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Narendra Modi’s West Asia policy remains the one area of achievement in an otherwise indifferent record of foreign policy.

The Alliance, a concoction of tribal leaders and warlords held out in the northern parts of Afghanistan against the Taliban more than 25 years ago. However, the rapid fall of the north brought to the front that many who had previously helped the Northern Alliance, and even the US-led forces later in 2001 to depose the Taliban, were now in cahoots with the same group.

The deepening crisis in the Korean Peninsula and the stalled nuclear talks with Iran together are a powerful reminder to the US that its non-proliferation policies are not working in Asia. Both Bush's muscular approaches and Obama's coercive diplomacy have failed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s priority should be to insulate police from political interference.

Even as newspapers with access to the WikiLeaks exposes have come out with installments of diplomatic cable communication on US's relations with Pakistan, an impression is gaining ground that Washington was indeed struggling to get Islamabad to work to secure American interests in the region.

Al-Shabaab's decision to pull out of the capital city of Mogadishu has been viewed widely as a positive development and brings hope to the people of Somalia. Kenya's war against the militant group has also been largely welcomed.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to form a joint commission to collaborate their efforts to reach a political solution to the Taliban insurgency. This was announced during the visit of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to the Afghanistan capital of Kabul over the weekend.

As if the "Savarna-Avarna" (high caste/low caste) divide was not bad enough in Uttar Pradesh and the rest of the country, the Congress has gone and institutionalised the rupture in the "Savarna" fold too, further aggravating the atomising process.

In the forthcoming US elections, it seems demographics favour the Democrats, if they are able to make sure there is a huge turnout among the youth and people of colour. But one must also remember that the Democrat nominee will in a sense have to run against historical patterns.

In an announcement that caught the nation by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes of the Indian currency in November to arrest ‘black money’, end corruption, and choke terrorist finances. This move represents a policy departure and it has far-reaching implications. As national debate has been hijacked by the possible fallouts of demonetisation, other critical issues have been pushed to

Germany’s image as the leader in green energy and the creator of “Energiewende” (energy transition) is under siege. According to a recent study, the self-committed goal to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020 will likely be missed. This potential shortcoming does not come as a surprise to Germany and has been an intensively discussed issue for many years. Does this mean the end of Germany’s energy transition? This paper anal

New Delhi will be hoping that Congress can continue to rein in Trump’s worst instincts.

If Nawaz Sharif really believes that Islamic insurgency has no role to play in Indo-Pakistan relations henceforth, he should enforce immediate control and effectively neutralise LeT and its parallel organisation, the Jamat-ud-Dawa.

With the resignation of the Sindh CM, it is widely speculated that the next to follow suit would be Jamali. His repeated assurances that his government was under no threat, only betrayed his insecurity. General Musharraf, who could have reiterated Jamali¿s confidence,

Nuclear and missile developments in North Korea have been in global attention — also to repeated threats against South Korea, Japan and US.

Libya's future looks uncertain. The no-fly zone may not be enough to unseat Gaddafi. If Gaddafi survives and maintains his hold over Tripolitania, the world may have to contend with his wrath and a potential rogue state, uncomfortably close to Europe.

New aircraft carrier Vikramaditya will undoubtedly have a major role to play as force multipliers and strategic game changers in the region, but as a ship without even the basic defences against air borne threats, it will be extremely vulnerable, obviating its usage to its potential to the maximum.

The rise in the price of food grains may be cushioned by the enormous stocks held by the government's FCI godowns. But higher vegetable, fruits, eggs, fish and meat prices will contribute to food inflation as they have done in the past.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has a fairly heavy political agenda before him. The foremost is his firm resolve to introduce constitutional reforms. If he wins the December 14 elections, Abe would have bright chances to win another term as the LDP president in September next year and stay at the helm for three more years.

International tension surrounding Iran is yet to affect India, but New Delhi can make tactical gains by maintaining diplomatic flexibility.

The politics of India is changing. The change will come not just through macro measures like the introduction of large-scale manufacturing or modern agriculture, but in a number of small ways - better schools, safer cities, better urban facilities, mental institutions and jails, fairer purvey of justice and so on.

An increasing number of startups and new businesses have been founded in India over the last decade, the majority of them by men. While many Indian women have entrepreneurial ambitions, it is often more difficult for them to succeed. This brief examines the impediments to greater participation of female founders in India’s economy by first gathering available data to describe the situation of women entrepreneurs in the country. It then explores

That the Yadavs also constitute the political class is a fact but in this instance neutralized by the backward environment in which women of intermediate castes live

Women’s representation in India’s Parliament is an important metric to evaluate progress in bridging gender inequities in the country. India has a female population of 662.9 million and is the largest and one of the most resilient parliamentary democracies in the world. As the country completes 75 years of independence, this paper gives a historical account of the progress in women’s representation in Parliament over the past decades. It co

Pakistan is facing an unprecedented power crisis, the worst in its history, with the deficit estimated to be over 8,000 MW. Rather than a shortage in its installed capacity.

European efforts to find a footing in China present opportunities for India.

This paper studies the motivations behind the Communist Party of China’s decision to abolish presidential term limits and the implications of this decision not only for China, but for India and the world. The paper argues that this development stems from Xi’s conviction that only a stable leadership can help achieve the “China dream”. The contours of Xi’s vision include the erosion of the erstwhile “collective leadership” that has t

In Maldives, the combined Opposition rally on June 12 failed to impress or inspire. The failure is attributed to the confusion caused by the unclear Opposition response to President Yameen's call for political negotiations.

The targeted assassination of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, the founder of the militant Hamas group, by Israel was a dangerous act of escalation. Hamas, locked in a violent campaign with Israel, responded to the outrage with threats to "send death to every house, every city and every street in Israel." Hamas has avenged Israeli targeted killings with suicide bombings in the past.

चीनच्या अंतराळातील महत्वाकांक्षेकडे बायडन यांनी दुर्लक्षत केले तर, ती मोठी चूक ठरणार आहे, कारण चीनने अमेरिकेसोबतची अंतराळातील स्पर्धा कधीच सुरु केली आहे.

अनुवांशिक अभियांत्रिकी जसजशी वाढत आहे आणि प्रभावाचे अधिक मार्ग शोधत आहे, तसतसे या तंत्रज्ञानाचे अनुकूलन आणि नियमन करण्याची आवश्यकता देखील वाढेल.

2000 और 2013 के बीच अफ़्रीका में भूख के स्तर में सुधार हुआ था लेकिन उसके बाद के सालों में ये फिर से काफ़ी ख़राब स्थिति में पहुंच गया है. यद्यपि वैश्विक खाद्य असुरक्षा वर्तमान में ए

अमेरिका के पास आज के चीन को एक राजनीतिक और आर्थिक समकक्ष- एक औद्योगिक महाशक्ति- के रूप में देखने के अलावा कोई विकल्प नहीं है.

अमेरिकेने ऑक्‍टोबर 2022 मध्ये निर्यात नियंत्रण नियमांचा विस्तार केला आहे. त्यामुळे कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्तेच्या विकासासाठी विशिष्ट सेमीकंडक्टर्स मिळवणे चीनसाठी अडचणीचे ठरू

लोकशाहीसंदर्भात अमेरिका जागतिक पातळीवर जे दाखवते आणि प्रत्यक्ष आपल्या देशात जे वागते यातली दरी रुंदावत चालली आहे.

अमेरिकेने केलेल्या चीनी कापूसबंदीकडे भारताने इष्टापत्ती म्हणूनच पाहायला हवे. भारत-अमेरिका संवाद वाढवून, चीनच्या शिंजियागमधील कारवाया रोखायला हव्यात.

MSME क्षेत्राला विशेष महत्त्व द्यायला हवे, कारण हे उद्योगांचे कणा आहेत. मात्र त्यांच्याकडे बहुतांश वेळा वित्तपुरवठ्याची सोय आणि आधुनिक पायाभूत सुविधा नसतात.

ऑस्टिन यांची अमेरिरेच्या संरक्षणमंत्रिपदी नेमणूक निश्चित झाली तर, ते ही धुरा सांभाळणारे पहिले आफ्रिकन-अमेरिकन ठरतील. ही बाब निश्चितच ऐतिहासिक ठरणारी आहे.

अर्थसंकल्पात पायाभूत सुविधांवरील तरतूद वाढल्याने रोजगार निर्मितीला चालना मिळेल आणि एकूण मागणीतही वाढ होईल. त्यामुळे विकासाला गती मिळेल.

करीब 50 वर्षों से दोनों देश मुख्य रूप से एलओसी के इर्दगिर्द जम्मू-कश्मीर में ही संघर्षरत रहे हैं, लेकिन ड्रोन्स-मिसाइल के चलते टकराव उत्तर पश्चिम और पश्चिम भारत की सीमा तक बढ

देशातील प्रत्येक नागरिकाच्या आरोग्याची नोंद ठेवणारे ‘हेल्थ कार्ड’ सुरू करून, भारताने आरोग्याच्या क्षेत्रात एक महत्त्वाचे पाऊल उचलले आहे.

हवामान बदलाशी संबंधित जोखीमा आणि धोके गुंतागुंतीचे आहेत आणि ते परस्परांशी संबंधीतही आहेत, त्यामुळे आज जागतिक अर्थव्यवस्थेला मोठा धोका निर्माण झाला आहे. त्यामुळेच आर्थ�

आज काश्मीर खोऱ्यात भीतीची भावना एवढी जागृत आहे, की जम्मू-काश्मीरमध्ये गेल्या दोन वर्षांपासून पंचायतीच्या ६० टक्के जागा रिक्त आहेत.

बदलत्या जागतिक व्यवस्थेने शांघाय सहकार्य संघटनेचे दरवाजे इराणसाठी खुले केले आहेत, परंतु ते देशासाठी उपयुक्त ठरेल की नाही हे पाहणे बाकी आहे.

सारे जग अस्थिरतेशी सामना करीत असताना इस्रायल आणि पॅलेस्टाइनच्या लढ्याने या अस्थिरतेत आणखी एक अधिक तीव्रतेची धोकायदायक भर पडली आहे.

वर्तमान वैश्विक रैखिक अर्थव्यवस्था (लीनियर इकोनॉमी- में कच्चे माल को एकत्र किया जाता है, फिर उत्पादों में परिवर्तित किया जाता है और उनका उपयोग तब तक किया जाता है जब तक कि उन�

लेबनन स्फोटानंतर आता काही जणांनी आपली घरे, कार्यालये पुन्हा बांधण्यास सुरुवात केलीय. तर उरलेले सारे कसेबसे देशातून पळून जाण्याची वाट शोधत आहेत.

ऐतिहासिक रूप से, पर्यावरण नीति ने ऊर्जा और परिवहन क्षेत्र में ख़पत के प्रभावों को कम करने पर ध्यान केंद्रित किया है. 'सर्कुलर इकोनॉमी’ की अवधारणा के उद्भव के साथ, यूरोपीय संघ