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By Claudia Sadoff in IPS: A decade ago, not even one in four rural women (in Bangladesh) could be said to be “empowered” across five key metrics, a figure that
Continue readingBangladesh Has Become a Test Case for Women’s Empowerment
By Mushahid Hussain: The retrenchment of American power in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world, coupled with the war in Ukraine, has provided a geopolitical breather for China.
AMB. G R BALUCH – It was on July 9, 1971, that Mr Henry Kissinger, the then National Security Advisor to US President Richard Nixon, traveled from Islamabad to Beijing
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Moscow was ‘very successful’; is ‘of historical significance, and sets a clear direction for the future development of Pakistan-Russia relations on ‘comprehensive and pragmatic
IRSHAD SALIM: December 16, 2021 marked 50 years of estrangement between East Pakistan and West Pakistan –the former wing of Pakistan became independent as Bangladesh, and the millions of both
Continue reading1971 Events: Sifting Facts From Fiction (Video)
Kanti Bajpai in This Week in Asia has peddled geo-economy first and geopolitics later between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan, who have gone to wars on the Kashmir dispute at
Continue readingIndia and Pakistan can achieve peace ‘by pieces’
IRSHAD SALIM: Here’s my 2nd insight (of many) on what some of the factors I believe led to Dhaka Debacle in December 1971. The 1st insight written on it in
BY BABAR CHEEMA: A total and comprehensive victory for America in Afghanistan would have been an unmitigated disaster for Pakistan. It would have created a situation where America would have
Alcohol consumption is said to be widespread and rising in India, across all the states and union territories (UT). An estimated 160 million consume alcohol. Its use is at the
Continue readingDrinking India: Alcohol sale a cash cow for some state governments (Video)
“The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow ended up being just another big flop”, writes Aljazeera. Except this no holds barred insightful, historically right, geopolitically discomforting earful talk by Vijay Prashad
Continue reading‘In moment of darkness truth is a revolutionary act’ (Video)
In a surprise announcement on Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year, sparking celebrations
Continue readingVictory For Farmers Protest: Modi Repeals Farm Reforms
A trio of Republicans have introduced legislation to exempt India and other members of the Quad from sanctions warning that taking action against India for buying Russian defense equipment would
Continue readingRepublicans introduce legislation to exempt India from S-400 sanctions