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Rahul Kumar

Rahul Kumar

Rahul Kumar writes on international issues and is a keen watcher of South Asia, environment, urban development and NGOs.

  • World

    Who is Shari Baloch, the first female Baloch suicide bomber who killed three Chinese?

    by Rahul Kumar April 27, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 27, 2022

    <p> Shari Baloch, the first female Baloch suicide bomber, who killed four people including three Chinese teachers at the Confucius Institute, Karachi University, on Tuesday has etched her name in …

  • Opinion

    INTERVIEW: Suspicion, questions persist over Reko Diq deal signed between Pakistan and Barrick Gold

    by Rahul Kumar April 27, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 27, 2022

    <p> Balochistan is in the news for a variety of reasons—its long-drawn insurgency, ‘spectacular attacks’ on Pakistani security forces, rapacious Chinese investment and, a female bomber blowing up Chinese teachers …

  • Opinion

    INTERVIEW: Suspicion, questions persist over Reko Diq deal signed between Pakistan and Barrick Gold

    by Rahul Kumar April 27, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 27, 2022

    <p> Balochistan is in the news for a variety of reasons—its long-drawn insurgency, ‘spectacular attacks’ on Pakistani security forces, rapacious Chinese investment and, a female bomber blowing up Chinese teachers …

  • World

    Baloch target Chinese again—first female suicide bomber kills three Chinese nationals in Karachi

    by Rahul Kumar April 26, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 26, 2022

    <p> The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has targeted Chinese nationals again. Four people, including three Chinese citizens were killed by a female Baloch suicide bomber outside the Karachi University (KU) campus …

  • World

    Are the Rajapaksas set to face a no-confidence motion in Sri Lanka?

    by Rahul Kumar April 26, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 26, 2022

    <p> As the Rajapaksa brothers—Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, defiantly hold on to their Presidential and Prime Ministerial positions respectively despite strong public opposition, they finally confront the reality of …

  • World

    As geopolitical tensions rise, world military expenditure leaps beyond the $2 trillion mark

    by Rahul Kumar April 25, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 25, 2022

    <p> World military expenditure touched an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Independent research institute Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), that monitors arms spending, …

  • Opinion

    Nirmala Sitharaman stays firm on India’s ‘strategic autonomy’ stand in the US

    by Rahul Kumar April 25, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 25, 2022

    <p> Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman picked up the threads from where External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh left, asserting that India has to defend itself from …

  • World

    Shehbaz Sharif visits Balochistan, to take up issue of missing persons with ‘powerful quarters’

    by Rahul Kumar April 24, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 24, 2022

    <p> In outreach to the alienated Baloch community, Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promised to discuss the vexed issue of Baloch missing persons with "powerful quarters". Sharif's statement to …

  • World

    Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future takes up Baloch cause, says resources leading to colonialism

    by Rahul Kumar April 22, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 22, 2022

    <p> International organisation, Fridays for Future (FFF), initiated by environmental youth activist Greta Thunberg has raised the issue of occupation and colonisation of Balochistan by Pakistan. In a series of …

  • World

    China-Taiwan tensions spike after Beijing despatches H-6 bombers into Taipei’s airspace

    by Rahul Kumar April 21, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 21, 2022

    <p> China sent nearly 11 military aircraft including two H-6 bombers in Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday, keeping fears alive that the communist country might attack its …

  • World

    Japan picks Andaman and Nicobar islands for renewable energy push

    by Rahul Kumar April 20, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 20, 2022

    <p> The Japanese development agency—Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), recently signed an agreement with India to provide Rs 250 crore for a renewable power project in the Andaman and Nicobar …

  • World

    Pakistani forces stoop to new lows, ask Baloch drivers and traders to walk in scorching desert during Ramzan

    by Rahul Kumar April 18, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 18, 2022

    <p> Pakistani security forces have found a new way to torture the Baloch people. Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC), which manages the border, forced Baloch drivers to abandon their vehicles and …

  • World

    Balochistan Government-in-Exile claims three Western governments have recognised it

    by Rahul Kumar April 17, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 17, 2022

    <p> Baloch leader Naela Quadri Baloch has said that three countries in the West have recognised the recently-formed Balochistan's Government-in-Exile that was formed on March 21. The Canada-based leader had …

  • World

    China cries foul as US lawmakers arrive unannounced in Taiwan after Australian visit

    by Rahul Kumar April 15, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 15, 2022

    <p> Six American lawmakers led by senator Lindsey Graham arrived in Taiwan on Thursday evening to meet top-level Taiwanese officials, much to the consternation of China which frowns upon official …

  • World

    The long road to Sri Lanka’s $52 billion debt default

    by Rahul Kumar April 15, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 15, 2022

    <p> Sri Lanka began its Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations on a sombre note. In his new year message on Thursday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said: "The current economic and …

  • World

    Balochistan rebels attack Pakistani intelligence offices in Kharan city, others blow up gas pipeline

    by Rahul Kumar April 14, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 14, 2022

    <p> Baloch rebels have intensified their attacks on Pakistani military agencies. Latest reports in local Pakistani media say that the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired rockets at the offices of …

  • World

    Xi Jinping likely to hold back Taiwan assault as global trade winds not in favour of another war

    by Rahul Kumar April 13, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 13, 2022

    <p> With the Russia-Ukraine war prolonging, Taiwan is preparing itself for the eventuality that <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/world-news/russian-intelligence-document-claims-china-had-planned-to-invade-taiwan-this-fall-157587.html">China may also launch</a> a military assault on the island nation.</p> <p> On Tuesday, the …

  • World

    As the first responder in South Asia, how should India respond to rising instability?

    by Rahul Kumar April 13, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 13, 2022

    <p> South Asia is in turmoil. In August 2021, <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/opinion-news/with-fifty-shades-of-militants-will-taliban-ruled-afghanistan-become-the-world-s-first-terrorist-state-110734.html">Afghanistan went the Taliban way</a>—now the country faces a humanitarian crisis with development indicators touching rock bottom and nearly five …

  • World

    Now that Sri Lanka has defaulted on foreign debt, what happens now?

    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2022

    <p> The Sri Lankan Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday afternoon that the country was temporarily suspending all foreign debt payments including loans from foreign governments. The island nation with a …

  • World

    Sri Lanka’s Beijing envoy confident of getting assistance from China even as Rajapaksas hold on to power

    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2022

    <p> Sri Lankan ambassador to China, Palitha Kohona says that China is ready to support the island nation with almost $2.5 billion in finances. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had …

  • World

    Sri Lankans flee to India as politicians fail to find common cause over economic catastrophe

    by Rahul Kumar April 11, 2022
    by Rahul Kumar April 11, 2022

    <p> With the worsening economic situation in the island nation, another 19 Sri Lankans arrived in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. With the latest arrival, the number of Sri Lankan economic …

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