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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.

Is India turning into a ‘Hindu Pakistan’?

The ultimate political righteous response that a strange species of imperial parasite, called the Delhi liberal, can muster against open Hindu communalism is basically pointing fingers at what it thinks are slightly
Feb. 1, 2018

The Panchayat Election conundrum

The Jammu and Kashmir government has apparently understood the folly it committed by announcing panchayat elections in the state. It is perhaps for this fact that government has called all parties meeting
Jan. 31, 2018

Crucible of contestation

The present Jerusalem controversy, arising from the decision of the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, to recognize the city as Israel’s capital, lies in the paradox of the
Jan. 31, 2018

Intolerance and extremist attitudes in Pak

Following the murder of school principal Hafiz Sareer, his murderer Fahim Shah stated in his confessional statement that he had been taught to kill blasphemers without feeling any remorse. Shah was one
Jan. 31, 2018

Suicide, causes and prevention

Every year, more than 1, 00,000 people commit suicide in our country. Suicidal behavior is “a desperate cry for help” or” a way of showing one’s anger and frustration “which includes suicidal
Jan. 31, 2018

Afghan war turns bloodier

The latest wave of terror attacks in Kabul that has claimed dozens of civilian lives marks the bloodiest phase of the so far 16-year war with the insurgents getting more audacious. The
Jan. 31, 2018

A ‘managed democracy’

For long, commentators in the West have termed Vladimir Putin’s Russia a “managed democracy”, one that retains the pretence of free and fair elections and the rule of law but in reality
Jan. 31, 2018

Kabul attacked again

There seems no end to war in Afghanistan. The deadly attack on Sunday that left around 100 persons dead and many more wounded in Kabul underlines that the situation in Afghanistan is
Jan. 30, 2018
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