The controversies around the allegations of violation of protocols during the visit of President Droupadi Murmu to West Bengal to attend the 9th International Santhal Conference on Saturday have now ...
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Afghanistan commands the entrée to Central Asia’s huge deposits of oil and gas. Iran is only the secondary prize. The real battle is for Afghanistan and, through it, for Central Asia. “Who rules the ...
This century has brought a lot of economic prosperity for India’s 1.45 billion Population. However, this century has also brought biological and lifestyle challenges for a large part of ...
The Iranians could have copied them. They only had to propose Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, offer to invest a few hundred ...
Forsaking the village has become common in Uttarakhand’s hill districts. The youth don’t want to continue with the traditional occupation of agriculture: it’s not remunerative enough. Thus, abandoned ...
The legacy parties like the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) and Prachanda’s Maoist Centre managed to grab a few seats -- mostly in the remote, hilly constituencies.
Refreshing winds of change swept Nepal as it went into polls after youth-led protests had erupted to display the deep-rooted disenchantment that had been building for years under the old regimes. In ...
The 1990 Gulf War increased oil prices and lowered foreign remittances, leading to the Balance of Payment crisis in the country and subsequent economic liberalisation. In 2013, India entered the ...
India, which imports over 85 per cent of its crude oil, with nearly half historically sourced from West Asia, is profoundly ...
The Afghan Taliban government is horrified at the audacity of the Pakistanis flexing their obvious air superiority vis-à-vis the non-existent air defences of the still ragtag Afghan Taliban regime.
For now, Nidhi Chhibber is holding additional charge. In babuspeak, that means, “Please keep the engine idling while we ...