Middle East tension: A test for Pakistan’s policy
January 7, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The last thing the world needed at the start of 2020 was the assassination of a top Iranian General in US drone strikes that has potentially put the e...
Bangladesh shipyard lays keel for five patrol vessels for...
January 6, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Bangladesh's Khulna Shipyard Ltd has begun construction of a second batch of five Padma-class patrol vessels on order for the Bangladeshi Navy (BN)....
Indian army to sign MoU for AK-203 assault rifles in a mon...
January 6, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Indian Army is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a month for the procurement of over 7.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles, which are to...
Killing of Soleimani puts Afghanistan in tight spot
January 6, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The assassination of a top Iranian commander by the US has put neighboring Afghanistan in a precarious situation to walk a tight rope of neutrality be...
High time for Nepalis to come together against Indian onsl...
January 6, 2020
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By: SAM Report
As Nepal prepares to fix a date for talks with India to resolve their border issue, it’s time to realize both the seriousness of India’s r...
India’s self-inflicted foreign policy challenges in 2020
January 6, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Since becoming prime minister in 2014, NarendraModi has paid significant attention to India’s foreign relations. Though there could be some quib...
Iraq braces for 'difficult days' after Soleimani's killing
January 4, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Iraq is poised for a period of uncertainty as top Shia leaders warned of repercussions following the killing of top Iran general Qassem Soleimani by a...
Pakistan to induct upgraded JF-17 fighters that took maide...
January 4, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The new version of the fighter aircraft jointly developed by China and Pakistan with upgraded fighting capabilities made its maiden flight in December...
How the Kuala Lumpur Summit complicates India’s Gulf relat...
January 4, 2020
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By: SAM Report
In the last weeks of December 2019, leaders from five key Muslims nations — Malaysia, Turkey, Qatar, Iran, and Indonesia — met in Kuala Lu...
Beijing calling the shots to Pakistan over CPEC
January 4, 2020
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By: SAM Report
After a lull of more than a year, the second phase of the US$62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was initiated at the turn of 2019.
Th...
Arms sales of top 3 Indian defence companies slump by 6.9%
January 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The Indian defence seems to be dealing with a significant slowdown as the combined sales of three public sector defence companies have dropped by 6.9...
Pak-China's JF-17 multirole jet could be a big success
January 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
Pakistan/China’s JF-17 “Thunder” multirole fighter is one of China’s most successful aerospace exports. While it was designed...
FATF meets in February to decide on blacklisting Pakistan,...
January 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
India believes Pakistan will once again wriggle out of being ‘blacklisted’ by terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF)...
Sri Lanka marching towards authoritarian security politics
January 3, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The year started with several political tugs-of-war between former president Maithripala Sirisena and former PM Ranil Wickramasinghe, after Sirisena s...
The Rohingya in Nepal
January 2, 2020
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By: SAM Report
The atrocities committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar are very well known as is the fact that, as a consequence of their persecution in Myanmar, th...
NEPAL PROPOSES MID-JANUARY FOR KALAPANI TALKS WITH INDIA
January 1, 2020
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By: SAM Report
A file photo of the meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission in Kathmandu in August, 2019. Angad Dhakal /TKP
Nepal has proposed to India that the...
KERALA VS CENTRE: FACEOFF AFTER HOUSE RESOLUTION ON CAA
January 1, 2020
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By: SAM Report
CM Pinarayi Vijayan addressing the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday.
In a strong pushback, the Kerala Assembly Tuesday passed a resolution dema...
MAMATA CARRIES OUT MAJOR POLICE RESHUFFLE IN BENGAL, TRANS...
January 1, 2020
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By: SAM Report
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has affected a major reshuffle in police administration,...
150 DAYS LATER, SMS BACK IN J&K, BROADBAND INTERNET IN GOV...
January 1, 2020
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By: SAM Report
SHORT messaging services (SMS) on mobile phones will be restored in J&K Tuesday midnight, the 150th day since the government suspended it in the e...
Pakistan, China sign agreement to manufacture commercial a...
January 1, 2020
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By: SAM Report
JF-17B
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) signed an agre...
Pakistan’s integrated dynamics reveals pseudo-satellite pr...
December 18, 2019
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By: SAM Report
Integrated Dynamics, a privately-owned company in Pakistan, revealed that it was developing its own line of High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) plat...
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