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Has Taliban changed? In Kabul, a prized partridge for sale, ‘mahram’ escorts for women
As Taliban inches towards completing a year in power, exodus from Afghanistan continues. But more countries are coming to realise one can't ignore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Nameless airport, IS attack, Delhi paan, vanilla ice cream — Kabul, a year after Taliban return
Shahr-e-Naw, literally, The New City, used to be a cauldron of noise & activity — streets choked with cars, pavements buzzing with people. But this Kabul seems to have retreated into itself.
Final foreign office glass ceiling cracked: Kamboj takes charge as UN PR
When she presented her credentials in New York to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to assume charge as India’s Permanent Representative (PR) to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj cracked the final frontier or glass ceiling of the…
SAWM India seeks immediate release of Setalvad & Zubair
The South Asian Women in Media (India) condemns the arrest of Teesta Setalvad, secretary and co-founder of Citizens for Justice and Peace, and of Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, the fact-checking media organisation, and expresses…
Why Bangladesh is absolutely quiet when it comes to anti-Prophet remarks by BJP leaders
As many as 20 countries and organisations have issued statements, but not Bangladesh. It has clearly understood at whose door the power lies in India.
SAWM India condemns issuance of FIR against journalist Saba Naqvi
The South Asian Women in Media (India) strongly condemns the FIR filed against senior journalist Saba Naqvi for what is purportedly a meme created by someone and which was openly shared over social media and which she had posted on her…
For 5th time Lanka PM, political, economic challenge like no other
This is Wickremesinghe’s fifth time in the office. Each of his earlier terms was truncated, and on two of those occasions he was dismissed by the President — by Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004, and by Maithripala Sirisena in 2018.
Supreme Court orders stay on all Sedition charges
We have discussed elaborately..we are passing this order. In view of the above, Union of India agrees with the Prima facie opinion expressed by the Court that the rigours of Section 124A is not in accordance with the current social milieu.
Rajapaksas face ‘Lanka spring’ heat
In Colombo, hundreds of people are camping out and chanting one slogan “Gota Go Home” and the protests are gathering momentum.
How useful is the United Nations in keeping peace and does the world need it?
If the UN cannot agree on what constitutes terrorism and cannot stop even its permanent Security Council members from waging war and violating the UN charter, how useful can it be?