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BRICS 2026: India hosts a defining summit for the Global South

Sheikh Nazir Mehdi                                                                                                                           The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on 12 and 13 September 2026, has given fresh importance to a grouping that has grown far beyond its original identity. Under India’s fourth chairship, leaders from 11 member
Sep. 16, 2026

Indus Water Treaty

Syed Showkat Indus Water Treaty was brokered by the World Bank in 1960 after years of negotiations.

INVASION: A Threat to Himalayas

Himalaya’s pristine green environment is fading and facing an unexpected danger from the common invasive species. Scientists argue that as the temperatures soar in the Himalayas, invading plants and insects may pose
Feb. 21, 2018
ca. 1970-1995, Lahore, Pakistan --- Pakistani Carpet Factory --- Image by © CORBIS

Let’s make Kashmir child labour free

Child labour is one the most inhumane and cruel social evils in our society. Child labour has relegated our society down to the bottom. It has put the future of our Valley
Feb. 21, 2018

Too many corpses

As any crime fiction aficionado knows, it never stops with one death. The original crime is compounded by a cover-up, which leads to more crimes and yet more cover-ups. Real life, it
Feb. 21, 2018

Stooping to cover

These are not good times for the Indian media. Most people I know have formed an irrevocable impression that it’s become pusillanimous. Where once newspapers and television channels boasted of challenging and
Feb. 21, 2018

Dance of politicians

Savarna can mean an astrologer, or a son of a Brahmin man and a Kshatriya mother, or of the same colour, appearance, caste or tribe. That was in ancient Sanskrit; more recently
Feb. 20, 2018

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tirade in Parliament against Opposition parties, the Congress in particular, struck me as the desecration of the temple of Indian democracy. This is for two reasons. First, the
Feb. 20, 2018

Decoding the PNB loot spin

When a scam of massive proportions is unearthed, it is bound to become a political issue. But even by that measure, the amount of political mud that was slung following the Punjab
Feb. 20, 2018

Criminalising journalism

What Wolfgang Krach defines as ‘globalised Journalism for a globalised world’ goes beyond our customary definition of journalism. Both the thematic and the reach of journalistic responsibility changes. Equipped with modern technology
Feb. 20, 2018
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