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Access to electricity is more than a connection. Considering the growing importance of electricity in accessing other necessities, stronger measures a

A stronger partnership with China could attract the additional capital inflows that Italy sorely needs, given constrained lending by its banks.

People have thought in the past that a three-party system can achieve maximum stability in Pakistan. Observers will be keen to look at how the Pakistani military will be factored into the new dynamic.

For the BJP's electoral constituents across India – most of whom only conceive of Kashmir through the constant consumption of propaganda – Modi has scored a huge political win.

There are so many alternatives of financial inclusion.

What differentiates India Post Payments Bank from its ancestor — India Post — is in its value proposition of providing a technology-driven payment

Where did the States go wrong? Is it not the responsibility of the Central and State government to protect the rights of the migrant workers as enshri

China is consolidating its position in the South China Sea by building artificial islands, so when the time to conclude the actual Code of Conduct com

The usual shady politicking ensures that it doesn’t take a psephologist to figure out who will win the Pakistan elections.

The United States has stepped up its Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea as a response to China’s efforts to further en

The United States has stepped up its Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea as a response to China’s efforts to further en

The Algerian protesters appear to have learnt the lessons of the Arab Spring

The large turnout of youth and the civil society despite the central and state government’s determined efforts like large scale arrests of political

The ISI — on behalf of the army — has shaped Pakistan to the needs of the army chief.

The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka have brought the island nation to the forefront of the global terrorism discourse. The attacks further demonstrate the change in the Islamic State from a territorial group to a sponsor of terrorism worldwide.

Indonesia maintains its policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, but is now being more responsive to humanitarian issues

There are certain discrepancies that are openly visible between the threat perceptions of ISIS, the central group, and its supposed wilayat in Afghani

What is new is the pro-IS online ecosystem recognising an opportunity within Indian domestic politics.

Islam had reached Punjab along with the invasion of Muhammad Bin Qasim in the 8th Century. It spread in the province through the efforts of an array of Sufi saints who arrived in the province in the centuries that followed. Naturally, that meant that Islam in Punjab was deeply influenced by Sufi traditions. Today, both sides of the divided province are dotted with Sufi shrines or dargahs. The Sufi saints of Punjab have been venerated through the

Given the history of India-Israel ties, not much will change regardless of the government in power in New Delhi

It is a distinct divergence that has defined the debate over a critical question of identity and politics and cracked open a faultline moderate Israeli (Jewish) society has tried to brush under the carpet for the last seven decades.

The window of opportunity for such talks is shrinking, and delay could see space emerge as an active domain for conflict.

What the relations will be between the EU and one of its founding members will unravel in the coming days. It is high time that Brussels starts thinki

By taxing both income and consumption at punitive rates, the government drains the surplus with the middle class, which could have been used more efficiently for higher consumption, triggering higher production or savings, leading to more funds for investments.

The BJP-led government will have to walk the tightrope and act on its election manifesto — Sankalp Patra — which explains its long-term strategy f

The west needs India for its market, human resources and burden sharing while India needs the west for its growth. The question is whether a “new co

A rationalisation of the rupee exchange rate in end July and August made exports and domestic products competitive.

In an article of November 22, 2004, on India-Pakistan relations (http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1169.html), I had written as follows:

Kashmir has this instant ability to exclude everything except the known and the immediate.

In its June 2004 issue, Jane¿s Intelligence Review, has carried a report on the "Workshop on International Terrorism in South East Asia and its likely Implications for South Asia"

While New Delhi’s desire to cultivate closer defense ties with Tokyo is clear, its overall strategic approach is much less so.

Imposition of wider restrictions on technology exports to the other

PM Shinzo Abe has sought to think about something unforeseen — immigration of more foreign workers to address Japan’s labour shortage.

Jihad, as it is not known today, is not guided by any specific logic, and it is not meant to achieve any political objectives', said Dr. Faisal Fatehali Devji, Professor of History at Yale University, while making a presentation on 'Jihadism', at Observer Research Foundation, on August 24, 2004.

The unemployment rate is now around 10.1 per cent in the rural areas and 9.4 per cent across the nation. This means that around 40 to 50 million youth are without jobs. Unless they are given proper training, and higher education, they will not be fit to join the service sector or the manufacturing sector.

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