France 24 Despite U.S. support, the Afghan government’s surprising new peace offer to the Taliban is running into a wall. The insurgents insist talks for a conflict-ending compromise should take place with Washington, not Kabul. The impasse is blocking a diplomatic path out of America’s longest-running war and could prove as fateful as fortunes on the battlefield. The Trump administration… Read more »
Source: Al Jazeera Despite help from Supreme Court decisions, members of sexual minority say, on the ground, progress often feels distant. Lahore, Pakistan – In her twenties, Jannat Ali dreamt of walking outside as a woman. Society, however, wanted her to live in one of two gender boxes. But she never fully identified with either. “I always felt uncomfortable sitting with… Read more »
Source: BBC Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency after several attacks against mosques and All PostsMuslim-owned businesses. A curfew is in place in the central district of Kandy, where crowds from the Buddhist Sinhala majority attacked a mosque, Muslim-owned shops and homes. The authorities fear retaliation after a young Muslim man’s body was found in a burnt-out building… Read more »
It is a known fact that India does not have the infrastructure to supply clean drinking water to its citizens, so I see this movement as a positive thing. I also see this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Israel as something political. Israel is very U.S. backed (on the Jewish side of things) so I am curious if… Read more »
NEW DELHI: The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israel to enhance cooperation on water conservation in India, Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply, minister of state for drinking water and sanitation SS Ahluwalia told the Rajya Sabha that the ministry has signed an MoU with the ministry of energy of the state of… Read more »
HALDWANI: Corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday announced that he would sit on a protest in New Delhi’s Ramlila Ground from March 23. The activist was in Haldwani and held meetings with local activists. Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, the social activist said that it will be a ‘Do or Die’ movement for a strong Jan Lokpal bill, farmer’s pension and electoral… Read more »
SHILLONG: Outgoing Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma on Monday claimed that his successor Conrad K Sangma would have to shoulder a ‘tremendous’ responsibility as the Congressgovernment had set a new benchmark for development in the state. Extending his best wishes for the new chief minister, Mukul Sangma expressed hope that the new administration would be able to live up to… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops have “redeployed” themselves away from the face-off site in Doklam, and China has undertaken construction of helipads, sentry posts and trenches for its army personnel there, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today. “Post disengagement from the face-off in 2017, troops of both sides have redeployed themselves away from their respective positions at the face-off… Read more »
There was a mix up of voting machines in Meghalaya which called for a repeal in the Northeastern state. Polling was countermanded due to the killing of National Congress Party candidate Jonathone N Sangma on February 18. 544 of 628 votes were accounted for which was 86%. A significant number to me. 86 percent of a state voting is a great… Read more »
Representatives of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy the railway company for Kazakhstan recently has a very important meeting with officials in India. Kazakhstan is a country that needs to be closely watched by the West because they are making rapid advancements especially in the are of railways. Kazakhstan recently just discussed the possibility of a construction of a North- South corridor basically… Read more »