Pak oppression stoking Baloch ‘azadi’ fires
Balochs say the CPRC ignores them and is Punjab-centric. The Gwadar-Karachi route goes through developed areas of Punjab and Sind while bypassing Balochistan districts Balochistan is Pakistan’s biggest occupied province, making about 44% of the country’s total land area. With a coastline of 770 kilometres, Balochistan also shares borders with Iran...
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Warming warning
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Cost of ‘service’
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Checkmate by the ‘Neutrals’ in Pak
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Heavy weather
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All heart
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Albanese will foster India engagement
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Rajya Sabha elections will give BJP numerical edge
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India must stabilise the value of Rupee
Steep falls reveal that rupee’s value is vulnerable to net forex outflow In Maysecond week, the forex reserve of India has reduced to $595 billion from $635 billion in September 2021. Existing reserves are about 18% of nominal GDP which is acomfort zone. Despite this, the value of rupee against US dollarfell...
Mahaprabhuji’s vision of universal peace
A Vaishnav does not harbour negative feelings of hatred, jealousy, envy, and so on, and treats everyone with respect, equanimity and equality Vaishnavism is one of the major forms of modern Hinduism, characterised by devotion to Vishnu and his incarnations. A devotee of Vishnu is called a Vaishnava. The Vaishnavite tradition...
Russia will not disappear soon
Russian President Vladimir Putin will almost certainly not be in power three years from now. The war he foolishly began in Ukraine has fatally undermined his political credibility among the Russian elite (and among a large though mostly silent part of the population). One way or another, he will be replaced. He...
Time to REJECT FOSSIL FUELS RIGHT AWAY
Candle produces more CO2 than a single firecracker More than 95% human activities over the past 4-5 decades are responsible for inching ‘mother-earth’ towards getting warmer year after year, eclipsing our life-system. Stephen Hawking had unequivocally predicted (‘a veiled threat’) that our planet will gradually rise its temperature and will become...
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Among other things, free discoms from State control, allow them to set tariff for all consumers and permit private firms into the distribution business Faced with an acute power crisis caused amongst others by sudden spurt in power demand in this season, the Modi Government has fired all cylinders to tackle the...
Embarrassing cover-up
The Taliban have ordered all female TV news anchors to cover their faces while on air The Taliban-led Islamic Emirate Government in Afghanistan has pronouncedly returned to its crooked ways, especially with regard to the country’s women. Actually, it’s always been biased against the fair gender, even when it was in...
Tightrope
The new Australian PM has his task cut out with regard to his role in QUAD vis-Ã -vis China The Chinese feel that Australian Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese, who succeeds Scott Morrison as the Prime Minister, may adopt a less hostile attitude towards them. Where does that feeling leave the...
