Asian human rights defenders call for immediate end to targetting killings in Afghanistan
According to a new UN report, 11 human rights defenders including media professionals were killed in targeted attacks since September 2020.
Aditi Bhaduri
Balochistan: In the Crosshairs of History (Book Review)
South Asia is standing at the cusp of major geo-political shifts and the issue of Balochistan will acquire greater salience. Given the paucity of literature on Balochistan this volume becomes a timely intervention
Exclusive: India to clear 45 investments from China, likely to include Great Wall, SAIC – sources
The change in the Indian government’s stance follows an improvement in the border situation. Troops who were in eyeball to eyeball confrontation in territory claimed by both sides have been withdrawn, the two countries announced on Sunday.
China calls for reset in Sino-US relations
Wang Yi, a Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, said Beijing stood ready to reopen constructive dialogue with Washington after relations between the two countries sank to their lowest in decades under former president Donald Trump.
Russia reports world’s first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu
Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East and North Africa in recent months but so far only in poultry. Other strains – H5N1, H7N9 and H9N2 – have been known here) to spread to humans
Israel says it’s developing new ballistic missile shield with US amid Iran tensions
“Arrow-4 will be an advanced, innovative interceptor missile with enhanced capabilities.”
Why India is buying more crude oil from Africa & North America and not Middle East
India’s shift to exporters like US and Nigeria comes amid an increased demand for gasoline, as the pandemic pushes people to private cars instead of public transport.
India, China reach disengagement pact in Pangong lake areas in Ladakh: Rajnath; Army tanks begin pullback
A video shared by the Indian Army showed the pulling back of three tanks of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and one by the Indian side from south of Pangong Tso besides brief shots of a meeting between troops of the two sides.
COVID sparks resurgence of ISIL terrorists, threatening international peace and security
The threat to international peace and security posed by ISIL terrorist fighters is “on the rise again”, the UN counter-terrorism chief told the Security Council on Wednesday.
“India needs to balance its ‘Connect Eurasia policy’ with its Act East Policy and Indo-Pacific Strategy”
As one of the most populous countries, one of the biggest economies with formidable military power, India’s aspirations ought to be trans-continental and trans-oceanic