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India needs to cement its recent gains in Nepal to firewall Chinese comeback
"The image of China as a dependable ally has been dented. Before the pandemic it enjoyed an image of being the ultimate economic saviour for many countries through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) financing and other infrastructure projects but since then its reluctance to provide any financial support to its partners has become a global talking point," an analyst based in Kathmandu told India Narrative.
Punjab in the grind of a superficial Khalistan
A common understanding is that these occurrences gravely point to the efforts of pro-Khalistan elements to provoke disturbance and unrest in India, thereby creating a concern for India's security. But, "There's broader governance and political thinking," said A.S.Dulat, former Chief of both Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), while in conversation with IANS; "There is no security solution to everything," he says.
Russian oil for American shores
Lauri Myllyvirta, an energy analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, told the WSJ that what likely happened was Reliance took on a discounted cargo of Russian crude, refined it and then sold the product on the short-term market where it found a US buyer, and it does look like there's a trade where Russian crude is refined in India and then some of it is sold to America.
Influence of Canada's Sikh radicals far greater than their presence
In December 2018 when a Canadian intelligence report mentioned threats of pro-Khalistani elements to India from Canadian soil, various groups raised a hue and cry over the use of the word 'Sikh' in it. The then Minister for Public Safety, Ralph Goodale, had to bow to their pressure and order the removal of the word 'Sikh', saying that the terminology was never intended to encompass or malign the entire community.
Moosewala's murder intensifies inter-gang acrimony
It is not just the residents of Moosa village in Mansa district of Punjab, even the gangsters who claim Sidhu was their close or 'brother by heart' are furious after his brutal murder on May 29. The shock, grief and anger among some gangsters have posed a major risk of gang wars that might lead to further bloodshed. Back-to-back threatening messages are being posted by the gangsters on social media, each vowing to take revenge of the singer's murder.
(Law)rence or Lawless Bishnoi?
Lawrence Bishnoi, ironically, the man whose name contains the word "law", but unfortunately has no regard for it. Born on February 12, 1992, Bishnoi grew up in Dutaranwali village of Punjab's Ferozepur district and later came to Chandigarh when he was a teenager. He went to DAV school in Sector 15 from 2007-2009 and then after two years opted to pursue a degree in 'law' from the Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Why is India now directly engaging with the Taliban in Afghanistan?
These visuals would obviously have been viewed with dismay across the fragile Durand Line in Pakistan, which had once thought that it was game over after the Taliban drove out the Americans from Kabul last year. Shortly thereafter "the tea was fantastic" pictures of Faiz Hameed had emerged to suggest that Pakistan was firmly in the cockpit, embedded in the beating heart of Southwest Asia.
Is it fair to blame Deve Gowda, Gujral & Indrajit Gupta for today's mess in Naga talks?
Around 1998-99, at one point even L.K. Advani as Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Home Minister was stunned to note that unlike his predecessor H.D. Deve Gowda, Gujral never met the NSCN-IM leaders. But the ceasefire initially only for six months was announced between NSCN-IM and the government in July-August 1997 when Gujral was the Prime Minister. The announcement made on July 25, 1997 in the Parliament came into effect from August 1.
Pakistan, Turkey promise to boost trade but will it help Islamabad steer out of the current economic crisis?
The two countries agreed on the Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) in February 2020 with the aim to boost the exchange of goods. That year, which was also marked by widespread Covid-19-induced lockdown across the globe, Turkey exported $630 million to Pakistan, while it imported goods worth $394 million from Islamabad.
India reminds Pakistan of its 'shameful history' of genocide in Bangladesh
"The reign of terror unleashed by Pakistan on the population of the then East Pakistan, saw hundreds of thousands killed brutally; several thousands of women were raped," Kajal Bhatt, a counsellor in India's UN mission, said on Thursday. "Today, we are discussing how to strengthen accountability and justice for serious violations of international law," but Pakistan is going on "like a broken record" spewing "malicious" propaganda against India, she added.
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