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White House has just confirmed that Obama will be coming to India in Jan. Meanwhile, Modi has tweeted that Obama has been invited to be the Chief Guest for India's Republic Day celebrations on Jan 26th, 2015. This would be the first time that a US president would be gracing the R-Day Parade...

An interesting interview with Tarek Fatah. Tarek Fatah: India is the only country where Muslims exert influence without fear - The Times of India You're visiting India for the first time — what are your impressions? I'm relieved all my impressions turned out to be realistic &#8212...

Rising anti-Muslim sentiments in SL stoke fears of another ethnic war A red-robbed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, Muslim-owned clothing store. Last month’s attack on the Fashion Bug...

India undermining resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva Geneva/New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), an NGO having Special Consultative Status with the UN and participating in the ongoing 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva accused India of trying to...

This question, of course, is in context of the perception that India enjoys in its immediate neighborhood. I read a few articles on the recent tensions in Maldives, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In a number of these articles, the two terms "anti-islam" and "pro-indian" were used almost...

The year 2012 was an unprecedented year for the Defence Ministry as it had a prolonged stand-off with former Army Chief Gen V K Singh over his age issue and a truck-deal case and was dragged to the Supreme Court. The selection of France’s Dassault Rafale for the 126 combat aircraft deal...

Hey everyone. India went nuclear in '98. While many see this as a landmark moment in terms of further strengthening India's defenses - there is as a equally vocal group that argues that India facilitated the militarization of the subcontinent by choosing the nuclear option. They argue...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan KARACHI: The cellular phone sector suffered billion of rupees losses on back of longest duration suspension on the services in 49 major cities of the country, constituting nearly 70 percent of telecom subscribers covering area. The cellular...

Remittances to India this year are likely to increase to $70 billion, the highest in the world, followed by $66 billion to China, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday. The sharp increase in remittances to India has come from the Gulf countries. Regions and countries with large...

On Wednesday, the United Nations released a landmark report that indicted itself for its failure in protecting thousands of Sri Lankan civilians during the final phase of the Eelam War in 2009. But this self-indictment, in fact, effectively exposes the Sri Lankan government’s complicity in...

Can ideology and political agenda change overnight? At least, that is the message Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia carried when she arrived in India on October 28 for an eight-day visit. Begum Zia came at the invitation of the Government...

The report by an IMF mission which visited Pakistan this week noted that the energy problems facing the country were perhaps “the largest single impediment” to higher economic growth and were a major factor behind macroeconomic imbalances. “Pakistan faces a challenging...

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quater of fiscal year 2013 recorded a growth of 5.5%, which is tad better than 5.3% GDP number recorded in the previous quarter of fiscal 2012 but significantly lower than 8% witnessed in Q1 of previous year. Analysts say the number will not compel the...

The Islamic Psyjihad By B. Raman (This is an update of a paper titled “From Internet To Islamnet” that I had presented at an international conference at Bali, Indonesia, in October, 2005. Available at FROM INTERNET TO ISLAMNET:NET-CENTRIC COUNTER-TERRORISM) What we have been seeing...