Foreign journalists have been crying foul about an MEA circular seeking applications for permits eight weeks before date of visit to J&K, other ‘protected areas’.
PM Modi will inaugurate a slew of projects to launch BJP’s push for power in J&K. Governor Satya Pal Malik is on board with the idea of simultaneous polls.
Modi govt felt it was ‘time to open up to the outside world’, in the hope that the high-profile visitors would help in changing the narrative on Kashmir.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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