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Jawaharlal Nehru: The Foundational Leader
Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 to a wealthy Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Allahabad. His father, Motilal Nehru, had a flourishing law practice at the Allahabad High Court. Although always surrounded by people at home, Nehru's childhood was �sheltered and uneventful'. His private tutor, Ferdinand T. Brooks, helped him develop an aptitude for reading and initiated him into the world of science: "We rigged up a little laboratory and there I used to spend long and interesting hours working [on] our experiments in elementary physics and chemistry."
As US watches Pakistan politics with concern, ties between two nations remain brittle
Secretary of State Antony Blinken "strongly condemned" the assassination attempt of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and urged all parties in Pakistan to "refrain from violence, harassment, and intimidation". Asked if President Joe Biden had been briefed on the incident, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeated the same message.
Political turmoil aggravates economic distress, heightens security threat
The political crisis, protests, rallies, campaigns on ground and on social media targeting the current government as unreliable in terms of handling the funds for flood relief, investments and progressive development, coupled with rising inflation, driven by food, transport and energy prices; have pushed the ruling coalition government of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) towards losing its political capital, specifically in the Punjab province, which used to be the party's stronghold.
Volatility and valuation: A macro and bond update
There was plateauing of expectations around the middle of June, post which rate forecasts were actually reduced under a mistaken impression of policy pivots. However, the illusion was broken by September as a spate of ugly inflation prints drove peak rate and peak inflation theses to the waste paper basket.
Russia-Iran defence relations get a boost
International politics, internal compulsions and various other external and internal threats and dynamics sometimes bring antagonist forces together. The wider compulsions force countries to forego ideological differences and stances and instead work unitedly for greater gains in the geo-political and regional level besides influencing global politics.
Is Baku's belligerence paving the way for India-Iran-Armenia cooperation?
Erdogan was visiting the Karabakh territories, along with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, to mark the second anniversary of Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in the Karabakh war of 2020 and also to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Zangilan airport, the second international airport that Azerbaijan has opened in those territories.
Gilgit-Baltistan: Victim of the Great Game
The decision to hand over Gilgit Agency to Pakistan was made even before the inception of Pakistan in August 1947. During a meeting in Peshawar between Major William and the former political agent of Gilgit agency, Colonel Roger Bacon in July 1947, three months before Pakistan attacked the state of Jammu Kashmir on October 22, 1947, a conspiracy was hatched. At the time of the signing of the instrument of accession to join the Republic of India, Pakistani troops were only 4 miles away from the gates of Srinagar.
Rishi Sunak versus Barack Obama: Different Strokes
Both Obama and Sunak's elevation to the their respective country's top positions created waves across the world. Sunak's elevation was especially sweet for the former colonies of the British empire, whose response was aptly captured in a headline that was commonly used there: 'The Empire Strikes Back'.
Is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's elevation dividing British Muslims?
Rishi Sunak became the prime minister of the UK within a month of serious unrest in Leicester -- a city of three lakh people known for its inter-community harmony, well, until now. The Muslim-Hindu unrest in a tranquil city ruffled Royal feathers besides creating news across the world. A number of independent inquiries are in the offing over the communal clashes.
US prioritises ties with India
"The world is changing. We're at a significant inflection point in world history. And our country and the world, the US has always been able to chart the future in times of great change. We've been able to constantly renew ourselves. And time and again, we've proven there's not a single thing we cannot do as a nation when we do it together, and I mean that - not a single solitary thing," President Biden stated in the introductory note to the strategy.
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