Is the Pakistan government under Imran Khan going to review China-Pakistan Economic Corridor because it “unfairly benefits” China? Media reports suggest that Prime Minister Imran Khan has set up a nine-member committee to look into all CPEC-related agreements. That Pakistan may not go the Sri Lankan way is a concern[Read More…]
Tag: South Asia
India needs to maintain its strategic autonomy
With the call that “America is in the game and America is going to win”, strongly reminiscent of his populist campaign speeches, US President Donald Trump launched his first National Strategic Security (NSS) policy document on December 18, 2017. He categorised his ambitions for the US based on “principled realism”[Read More…]
Nagaland: NSCN (K) Rebel leader SS Khaplang dies at 77
The chairman of the underground Nagaland rebel group NSCN (K), SS Khaplang, 77, a rebel leader for half a century, took his last breath on Friday. He died at the general headquarters of the group in Taga due to prolonged illness. He was also the President of the Government of[Read More…]
Malaysia refuses to criminalise child marriage
In Malaysia, which is Muslim-majority country, a law on sexual offences against children has been passed. However, to our surprise, it doesn’t criminalise child marriage. A Malaysian MP said girls as young as nine were “physically and spiritually” ready for marriage. Shabudin Yahaya, a member of the Barisan Nasional coalition,[Read More…]
Pakistan accuses India of building a secret nuke city
Pakistan on Thursday accused India of accumulating a stock of nuclear armaments and building a ‘secret nuclear city’, which the Foreign Office claimed to be a potent threat to the balance of power in South Asia. Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Nafees Zakaria made the remarks at the weekly press briefing while[Read More…]
Alarming: 75% of casualties due to air pollution in India, says WHO
Majority of deaths in India is not caused by diseases but due to air pollution. Air pollution is killing nearly 8,00,000 people annually in the South East Asian Region with India alone accounting for over 75% of the casualties caused by cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer, according to a new[Read More…]