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AFGHANISTAN
India implodes its own new Silk Road
Posted By Pepe Escobar
There was a time when New Delhi was proudly selling the notion of establishing its own New Silk Road – from the Gulf of Oman to the intersection of Central and South Asia opening access from Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia from the Arabian Sea – to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Now i
BANGLADESH
Indian diplomat lands in Dhaka to salvage ties
Posted By Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday reached Bangladesh on a two-day visit. The visit is being seen as a last-ditch effort by New Delhi to consolidate its regional position amid growing influence of China. India and Bangladesh have tr
PAKISTAN
Posted By Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor
While ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured people that the time had now come when gold would grow instead of grass, milk canals would flow in exchange for water in the rivers and springs and the skies would sight flight of Kashmiris not the birds. Artic
INDIA
Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India..
Posted By Jason Burke
Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by KS Komireddi – review A blistering polemic exposes the country’s malaise under Narendra Modi Almost a decade ago, I travelled to a small town in Gujarat, a s
KASHMIR-RIGHS
Posted By Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor
While ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured people that the time had now come when gold would grow instead of grass, milk canals would flow in exchange for water in the rivers and springs and the skies would sight flight of Kashmiris not the birds. Artic
NEPAL
Washington Provoking India to a War With China?
Posted By F. William Engdahl
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a recent video conference suggested that the US might move some of its troops from Germany to the region around India, citing growing US security concerns in the Asian region. Given the dramatic rise in tensions between India and China over disputed borders in the region of Nepal and Bhutan where several so
SRI LANKA
Who benefited from Sri Lankan tragedy?
Posted By Adeela Naureen
A devastating series of eight bomb blasts ripped through churches holding Easter services and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on 21 Apr 19, killing nearly 300 people, including dozens of foreigners and injuring nearly 500. International media especially that of India are in the forefront in reporting that a local Islamist extremi
GLOBL
The Neverending Holocausts of the Neoliberal Order
Posted By Kim Petersen
Biochemist, writer, humanitarian activist, and artist, Gideon Polya has had a selection of his essays gathered into a compendium titled US-Imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide (Korsgaard Publishing, 2020). The comp
EDITOR'S PICK
Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India..
Posted By Jason Burke
Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by KS Komireddi – review A blistering polemic exposes the country’s malaise under Narendra Modi Almost a decade ago, I travelled to a small town in Gujarat, a s
CHINA
India implodes its own new Silk Road
Posted By Pepe Escobar
There was a time when New Delhi was proudly selling the notion of establishing its own New Silk Road – from the Gulf of Oman to the intersection of Central and South Asia opening access from Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia from the Arabian Sea – to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Now i
