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After Afghanistan, Turkmenistan's creeping shift to conservative Islam is alarming
On August 30, Turkmen representatives, including from the Foreign Ministry met Taliban officials from neighbouring Faryab province to discuss strengthening the work of the Imamnazar-Akina checkpoint between the two countries. On September 1, it rushed humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, becoming one of the first countries to do so after the Taliban took over the country.
Putin's dream of drawing Central Asia into a regional military geoinformation system inches closer to reality
A draft plan for the implementation of the concept for the development of a 'unified military geoinformation system for the armed forces of the Commonwealth states' was approved in a meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Topographical Services of the Armed Forces of the CIS Member States held in Uzbekistan on Thursday.
Why political uproar in MP after SC nod to conduct local body polls with OBC reservation?
With the Supreme Court's decision to allow elections with the OBC reservation, senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh welcomed the decision, saying, 'justice prevailed'. Both parties claimed that the initiative for providing reservation for OBCs was taken by them, and accused each other of being "anti-OBC".
Fault lines widening amongst Indian Muslim religious leaders
As per the reports based on first-person accounts and news circulating on various social media platforms, the Indian Muslims across the country are worried about their and their future generation's future in the country. The community as a whole is living under a siege mentality and is unable to fathom how to proceed further. One positive fallout of this stress is that now the common Indian Muslim is ready to come out on the streets and demands his rights and stand against the forceful establishment, in absence of any leadership.
Will China's Central Military Commission be a target under Japan's counter strike capability
In April, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party had urged the government to develop "counter strike capability" in an effort to strengthen national defence. Japan has been on the edge for the past many months as it witnesses the military rise of China accompanied by voluble threats to take over Taiwan by force.
India plays the field as a swing state. But for how long?
These leaders, mostly from western capitals but also from Russia, were trying to woo India to their side. They wanted New Delhi to choose between Russia, an old ally, and Ukraine's US-led defence team of western nations. India played the field - stood by Russia and refused to condemn the invasion, and then invoked the UN charter and respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations and calling for cessation of hostilities, and called for an investigation.
Congress targets time-bound reforms, but can the party do it?
One of the proposals that could be a game changer for the party is that half the office bearers will be less than 50 years of age and each office bearer will get a maximum five years tenure then a three year cooling off period before a new assignment. But the real question will be of the Gandhis: Will their tenure in the party be fixed as the chorus and clamour for Rahul Gandhi grows.
'Watch where Modi takes BJP - and where BJP and Modi take India'
"The Modi government has deepened and renewed faith in democracy. It stands out as a case study that the democratic model can work and can bring about large-scale and positive transformation in a society of 1.3 billion people. There are obvious implications here for India and the world - where thinking people are constantly comparing and evaluating political and governance models," Shah writes in the chapter titled "Democracy, Delivery and The Politics of Hope".
View from Bengal: Bid to divert attention from real issues will lead to Sri Lanka-type crisis
The major anti-BJP parties in West Bengal all feel that this "politics of bulldozer" is not just restricted to Uttar Pradesh and the saffron forces are trying to implement this politics against people of a particular community. They feel that this politics of bulldozer is nothing but an attempt to divert attention from burning economic issues like inflation.
Pakistan decides to resume trade with India - A difficult decision?
Though the decision is being seen as a major development in terms of country’s dire economic condition, it is also being seen as a major compromise by Islamabad and a back step from its previous stance against India after August 5, 2019. In a federal cabinet meeting, chaired by Shehbaz Sharif, it was decided that Pakistan will be working towards reopening of trade with India and appointing Pakistan People Party’s Qamar Zamar Kaira as Minister of Trade.
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