India scoring diplomatically over Pakistan
Reading between the lines of these bland statements made it clear that states were politely refusing to take sides in the matter. And Pakistan had little say.
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Month: August 2019
Remembering Lamya Haji Bashar
The main demand of the Yazidis now is a war crimes tribunal for the Da’esh, on the lines of the Nuremberg trials.
Photo: Lamya Haji Bashar in New Delhi, 2017
Article 370 Scrapped but not the ‘Islamisation’ of Kashmir issue: Indians need to revive Kashmirityat
Now that the Article 370 has been abrogated, the Islamisation of the Kashmir issue will turn grimmer. More and more Islamo-supremacist, pan-Islamist political organisations and the self-styled social and welfare movements will join the ranks of JIJ&K. However, the chief lesson that Muslims in India particularly need to learn from all this is that they must not heed the ‘Islamisation’ of the conflict zones in the world, including in Kashmir.
The Fight Against ISIS is not over
Despite the optimistic statements by politicians both in Russia and the US that ISIS has been destroyed, experts are aware that this is far from the truth.
Saudi Aramco continues push into Asian oil refining
Saudi Aramco inks $15bn deal to buy stake in India’s Reliance’s refining unit
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India’s abrogation of Kashmir’s special status: The view from Muzaffarabad
Whatever India is accused of, is also committed by Pakistan. In many respects the Pakistanis have usually taken the lead in dismemberment of J&K and adopted legerdemain as the tactic, paving the way for India to emulate it.
Photo: ANI
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time
More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
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Case for separate Ladakh and rethinking India-China relations
The Union Territory (UT) status for Ladakh is a masterstroke in India’s long-term home and foreign policy. A counter strategy that India should be thinking now is to offer China an alternative transport, energy, trade and communication corridor originating from a port in Gujarat running across Northern India to connect Kashgar through Indus valley in Ladakh.
Beautiful and Disputed Kashmir
The concept of autonomy was accepted universally at the beginning of the 20th century; however it does not correspond or respond to the current ideas about political nations or equality. If the doing away of Kashmir’s autonomy pans out well, then it would behove Russia and China to take note of it.
Ending ‘guardianship’ system, encouraging start to women’s empowerment in Saudi Arabia
Allowing Saudi women to apply for passports and travel without their guardians’ permission is “an encouraging move” towards the “complete abolition of the ‘guardianship’ system,” independent United Nations rights experts said on Thursday, but more action is needed to fully dismantle these restrictions.
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