Opinion

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the cause of Pasmanda Muslims, the issue has shot to limelight anew. Pasmanda, or backward, Muslims have been fighting for their rights ever …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with news agency PTI talks about a host of issues including India’s G20 presidency, economic development and a roadmap to 2047. Read the …

All of Pakistan is in upheaval due to economic mismanagement by successive governments and a severe cost of living crisis. The rising cost of energy and unprecedented inflation is now …

The media and commentators, both in India and in several other countries, have gone into a tizzy since Reuters reported on 31st August that the Chinese President will in all …

Let us begin with some of the contents of the open letter which 177 high-profile global personalities recently sent to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in defence of the Nobel …

The ongoing global uncertainty and economic slowdown has intensified an ongoing social problem in several countries including Japan, South Korea and China– more and more younger people are unwilling to …

Niger is a country steeped in poverty and nearly 3 million of its people continuously face severe hunger issues due to climate change and terrorism. Nearly 75% of the country …

The suspension of sentencing of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran in the Toshakhana case is no indication that the military’s plans set for him will change. The “post-Imran” project is …

Since July last year, India, UAE, Israel and US have been working on the setting up a ‘India Middle East Food Corridor (MEFC).’ The decision was taken following a virtual …

On 5-6 August the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia organised peace talks on Ukraine. More than 40 countries, including India, the United States, and European countries, Brazil, South Africa, and China …

As all leading world powers are reaching out to countries in the Middle East anticipating it as the post-US moment, India, for years, is silently sitting there as a soft …

The announcement of Taliban’s acting minister of Commerce and Industry, Nooruddin Azizi, seeking Kazakhstan and Russia’s participation in building a trans-Afghan railway, advances Uzbekistan’s proposal to link landlocked Central Asia …

Hopes of an India-China thaw, which can happen following military disengagement   along remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh are alive after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping …

In Pakistan, its various ethnic minorities remain in a constant state of agitation. The government in Islamabad remains aloof from the turmoil taking places on the country’s peripheries where local …

As India is making steady strides as a rising world power, there seems to exist one lacuna that New Delhi must fill to firm up in its humanitarian approach in …

Lured by raw materials including ivory, rubber, palm oil, cocoa, tea, diamonds and tin, European colonial powers, between 1833 and 1940 steadily acquired control over Africa. By the eve of …

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is prepared to participate at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 22 to 24. The BRICS 2023 summit is the fifteenth …

The issue of BRICS expansion is important in many ways. The seed of BRICS lies in the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue initiated by the Russians. Russia had lost its peer status …

Ahead of the summit of the five-nation grouping of Brazil, Russian, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) this week, the wheels of military diplomacy between New Delhi and Beijing are …

‘What have I done?’ The words escaped Mohammad Ali Jinnah only days into the partition of India in August 1947. He was not speaking to anyone in particular on that …

By Anusha Subramanian Recently, I was on a trek with a group of seven women, and among them was Vandana Kulkarni and her 10-year-old non-verbal autistic child, Vihaan. This was …