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China Accused of Practicing Racial Discrimination by United Nations Watchdog Body
September 4 , 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee
Article Views: 2407
China’s aggressive efforts to position itself as a global leader recently came under challenge at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the global watch dog on racial discrimination.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Human rights in Xinjiang , Persecution of Uyghurs , UNCERD Report

Making Sense of Missile Shield
August 31 , 2018 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 3510
The media picks up the tag line "India puts up a missile shield" every time there is news related, one way or the other, to the plan to acquire a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system. The so called "missile shield" filled the media space when there was a talk of S-400 system.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air defence , Missile Defence , S-400

समकालिक चुनाव: सहमति, असहमति और समाधान
August 30 , 2018 Shiwanand Dwivedi
Article Views: 2705
समकालिक चुनाव अर्थात एक साथ सभी चुनाव कराने का मुद्दा इसबीच चर्चा में है। इसको लेकर पक्ष और विपक्ष में अनेक तर्क रखे जाते रहे हैं। इसके बावजूद यह दौर समकालिक चुनावों पर बहस के लिहाज से सर्वाधिक अनुकूल दौर माना जा सकता है। ऐसा मानने के पीछे कारण, केंद्र के सत्ताधारी दल का समकालिक चुनावों पक्ष में होना है।

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : बुनियादी चुनावी चुनौती , समकालिक चुनाव

Pakistan Economy: Challenges Ahead for the New Government
August 30 , 2018 Prateek Joshi
Commentary Views: 4639
Now that Imran Khan has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the most pressing challenge for him would be the management of Pakistan’s economy. These revolve around mounting debt (both domestic and external), growing Chinese loans

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Pakistan’s economy , Pakistan’s fiscal debts

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