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Friday, March 29, 2024
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What global arms sales tell us about the changing world order

A study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reveals an increasing arms race in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East North Africa region.

What Imran Khan’s Trump meet shows – being a nuclear-armed state with terrorists pays

Donald Trump undid decades of bipartisan diplomacy forged by US presidents Bill Clinton & Barack Obama and Indian PMs Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Narendra Modi.

Days after Trump-Imran meet, US approves deal to monitor 24×7 Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets

Pentagon's decision on military sales worth $125 million will require the assignment of 60 contractor representatives to Pakistan for this purpose.

Africa’s cities are about to boom – and maybe explode

Africa is urbanised, and its future in joining the global economy rests on the success or failure of cities, not rural communities.

America is still debating a share buyback tax while India has made it a reality

India’s practice of taxing markets started at least 15 years ago, a measure politicians in the US and Europe are agitating over.

Why Boris Johnson reminds me of my ex-husband Imran Khan: Reham Khan

Cocaine, women, childhood insecurity, Oxford and a need to be in the spotlight – all unite UK’s new PM Boris Johnson and Pakistan PM Imran Khan.

Trump’s vanity makes PM Modi look stronger — and gives him a chance to fix economy at home

By diversifying trade, Modi should send the message to America that India is open to business – and Kashmir is a domestic matter.

India should lobby for Afghan govt on Taliban peace talks, says envoy

Tahir Qadiry, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Afghanistan, says Kabul wants more from New Delhi as it’s an emerging power & could use its potential to lobby for Afghanistan.

In US, Imran Khan & Bajwa want to replace suspicion with personal chemistry. It’s not easy

In a capitalist economy, business deals and investment depend on potential for profit, not goodwill between leaders. Khan should remember that.

India, the biggest open data market, has a chance to lead the world on data arbitration

No other country enjoys the structural advantages that India possesses. So, it can create a multilateral platform for inter-governmental data mediation.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.