Is Russian ready to face the Afghan fallouts?
Dealing with Afghanistan remains a puzzle for Russians. It was different in 2001, when Putin acquiesced to the US request and facilitated the deployment and transit of NATO troops and …
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Virginia Woolf: The creative benefits of keeping a diary
I got out this diary and read, as one always does read one’s own writing, with a kind of guilty intensity. I confess that the rough and random style of …
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Japan marks 69th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
On the morning of August 6 1945, an American B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped a bomb weighing 4,080 kilograms –deceptively called Little Boy –on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, …
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New World Bank criteria can reduce India’s poor by 300 million
The number of people living below the poverty line in India is going to decrease by around 75%. At least, on paper. The World Bank is set to revise the …
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Gaza conflict: 72-hour ceasefire begins
Israel has announced that it will pull back all its troops from Palestinian territory to a defensive position after the Egyptian-brokered 72 hours truce came into effect on the morning …
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Why India cannot do away with indirect subsidy
India’s stand at the WTO negotiations on signing up the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) may have greatly disappointed the US. In his recent visit to New Delhi, the US Secretary …
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US ups stakes, holds first summit with Africa
Against the backdrop of the rise of Asian powers, most prominently China, in Africa, the United States is hosting its first summit with the resurgent continent, which is expected to …
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Prayers at Pashupatinath: Connecting spiritually with Nepal
Blessings, prayer and healing. After charming Nepal with his stirring speech in parliament, it was time for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer prayers at Pashupatinath temple, one of …
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Modi casts spell in Kathmandu, pushes right buttons
“Heart-touching”, “warm”, “magnetic”, “Hit”, and “super-duper” – these are just a few superlatives being used to describe the stirring speech given by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his captivated …
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Nepal media sings praises, Modi visit unites Nepal like never before
KATHMANDU: Nepal has shown a rare unity in welcoming the historic visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with political elite and a notoriously argumentative media speaking in one voice …
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