2020
Russia launched a major military drill on Monday, involving almost 80,000 servicemen. Kavkaz-2020 (Caucasus-2020) is the final stage of...
UAE arms maker offers to make assault rifles in India
September 22 ,2020
UAE-based weapons manufacturer Caracal, chosen in 2018 to supply nearly 95,000 assault rifles to the Indian Army under a deal that has...
Justice & the Rohingya people are the losers in Asia's new...
September 22 ,2020
The persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rul...
Border stand-off: India ‘expects China to stand down first...
September 22 ,2020
The top commanders of the Chinese and Indian armies met on Monday at Moldo, on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in...
The Intra-Afghan dialogue is good news for Pakistan-US rel...
September 22 ,2020
US President Donald Trump meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the World Economic Forum
Earlier this month, the much-...
Army infections unmask India’s struggle to sustain border...
September 22 ,2020
The Indian Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said at a meeting on September 16 that about 20,000 Indian military personnel hav...
The trouble with torpedoing India’s plan for a third aircr...
September 22 ,2020
India it appears is all set to torpedo its plans for a second indigenous aircraft carrier, just as China prepares to surge in to the In...
Pakistan rejects nomination of 'senior' Indian diplomat
September 22 ,2020
Pakistan has rejected the nomination of an Indian diplomat for the post of its Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad, terming him too se...
105-year-old, one of oldest WWII veterans, dies in UP
September 22 ,2020
One of the longest living World War II veterans in the country, Wahid Ali, who fought for the British Indian Army in Burma (Myanmar) an...
Turkey to the rescue amid onion shortage in Bangladesh
September 22 ,2020
Turkey has offered to export 15,000 tons of onions to Bangladesh amid a price hike due to an export ban by India.
“Turkey has of...
Despite Kabul-Taliban talks, Afghan peace process is still...
September 22 ,2020
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
On September 12, the Afghan government and the Taliban s...
Reality check shows case for new South Asian organization...
September 22 ,2020
A view of famous saint Shah Rukhne Alam shrine in Multan, Pakistan. The shrine is considered to be the earliest example o...
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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...
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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...
