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.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
On lessons from the ongoing West Asia conflict, he says that while US had superior technology and strike capability, Iran used geography to its advantage.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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