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Events over the last one year shows that the world’s largest superpower itself faces challenges to its democratic system, while it continues to preach the world about democratic values. It seems a paradox. But one of the oldest democracies of the world, the United States which has the habit of …

The Bill would enable the government to withdraw citizenship to a person without informing him or her. The controversial Nationality and Borders Bill was introduced by the ruling Conservative Party in the House of Commons on 6 July 2021. The bill has now progressed to the House of Lords, and …

A recent Saudi ban announced through a tweet has once again pointed the needle of suspicion towards Indian Tablighi Jamaat, let’s analyse the whole episode. Recently most of the Indian newspapers and news channels in English, Hindi and Urdu carried a news story stating that the Saudi Arab has banned …

The summit hosted by the US president, instead of bringing together democratic voices at a common international platform, gave birth to many controversies. A US sponsored two-day virtual democracy summit wrapped up last week. It was promised by President Joe Biden during his election campaign last year, as he wanted …

News reports about a new faith to be implemented globally, has caused consternation amongst the people and also raised questions about its validity and designs behind it. Recently in this era of conspiracy theories, in vogue particularly after the onset of the Covid pandemic, I recently received a message on …

India and Pakistan are poised against each other, to play a more proactive and constructive role in Afghanistan’s redevelopment, trying to negate each other’s initiatives. The ascendancy of Taliban to power in Afghanistan almost two-and-a-half months ago, after the hasty and chaotic withdrawal of the US forces from the country …

While an effort to classify the Taliban into good and bad is rather easy, the underlying reasons to classify them as Deobandi becomes a little tough and illogical. The seizure of Afghan capital, Kabul by the Taliban and their declaration to declare Afghanistan an Islamic Emirate has again raised the …

In recent times the Chinese navy’s coercive activities in the South China Sea and its global port-buying spree have added different dimensions to its naval strategy. Ever since Communist China came into existence in 1949, its belligerence over South China Sea – SCS, has been increasing and some recent events …

Recently a Stanford University team found that some Artificial Intelligence programmes are giving misleading results, for queries related to religious minorities and race. We are living in a Digital Age in which more and more complex tasks are being entrusted to machines. In addition we are also worried about the …

Proposals for a EU army have re-emerged after the Afghan fiasco – but many member states still remain ‘hard to convince’, about its feasibility. It seems that the EU has learnt the lessons of the abrupt end of the US-led mission in Afghanistan and furthermore after AUKUS, that the US …

The new found love between the UK and UAE might have propelled one of its former ministers to nominate the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, for the Nobel Peace prize. The withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan before the deadline has dealt a severe blow to the special relationship between …

Pakistan seems to be worried that Taliban styled thinking might spread to Pakistan and secondly, the Taliban might turn out be more pro-India than pro-Pakistan. Pakistani government at the moment seems to be in a quandary. The manner in which it wanted to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has …

The 2020 survey carried out by Carnegie Endowment, tries to find and analyse the reasons for Modi’s popularity in the United States. Indian-origin American citizens now comprise the second-largest immigrant group in the USA. Over the years with increasing political influence and playing an active role in the US internal …

By:Asad Mirza American President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president (The first two, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, were both acquitted. Another president, Richard Nixon, resigned rather than face impeachment and trial.), to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power …

 (A Panel Discussion By US Consulate General Hyderabad and The Indian Journalists Union) At a time when America’s first African-American president Barrack Obama, coerced by the United States 2-term presidency limit for an individual, prepares for roll up, India – along with other countries – are rubbing hands in anticipation …

By 2050, weather as we know it will be unpredictable. Summers will be warmer, winters cooler and storms dramatically devastating. Millions of people will be left with no choice but death due to natural calamities, rising sea levels, unprecedented extreme weather swings, storms, droughts and floods. Beautiful countries like Maldives …