Iftikhar Gilani
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New Delhi, DL, India
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Risks and opportunities for the world in 2022
While elections in South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Hungary, Angola, Kenya, Italy and France will dominate the global political scene in 2022, the developments ass... → Read More
Vast lithium reserves to transform Afghanistan from aid to trade economy
The commitments held out by nations at the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, are largely contingent on the return of peace and stability in Afghanistan, as the country's vas... → Read More
The Judaisation of Jerusalem has implications for the wider struggle to liberate Palestine –
While Israel's military offensive against Gaza may have taken the spotlight off the expulsion of Palestinian families from Jerusalem, its bid to engineer demographic changes in the occupied city and... → Read More
Tilting at the windmills...
Tilting at the windmills... - The ban on movement of civilian traffic in Kashmir Valley is self-defeating in the extreme → Read More
More pernicious than AFSPA
More pernicious than AFSPA - The time to dilute or do away with the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir has arrived → Read More
Ignoring key election allies: What is Congress gameplan for LS poll 2019?
Ignoring key election allies: What is Congress gameplan for LS poll 2019? - It is impossible to decipher why Congress, under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, has decided to go it alone → Read More
India lodges protest over two Hindu girls' kidnapping, conversion in Pakistan
India lodges protest over two Hindu girls' kidnapping, conversion in Pakistan - Swaraj, Chaudhry engage in war of words on Twitter → Read More
The country needs a new OSA
The country needs a new OSA - The secrecy clause in this colonial legislation is an anachronism in modern Indian democracy → Read More
The moulvi with the limp
The moulvi with the limp - India filed no case against Maulana Masood Azhar when he was in its custody between 1994-1999 → Read More
Maulana Masood Azhar: 'The Moulvi with a limp' who became India's most wanted man
Maulana Masood Azhar: 'The Moulvi with a limp' who became India's most wanted man - India filed no case against Maulana Masood Azhar when he was in its custody between 1994-1999 → Read More
Pakistan's nuclear blackmail ends as India shuns restraint policy
Pakistan's nuclear blackmail ends as India shuns restraint policy - From hunting down Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani to conducting surgical strikes across the LoC in 2016, to the major pre-emptive strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp across the international border on Tuesday, signifies that India has over past few years adopted a new counter-insurgency doctrine and abandoned the cautious… → Read More
Remembering George Fernandes' visits to Kashmir Valley
Remembering George Fernandes' visits to Kashmir Valley - When all doors had closed, George Fernandes’ was only one open to those who needed it the most → Read More
DNA ANALYSIS: Bell tolls for Congress in UP as Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav ignore it
DNA ANALYSIS: Bell tolls for Congress in UP as Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav ignore it - The alliance means that core voters of SP's (Yadav, 9%) and BSP's (Jatav and Chamar, 12%) will come together to repeat the 1993 experiment when they stopped the BJP march at the peak of Ayodhya movement. → Read More
10% reservation for General Category: Govt seeks Constitution amendment
10% reservation for General Category: Govt seeks Constitution amendment - Government sources says the 10 per cent reservation would encompass all communities and classes that don't fit in the 50 per cent quota → Read More
Congress sops: 3 states stare at Rs 41,000-cr bill
Congress sops: 3 states stare at Rs 41,000-cr bill - Experts believe that freebies and sops will spiral fiscal nightmare in debt-ridden Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh → Read More
State elections make way for close contest in 2019 Lok Sabha polls
State elections make way for close contest in 2019 Lok Sabha polls - With Cong impact, national politics likely to return to regional alliances → Read More
Jats' demand for quota crucial poll issue in 2019
Jats' demand for quota crucial poll issue in 2019 - The community constitute nearly 29 per cent of Haryana's population. The Jats have a significant presence in Rohtak, Hisar, Sonepat, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Jind and Jhajjar. → Read More
Bahujan Samaj Party miffed as Congress props up Chandrashekhar Ravan in Uttar Pradesh
Bahujan Samaj Party miffed as Congress props up Chandrashekhar Ravan in Uttar Pradesh - Mayawati had opted out of alliance with the party in 3 states → Read More
India to share table with Taliban during Afghan peace talks in Moscow
India to share table with Taliban during Afghan peace talks in Moscow - India will be represented in a ‘non-official’ level at the talks, which may mean a retired diplomat may attend → Read More
China wants India on its side in trade war with United States
China wants India on its side in trade war with United States - Last month, US President Donald Trump had imposed $200 billion tariff on Chinese imports. While China retaliated by imposing tariffs on about $60 billion of US imports → Read More