China intends to keep ‘boundary issue’ alive with India, s...
May 10 ,2022
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By: Shehesh Alex Philip
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New Delhi: Making it clear that the main conflict between India and...
Protests halt demolition in New Delhi Muslim neighbourhood
May 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The new law would fast-track naturalisation for persecuted religious minorities from some neighbouring Islamic countries, but exclude...
Delimitation shows India’s democracy continues to struggle...
May 10 ,2022
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By: Praveen Swami
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra (L), former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash, State Election Commissioner KK Sharma (R)...
Desire for pan-Hindu identity, hatred for Bangladeshis – W...
May 10 ,2022
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By: Tanushree Pandey
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Indian power plants are running out of coal
May 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Electricity has been getting increasingly scarce in India. In a recent survey two-thirds of households said they had been facing r...
Restoring the British South Asian community’s solidarity a...
May 9 ,2022
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By: Nafees Mahmud
British South Asians have historically played a major role in the fight against racism, particularly between the 1940s and 19...
Bollywood A-listers’ status symbol: vanity vans that inclu...
May 9 ,2022
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By: Neeta Lal
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‘Khalistan’ flags found at Himachal Pradesh Assembly gate...
May 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
‘Khalistan’ flags on the main gates and walls of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha complex, at Tapovan in Kangra district, on...
As alternatives to the Congress emerge, the BJP ought to b...
May 9 ,2022
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By: Shekhar Gupta
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Between the 2009 and 2014 to 2019 general elections, the BJP nearly doubled its national vote...
Make hay while sun shines - Indian, Chinese ways
May 9 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
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Europe and Russia are entering a fateful competition over ene...
Justice in India is growing ever more partisan
May 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
When indians think of how the law works, speed is not what comes to mind. An average case in the lower courts takes five years to...
Can Modi overcome India’s Ukraine stance?
May 9 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The highlights this week: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inks new deals in a trip to Europ...
India’s Modi faces a dilemma: Keep voters happy or feed th...
May 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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A growing food security threat is set to push Indi...
Resuming Pakistan-India relations: Opportunities and Chall...
May 9 ,2022
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By: Riaz Khokhar
In the past month, Pakistan has experienced considerable tumult in its domestic politics as former Prime Minister Imran Khan was remove...
India Abandons the Rohingyas
May 1 ,2022
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By: Haziq Qadri & Qadri Inzamam
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‘How is everything normal?’ Srinagar Jamia Masjid shutdown...
April 30 ,2022
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By: Ananya Bhardwaj
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Srinagar: The historic J...
India PM Modi vows to build semiconductor production hub
April 30 ,2022
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By: Sayan Chakraborty
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India-US Relations and the ‘Jaishankar Doctrine’
April 29 ,2022
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By: Raymond E. Vickery
Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2022. Credit: Stat...
India’s neutrality and strategic relations with China, Rus...
April 29 ,2022
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By: Felix K. Chang
India has long prided itself on its strategically independent or non-aligned foreign policy. But the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian War h...
Is Indian govt. enforcing hijab ban in Kashmir?
April 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Indian government once again comes under heavy fire for allegedly extending its hijab ban to Jammu and Kashmir. To clarify, a schoo...
By giving in to hindutva trolling, the army has undermined...
April 29 ,2022
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By: Sidharth Bhatia
After Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru and other leaders celebrated India’s diversity and spoke of secularism, and some institution...
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