India’s Growing Defence Exports
India’s defence exports to various countries have increased manifold in recent years, the latest deal is to export Indian rocket launchers to Armenia. According to reports, India would supply the ‘Pinaka’ multi-rocket launcher system, which can fire a salvo of 12 HE rockets in 44 seconds to Armenia besides anti-tank missiles and a variety of […]
Why Myanmar military can’t be able to survive in the long run?
By: Sufian Siddique Myanmar’s military announced on February 1, 2021 that it had taken control of the country after arresting Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders. A state of emergency was then imposed in the capital Naypyidaw and a curfew in the capital Yangon for the next year. After this, thousands […]
New dilemma for scholars
By: Ishfaq Ul Rehman Recently new recruitment rules have been framed for the employment of Assistant Professors in higher education department. The selection criterion has been modified to place greater emphasis on written examination, wherein points to academic qualification has been reduced to only 10 marks. Now the written Examination holds 75 marks- Paper -I: […]
‘REAL SKETCH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH)’
(Published by – Minhaj ul Quran International)
BOOK REVIEW: Minhaj ul Quran International is a religious organization with an organizational network in more than 90 countries. Its founder, Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, and his entire team work tirelessly to achieve the set goals and have succeeded remarkably. It functions on different fronts like Dawah, Education, publication, and welfare. Having separate forums for […]
Continuing India’s sanitation revolution – from ODF to ODF Plus
By: Vini Mahajan In 2014, India started its unprecedented sanitation journey, as consistent and concerted efforts began to create an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) nation. Considered the largest behavior change program in the world, the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) drove every Indian village, to accomplish a massive milestone and by 2nd Oct 2019, as a tribute […]
Suicide and the possible preventive measures
BY: Dr. Ab Hamid Sheikh WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported that “despite progress, one person still dies every 40 seconds from suicide.” World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on September 10 for creating awareness about suicidal tendencies and the preventive measures thereof. ‘Creating hope through action’ has been the triennial […]
India-Bangladesh Relations through the lens of win-win outcomes
By: Mashrur Siddique Bhuiyan Following its declaration in December 1971, Bangladesh’s independence was first acknowledged by India. In South Asia, these two nations have historically had a shared border. Although there have been a few problems, relations between the two nations are still largely good. Despite decades-long border disputes coming to an end with the […]
POSHAN Abhiyaan: Bringing about Behaviour Change through Jan Andolan
Honorable PM’s clarion call for a Suposhit Bharat has found resonance in the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition or POSHAN Abhiyaan – Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes among children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. A critical part of the programme has been to mobilize communities at the grassroots to […]
The South and Southeast region mustn’t be complicated further
By: Sumaiya Jannat There have been frequent gunfire exchanges along Myanmar’s Naikhangchhari upazila’s border with Bangladesh for a number of days. A Rohingya resident of the border region has died. Additionally, there have been injuries in Bangladesh’s border villages. The local Bengali population and hill people are both alarmed by this abrupt development. This is […]
Power Consolidation in China
The 20th Congress of the China’s Communist Party will begin on 16 October, a five yearly exercise. This time it is expected to approve Xi Jinping as country’s paramount leader for the third unprecedented time.
Recent rumours of a military or a political coup in China seem to be largely unsubstantiated and unreliable. They can be dismissed as based on the fact that the current leadership has in the past week acted harshly against what it called a “political clique” against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and this is not […]
