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UNHRC: Who is the real enemy of Kashmiri people?
They had been arrested on March 2 after they had successfully observed a sit-in at the gate of the Commissioner's office. They were demanding removal of all additional taxes levied on electricity bills and restoration of subsidies on wheat in PoJK. Addressing a hurriedly called party meeting after his release, leader of JKNAP, Liaquat Hayat, said that on March 12 dharna will be observed, again, and that on the day protests will be held in all major districts of PoJK.
Why imposing sanctions on Russian oil and gas would be a strategic blunder
The Biden administration's campaign to remove Russian oil and gas from the international market is a deeply flawed idea, which could face a simmering revolt, not only from its partners from the Atlantic alliance, but also from the emerging economies and the Global South. Why is it that there is likely to be resistance to the US-led campaign to shut out Russia from the oil business on account of its invasion of Ukraine?
India must work for direct dialogue between Biden and Putin to end the Ukraine war
Right or wrong, powerful states can present their narratives in a manner that can justify their invasion of a weaker country and can get away. The US has done it in Iraq in the past, and now the Russians are doing it in Ukraine.
A black wall for Ukraine, and a black umbrella over Finland, Sweden
It seems that there will be a conventional conflict between NATO and Russia -- not possible to say when, but probably within the near to medium future in our lifetimes of present folks living on planet earth. And there is a probability, presently in the low teens, that this conventional conflict will spiral into a nuclear conflict. However, there might arise another scenario wherein nuclear weapons may be rattled within 3-6 months.
Aurat March - Propaganda, agenda, conspiracy or progress?
While the issues related to women in Pakistan have gone from bad to worse, concerned voices have also have had an impact on the overall awareness and demand for their rights, has also increased. Many believe that addressing the issues related to women's rights and opening up a debate on them has helped many oppressed females, who have started voicing their demand for respect, dignity, and rights. But it has also become a reason for increased violence by men against women.
INS Viraat: The Unfading Legacy
Thus, this article intends to rewind the clock and take a peek at those glory days through the eyes of one of its Captains who commanded INS Viraat when it was in full sail on the Indian high seas. First, a short backgrounder. The ship was constructed by the Vickers-Armstrong shipbuilders in Great Britain and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Hermes in 1959. She was the Royal Navy's flagship during the Falklands War in 1982, before being decommissioned in 1985.
Will Pakistan's instability shatter Uzbekistan's connectivity dreams?
Last week Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev paid a state visit to Pakistan - his first ever visit to the country after taking charge in Tashkent in 2016. He had, however, met Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan twice earlier - during the Central Asia-South Asia connectivity conference that Tashkent hosted last year in July and thereafter in August at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in September 2021.
What India can learn from the Russia-Ukraine crisis
As the US-EU combine came out with a slew of sanctions against Russia and big tech companies followed suit enthusiastically, the stark reality hit home. The West can use financial and social media platforms as weapons against any country that falls foul of it.
Why Bengal is low on crime but high on political violence
In the recently concluded municipal polls, the Trinamool Congress won 102 of the 108 municipalities preceded by the resounding victory in the assembly elections, proclaiming an unquestionable political supremacy in the state. However, the victory in all these elections has been marred by controversies and the ruling party has been accused of political violence.
Spy's Eye: A test for positive non-alignment
In the post-Cold War years, geopolitics was marked by three noticeable trends -- a shift towards the economic combat as different from a military confrontation, recession of open warfare and the rise of proxy war as a phenomenon of the unipolar world order and a growing belief that there was scope for multipolarity in the new global environ.
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