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Move to India or trust Taliban? Kabul’s Sikhs in doubt, 2 months after IS attack on gurudwara

Jyoti Malhotra -
The 18 June attack has made many in the already-dwindling community want to leave Afghanistan. But the Taliban realises that treating Sikh-Hindu community well may help relations with India.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the IS leader known for barbaric executions & love for football

Nayanima Basu -
In 2010, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Next year, he led a revolt in Syria leading to the germination of ISIS.

Khalistani extremism listed alongside al Qaeda, IS in Canada terror threat list

Anirudh Bhattacharyya -
This is a first for the Justin Trudeau administration, which has often drawn censure from India for allegedly courting Khalistani radicals.

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Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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