The violence erupted after a wave of kidnappings, including the abduction of a merchant on Friday. This is the first time that sectarian clashes have erupted inside the city.
Taken by bus to Lebanon, evacuees include 44 ‘zaireen’ from J&K. MEA had said last week that there were about 90 Indian nationals in Syria, apart from some working with the UN.
The question is whether India is prepared to take on a more prominent role in the security domain within a global dynamic where geopolitical theatres increasingly overlap and influence one another.
In Episode 1564, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses why Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is the most challenging of rebel groups in Syria, & implications of Assad's losses.
A 2015 photo of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi's body facedown on a Turkish beach became a symbol of the European refugee crisis and sufferings caused by the Syrian war.
Having a basic form of ID would allow many refugees to travel to havens and escape human traffickers, to open bank accounts, apply for visas and find employment.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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