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India and Blue Economy in the Bay of Bengal
India’s effort to harness Blue Economy received a boost with the establishment of the International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean). The Centre will operate under…
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Donald Trump: how COVID-19 killed his hope of re-election
When Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2 and was hospitalised a day later it was widely assumed this would put a major crimp…
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What is behind India’s ‘love jihad’ legislation?
This proposed legislation could not only marginalise further Muslims but also undermine women’s agency and rights. India is a triumph of the imagination: innumerable cultures, languages,…
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Biden’s Modest Multilateralism
US President Donald Trump has made international cooperation almost impossible over the last four years. Although President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to embrace multilateralism as wholeheartedly…
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Systematic collapse of the world’s largest democracy
Lack of transparency on such issues as voting machine software has cast doubt on the reliability of election results in Indian states Josef Stalin has been…
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COVID has turned breathing into a deadly event and all of us into potential serial killers
If I hold my breath when I hug my parents, will that spare me the Greek tragedy of killing them? This mental toll will last long…
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US withdrawal likely to boost Iran’s project to control Afghanistan
During President Donald Trump’s remaining months in office, it is expected that US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan ahead of schedule. As a result, several questions…
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Pandemic, ‘Great Reset’ and resistance
The billionaire class led by the WEF has a plan for the post-pandemic world order, but the needs of ordinary people are very different According to…
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Is Netanyahu moving towards autocracy?
In my opinion Israel’s “Reichstag fire” could come about as a result of a clear Netanyahu victory in the approaching elections I am currently reading a…
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3 Chinese scientists just said Covid came from India, Bangladesh. It’s politics, not science
If a scientist intends to politicise a pandemic, the most unscientific method would be the generation of populist theories without gathering further insight on their data.…
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Securing the EU’s Place in the World
In spite of the return of power politics, the hope for a rules-based international order is not dead. Relaunching multilateralism together with like-minded partners around the…
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How AIMIM Has Emerged As the Principal Challenger of the BJP, Not ‘Secular’ Parties
Although launched from a dominantly Muslim base, the Owaisi-led AIMIM sees itself as a new political force that seeks to speak not just for Muslims but…