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The 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (2019-2020)
The 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will be held from mid-September 2019 till mid-September 2020. The African Group’s candidate Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria, a political scientist, educationist and career diplomat, has been unanimously elected President of this session of the UNGA, which will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 2020.
कश्मीरी आतंकियों की नई नस्ल
कश्मीर में आतंकवाद के मौजूदा दौर के पीछे विचारधारा की मजबूत बुनियाद है। यह 1990 के दशक की विचारधारा से एकदम अलग है। आतंकवाद के इस दौर को जरूरत वैचारिक खुराक वहाबी और मौदूदी पंथों से निकलने वाले इस्लामी ...
Is it Time for India to Up its Game in West Asia?
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and France this week to boost bilateral ties with these states. The visit comes in the wake of support that India has re...
Misleading Reportage: India Remains a Miracle and Robust Democracy
A few days ago, a relative who lives in the US brought to my attention an article by Ramachandra Guha in The Washington Post of 14th August titled “India was a Miracle Democracy. But it’s Time to Downgr...
Education and Technology: The New Frontier of Indo-Bhutan Relationship
India and Bhutan share a very close relationship not only in terms of geography but also in terms of history, traditions, culture and spirituality. The relationship between India-Bhutan runs very deep a...
US-China Trade War: Fall Out in China
The mood in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy is sombre. The US-China trade war, as it is called, marks a substantive change in the US-China relationship. Mutual suspicion now taints what Beij...
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