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Sikhs in Singapore: A culture of success and diversity

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Singapore’s Sikh community has been recognized and applauded for their exceptional contributions across diverse fields while preserving their rich culture, faith, and distinct identity.

Pakistan is a media graveyard; Balochistan worse off

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Confirming assessments of media freedom and human rights bodies, Pakistan has emerged as the media’s ‘graveyard’ with its restive Balochistan province emerging as its epicentre.

”He who calleth himself a Sikh of the true Guru, should rise early and meditate on God;

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

He should make an effort early in the morning, bathe in the inner tank of nectar;

Asylum Fraud in the West: The Khalistan facade

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

In recent developments, an investigation conducted by the British tabloid, The Daily Mail, has revealed that a significant number of asylum seekers in the UK are misrepresenting their political affiliations to obtain refugee status.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Resurgent Terror

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

On July 12, 2023, one Police Constable, identified as Mohsin Azam, was killed and another three Policemen sustained injuries during an attack by unidentified terrorists on the newly established Police check posts in the Faqiran Masjid area of Mir Ali Tehsil (revenue unit) in the North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

Joint Indo-US initiatives and Modi's Egypt visit checkmate China in the Middle East

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

The two-day visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Egypt on June 24 and 25, 2023, is a potential game changer in bilateral relations. With increased Indian presence in Egypt, the efforts of China to build its presence in the Middle East is under stiff challenge.

Governance by Hysteria

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Editor, SAIR; Executive Director, ICM & SATP

The proposed trial of Pakistani civilians in military courts violates not just the country’s Constitution but also international law

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is facing a string of court cases since being ousted from power last year and whose arrest in a graft case in May led to violent protests across the country, bemoaned recently when commenting on the state of democracy in Pakistan that the country was “standing on the edge of darkness”.

Punjab: Increasing Fragility

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management

India-Uzbekistan Synergy at the SCO

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

New Delhi is set to host the 23rd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Council of Heads of States on 4th July 2023 in the virtual mode. The rotating presidency of this pan-Eurasian organization came to India from Uzbekistan in the historic city of Samarkand in September 2022.

Trapped in a Nightmare: Punjab and Haryana youths imprisoned in Libya

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

In a heart-wrenching turn of events, the dreams of eleven young individuals from Punjab and Haryana to embark on a journey to Italy have tragically transformed into a horrifying nightmare, as they find themselves confined behind bars in war-torn Libya.

India voices outrage over attacks on Sikhs in Pakistan

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

In a firm response to the recent wave of attacks targeting Sikh community members in Pakistan, India summoned a high-ranking diplomat from the Pakistan High Commission on Monday. Expressing deep concern, Indian officials conveyed the urgent need for Pakistan to prioritize the safety and security of its minority populations, particularly those who live under the constant threat of religious persecution.

Sikh Diaspora: The Gangs of Khalistan

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Editor, SAIR, Executive Director, SATP and ICM

The Pakistani elite is culpable in the death of hundreds of Pakistanis and Kashmiris in the appalling Greek boat tragedy

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

In what is being described as the worst migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea, a migrant boat carrying up to 750 people, 400 of them said to be Pakistanis or from Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), started to have trouble with its engine last week.

Construction of military infrastructure by China in Shaksgam Valley of Jammu and Kashmir ceded illegally by Pakistan, violates international law

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

The Shaksgam Valley, also known as the Trans Karakoram Tract, is part of Hunza-Gilgit region of the erstwhile princely State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), which, following the accession of J&K to India on October 26, 1947, legally became a part of India.

Uzbekistan to hold early Presidential elections on July 9

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

This year is passing in the history of Uzbekistan as a period of democratic renewal and change.

The United Nations warns of impending acute food insecurity for the already struggling people of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

The Global Report on Food Crisis produced by the Food Security Information Network, an international alliance of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and other agencies working to tackle food crises, which was released last month, drew urgent attention to the steep and alarming increase in the number of people worldwide experiencing acute hunger and requiring food, nutrition and livelihood assistance.

Indian democracy is a global inspiration: Palestinian diplomat

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

While the world was watching with interest the results of the Turkish elections in the run-off on May 28, which Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won for a third term of five years, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was announcing to the entire world and to the Indian people the inauguration of the new permanent adding a luminous canvas and a beacon of democracy that India offers to the world.

PLFI: Major Shock

Sep 15, 2024, at 11:53 am

Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management

China’s push for internationalisation of its currency Renminbi meets limited success

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

China’s meteoric economic rise since the launch of the Reform Era by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s has been increasingly accompanied by a desire to promote the international usage of the Chinese national currency, the Renminbi (RMB).

China's local government debt crisis

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

China's local governments are grappling with worsening financial conditions, as their debt ratios continue to escalate, posing significant challenges in effectively managing financial risks.

Odisha: Kalahandi - Elusive Goal

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

Research Associate,Institute for Conflict Management

Drone Intrusions

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

On May 21, 2023, Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) near Dhanoe Kalan village in Amritsar District of Punjab. In the subsequent search, it recovered a drone along with a consignment of three packets containing three kilograms of narcotics attached to it with an iron ring, from the fields adjacent to the village.

Vitality and vibrancy of Indian democracy on display in the recent elections in Karnataka state

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

India witnessed an affirmative reassertion of the strength and power of its deep-rooted democratic essence when elections for the Legislative Assembly of the southern state of Karnataka were held on 10 May.

Turbulent Nation

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

The chronic political disorders in Pakistan turned into a full-blown crisis with the arrest of former Prime Minister (PM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on May 9, 2023, in one of the 143 ongoing cases against him.

Current Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan and Constitutional Reform

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:30 pm

Over the past two-plus decades, significant changes have taken place in international relations and world economy. These are characterized by increased interconnectedness and interdependence of countries in the global processes. 

Jammu and Kashmir scales new heights, PoK sans basic amenities

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:31 pm

Jammu and Kashmir is flourishing and moving towards scaling new heights.

United States Institute for Peace report on deepening China–Pakistan military relations inspires calls for the West to wake up

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:31 pm

As per a study titled The China Index 2022 conducted by the China in the World (CITW) network of the Taiwan-based anti-disinformation group Doublethink Lab, Pakistan stands at the top of a list of 82 countries over which China exercises most influence.

Regression, Repression, Incoherence

Sep 15, 2024, at 12:31 pm

On April 1, 2023, Taliban Director for Information and Culture in Badakhshan Province, Moezuddin Ahmadi, confirmed that the country’s only women-run radio station, Sadai Banowan (Women’s Voice), had been shut down as the station violated the "laws and regulations of the Islamic Emirate [of Afghanistan]" several times, by broadcasting songs and music during the Islamic month of Ramadan.