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India-Gulf relations: Looking beyond the pandemic

The return migration of the Indian expatriates is likely to have a serious short-to-medium term impact on the livelihood of all the Gulf returnees and their families  Md. Muddassir Quamar India’s relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, especially...

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Trump, impeachment and ban on social media

Views and opinions from the top commentators in Indian media  “Beginning February last year Trump has unbendingly stuck to the line that Covid will simply go away and beginning November he has continuously claimed election victory. Such wild falsehoods put...

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Imran Khan and Pakistan’s enduring political crisis

The Pakistan prime minister keeps reiterating his promise to transform the country into a corruption-free Islamic welfare state. However, he has not taken any action against his own party members or government ministers accused or found guilty of corruption Nazir...

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Covid-19 and the perils of vaccine nationalism

Rajeesh Kumar Vaccine hoarding is likely to prolong the COVID-19 pandemic, and result in greater economic and social damage. Instead, a multilateral cooperative effort to vaccinate vulnerable people globally on a priority basis, is in every nations’ self-interest. India could...

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New year and new visions to build back better

Views and opinions from the top commentators in Indian media  “Even the sunniest optimists are realizing that we are in the middle of a once-in-a-century crisis that marks a fundamental break in human history. Underestimating the pandemic and denying its...

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On Kisan Diwas: Let us talk about the farmers!

The rich farmers if they want to help their brothers the small farmers, should create the distribution system for farm produce that is administered and maintained by the farmers only Col (Ret.) Virendra S Tavathia The Kisan Agitation in India...

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Remembering Bangladesh’s liberation war

December 16, 2020 marks the 50th Vijay Diwas or Victory Day, when the Pakistan Army surrendered to the India-Bangladesh Joint Command, known as Mitra Bahini (Allied Forces). More than 90,000 civilians and soldiers were taken as prisoners of war. Smruti...

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Hefajat-e-Islami and the politics of Islamism in Bangladesh

Smruti S. Pattanaik After the death of Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi, the Amir of Hefajat-e-Islami (HeI), on September 18, 2020, the new leadership of Juniad Babunagori and other hardline Islamists dominate the Shura of HeI. Shafi, a firebrand Islamist, had...