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DESPARDES — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border amid reports that the administration is
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DESPARDES — The United States has ceased offensive military operations in Afghanistan against the Taliban in accordance with an agreement to reduce violence ahead of a possible peace deal, the
Continue readingEnduring Peace and Stability: Pakistan Set Stage for US, Taliban Accord on Feb 29
DESPARDES — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday warned that India could carry out “false flag operation” to divert international attention from the longstanding Kashmir dispute. According to PM
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DESPARDES — President Donald Trump is heading Monday on his first official trip to India, its second largest trading partner after China, and a strategic ally in the region amid
SoDATA (South Data) — Share of loans to cash-poor companies in India more than doubled in five years, as level of bad debt and nearly-bad debt rose, leading to credit
Continue readingINSIGHT: India Economy In Vicious Cycle or Near Collapse
TARIQ A. AL-MAEENA: What has happened in recent months in India, a previously proclaimed democracy is nothing short of alarming. The unilateral abrogation of treaties with the Kashmiri people and
Continue readingOPINION: India Bleeds But is Anyone Noticing?
DESPARDES — The joint military training “Samsam 7” between Pakistan Army troops and Royal Saudi Land Forces has commenced at Hafr Al-Batin in Saudi Arabia. According to Inter-Services Public Relations
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DESPARDES — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination. “I am standing with Bernie because he stands with working families, and always has,”
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DESPARDES — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday compared “the struggle of Kashmiri people” with that of the Turkish people’s struggle against foreign occupation during World War I and announced
Continue readingTurkey’s Erdogan Announces Unequivocal Support for Kashmiris, Delhi Miffed
SoDATA (South Data) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed staff level review of its $6bln loan to Pakistan with a thumbs up on performance and a “let’s
Continue readingIMF Gives a ‘Thumbs Up’ on Performance, With a ‘Let’s Keep Talking’ on Targets Ahead
DESPARDES — Cambridge in Massachusetts state has become the second city in the United States after Seattle to pass a resolution against a controversial citizenship law pushed by India’s Hindu nationalist government headed
Continue readingAnother US City Passes Resolution Against India’s Anti-Muslim Citizenship Law
DESPARDES — Renowned Indian lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar has called Narendra Modi a ‘fascist’ in his latest attack on the Prime Minister. Akhtar’s no-holds-barred comment comes back-to-back Noam Chomsky’s: The famed