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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.

Triple Talaq Bill Divides NDA

The Triple Talaq Bill has created the first major dissension within the BJP led National Democratic Alliance with the Telugu Desam Party splitting ranks to join the entire Opposition in the Rajya
Jan. 4, 2018

Pak also has an ace or two up its sleeve

US President Donald Trump’s first tweet of 2018, accusing Pakistan of “lies and deceit” and giving “safe haven to terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan” may bring smiles of vindication to the Modi
Jan. 3, 2018

Pak-US ties in doldrums

If one were to look at the 70-year old trajectory of relations between the United States and Pakistan one would conveniently describe them as of master and servant. Once we were called
Jan. 3, 2018

Princess’s tragedy

The saga of Padmavati, now called Padmavat, seems to be sputtering to a close. The Central Board of Film Certification can pretend that there was something so objectionable about the film that
Jan. 3, 2018

Trump’s belligerence against Pakistan

The US-Pakistan relations have hit a new low following the latest belligerent tweet by no less a person than the American President himself painting Pakistan an ‘enemy’ country. Trump, in his New
Jan. 3, 2018

Criminalising instant talaq

Find a better way On August 22, 2017, the Supreme Court in a historic verdict in Shayara Bano vs Union of India, invalidated the practice of instant triple talaq, or talaq-e-biddat,
Jan. 3, 2018
TEHRAN, IRAN - DECEMBER 30 : People gather to protest over high cost of living in Tehran, Iran on December 30, 2017. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Unrest in Iran

In the absence of any obvious trigger, the eruption in Iran as 2017 drew to a close took everyone by surprise, providing an unexpected signpost for the new year. Given that the
Jan. 3, 2018

Kulbhushan Jadhav not alone

IT is possible that Kulbhushan Jadhav will go home free in 2018. It is possible that the Pakistan government has other plans for the convicted man, spy or no spy. All countries
Jan. 3, 2018

The Healing Touch of Love

Henry Thoreau, the 19th century writer, naturalist and philosopher once remarked: “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a
Jan. 2, 2018