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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,

Though Dr. Hassan Rouhani is labelled as a 'pragmatist', 'moderate', or even a 'reformist' by analysts, all these terms have very restrictive meanings in the Iranian context.

While Mamata Banerjee tries to avoid being branded as an anti-industry and inflexible politician, her best ally could be the pending central land acquisition bill, which thanks largely to Mamata Banerjee, is in comatose since 2007.

It definitely was not in the scheme, but the 'Oxford Union episode' involving Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa may have emboldened the demoralised nation's pan-Tamil Diaspora across the West, with its fallout expected to be felt in neighbouring India as well.

There are two options in front of the former Pakistan PM — jail or self-exile.

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.

For over a year, China is running a huge anti-corruption campaign. More than 1,82,000 officials have been punished, including high ranking military officials, four national leaders and senior executives of state companies. However, this type of arbitrary and high-handed posture could backfire and become a catalyst for political crisis if it continues in the present way.

In Prague, the expensiveness of the custom of burial has become an issue. And this issue is of relevance to most urban societies including ours as pressure on urban land will result in pressure on graveyards.

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.

From India’s perspective, Israel and the UAE are undoubtedly our two closest friends in the Middle East. PM Modi has invested considerable energy in developing both relationships and they have stood by our side when we have needed their support. Normalisation of ties between them augurs well for us, opening up exciting new possibilities for collaboration.

India had recently decided to partner Russia in a joint project known as Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). A project like this is a rarity, like Brahmos, that India can ill afford to lose. Prudence would demand employment of a realist strategy of engagement by India in convincing the Russians to expand the scope of involvement.

Bush Blair duo is finding it extremely difficult to justify the invasion of Iraq to the world in general and to their local constituency in particular. The United States military has been unable to locate WMDs in Iraq in spite its best efforts. This has led the entire world to believe that the war was an unjust war.

There is a serious terror threat posed by ISIS fighters returning to their home countries after losing the Syria expedition. While it was important to trace the routes taken by these foreign fighters — both in and out of Syria — one needn’t go to Syria to become radicalised through the ISIS ideology.

We should be prepared for a lower rupee unless the RBI steps in and boosts the rupee by releasing a huge amount of dollars. In this situation, wooing back the FIIs would not be easy. Proping up exports will also not be easy. It would be very difficult for the rupee to regain its former value unless commodity prices decline.

Election season has begun in the country as in the next two months, five states are going to have assembly elections which are being billed as mini-general elections. Soon thereafter, parliamentary elections will be held in the first four months of the next year to elect the 16th Lok Sabha (lower house).

With Amit Shah and Jaishankar at the helm of the ministry now, Doval's multi- faceted role might be curbed.

While there has been no perceptible effect of tariffs on the economy of either the US or China so far, additional tariffs which could eventually cover the entire $500 billion of US imports from China will most certainly have a negative effect on both countries and the world.

In both rural and urban contexts, women are more vulnerable to heat stress and air pollution in low and middle-income countries like India.

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

From recent events it is evident that misogyny and patriarchal attitudes cut across party lines, ideologies, sexes and classes. Worse still is the fact that whatever is being won by the serious and concerted efforts of those who really 'care' is being squandered by those who do not.

ORF Director Sunjoy Joshi said the seminar on "BRICS trade, investment and finance cooperation"is part of the ongoing research agenda which will feed into the South Afr ican Summit to be held next year.

On 15 and 16 March 2007, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and the Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation of the Fourth Freedom Forum, USA, convened a two-day South Asia Regional Workshop, "Security and Liberty," which examined the relationship between human rights and counter-terrorism. This Chairmen's Report highlights some of the themes and recommendations put forward during the workshop.

Exploring marine pollution and the need for cleaner resources, this event looked at the measures to counter environmental degradation.

The ISIS has the potential to become the unifying terrorist force in the South East Asia region, posing a bigger threat to the region, according to terrorism expert Mr. Vikram Rajakumar. He also pointed out the emerging pro and anti ISIS factions in the region, counter balancing the ISIS.

If the world rapidly forgot about the Indian role in the Second World War, independent India did a lot worse. Its political leaders trivialised the war by dismissing it a colonial enterprise. Seventy years later, the time has come for political India to put the war in its proper historical context and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of the Indian people.

The Observer Research Foundation first conceptualised the foreign policy survey last year to build on the existing strand of polling research in India. In December 2020, the poll sampled 2,037 Indians aged 18-35 from 14 cities

In common discourse on extremism, it is widely thought that the poor and unschooled are most easily recruited to militant organisations. Today, however, an increasing number of young professionals are embracing extremism. Is this true for India? If such a pattern is indeed present, what threats does it pose to India?

Muhammad Yunus aims to position Bangladesh as China's gateway to South Asia by emphasizing its strategic role. This shift in foreign policy may strain Bangladesh's relations with India, especially with issues like the persecution of Hindu minorities and Hasina's extradition request, while strengthening ties with Beijing.

When Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Asif Ali Zardari meet in New Delhi on Sunday, they could productively focus on two important themes - one, looking at a number of agreements that could be clinched in the next few months. Two, to set a date for Dr. Singh's visit to Pakistan.

चीन में इससे पहले भी विरोध-प्रदर्शन हुए हैं, जिन्हें ताकत के जोर से दबाया जाता रहा है. संभावना है कि इस बार भी चीनी कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी की मशीनरी मौजूदा असंतोष को पूरी क्रूरता

To expect that an activity which draws on all the ills of the world — fanaticism, crime, bloodshed and illegal trade — will not have a corrosive impact beyond its intended arena is unrealistic.

अँजेला मर्केल यांची देशांतर्गत आणि युरोपीय स्तरावर एकता राखणारी अनोखी प्रतिभा परराष्ट्र धोरणाच्या बाबतीतही महत्त्वपूर्ण ठरली.

2016 में देश का UPI इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर स्थापित किया गया था. पिछले छह वर्षों में इस ढांचे ने भारत में 80 प्रतिशत वित्तीय समावेश हासिल करने में मदद की है. DPI दृष्टिकोण के बग़ैर ऐसी काम�

जोपर्यंत मोठे देश स्वत:हून अंतराळातील अनावश्यक हस्तक्षेप थांबवत नाहीत किंवा त्यावर आळा घालत नाहीत, तोपर्यंत अंतराळ सुरक्षेची कुठलीही हमी देता येणार नाही.

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

अंतराळातील धोकादायक कृतींना आळा घालण्यासाठी स्वेच्छेने कृती करण्यासंदर्भात एकमत निर्माण व्हावे याकरता एका खुल्या कार्यकारी गटाची गरज आहे.

कोको बेटांमधील वाढत्या लष्करी हालचाली आणि अंदमान आणि निकोबार बेटांच्या सान्निध्याने भारताला स्वतःची क्षमता वाढवण्यास प्रवृत्त केले आहे.

कोको बेटांमधील वाढत्या लष्करी हालचाली आणि अंदमान आणि निकोबार बेटांच्या सान्निध्याने भारताला स्वतःची क्षमता वाढवण्यास प्रवृत्त केले आहे.

क्षेपणास्त्राच्या संदर्भातील भारताची भूमिका निश्चितपणे विकासात्मक आहे. प्रमुख अणु वस्त्र केंद्रित बॅलेस्टिक क्षेपणास्त्र त्यांच्या पारंपरिक प्रतिकार शक्तीला पुढे �

अटलांटिक घोषणा हे युके आणि यूएसमधील गंभीर क्षेत्रांवर एकत्र काम करण्याच्या आणि भविष्यासाठी ही युती तयार करण्याच्या राजकीय इच्छाशक्तीचे प्रतीकात्मक प्रतिनिधित्व आहे.

खरा प्रश्न असा आहे की, आज अधिकृतरित्या नऊ देशांकडे अण्वस्त्रे असतानाही जग भविष्यातील अणुयुद्ध टाळण्यात यशस्वी का झाले आहे?

केवळ राष्ट्रहित, स्वसंरक्षण या एवढ्याच मर्यादित उद्दिष्टांसाठी भारत अण्वस्त्रधारी राष्ट्र बनले, हाच भारताच्या ‘एनएफयू’ धोरणाचा गाभा राहिला.

नवी दिल्ली आज जागतिक मंचावर एक नवा आवाज व्यक्त करत आहे आणि आपल्या दृष्टिकोनातील काही स्पष्ट विरोधाभासांना पार पाडण्यात आत्मविश्वासाने सक्षम आहे.

सार्वजनिक वाहतुकीला चालना मिळावी आणि वाहतूक समस्येवर उपाय सापडावा, म्हणून आपण शहरांतील रस्त्यांकडे स्थावर मालमत्ता म्हणून गांभार्याने पाहायला हवे. 

पाण्याच्या वायदे बाजाराचा प्रस्ताव दक्षिण आशियात कदाचित एक दूरचे स्वप्न वाटेल किंवा एक चमत्कारिक विचार वाटेल. पण खरेचच ही काळाची गरज आहे.

महिलांना भेडसावणाऱ्या समस्या दूर करण्यास आणि चांगल्या आहारास प्रोत्साहन न दिल्यास, कोविड-१९ सारख्या महामारीसह, जगाला उपासमारीचाही सामना करावा लागेल.

वर्तमान न्याय्य ऊर्जा संक्रमण भागीदारी चौकट भारताकरता उपयुक्त नाही, कारण ती जी-७ च्या अजेंडाला प्राधान्य देते आणि आपल्या विशिष्ट ऊर्जा संक्रमण गरजा आणि आव्हानांकडे दुर�

इंडो-पॅसिफिकवरून, अमेरिका-चीनमध्ये तणाव वाढतोय. त्यामुळे अफगाणिस्तानातील घडामोडींच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारताने सावध राहायला हवे.