NEW DELHI: As the confrontation in Pakistan between the Executive and the Judiciary deepens, the army too has not been unaffected. Today the divide in the army among retired and serving personnel with some backing deposed prime minister Imran Khan, and others the government of Shahbaz Sharif, is hard to paper over. In this conversation […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The intensity of China’s air and naval drills around Taiwan were less this time compared to previous occasions, says Dr. Shen Ming Shi, director of security research at the INDSR think tank in Taiwan. In this conversation on The Gist, Dr Shen believes China needed to send a message in the wake of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Akriti Vasudeva Kalyankar, Fellow with the South Asia Programme at the Stimson Centre in Washington, D.C, Editor-at-large of ‘South Asian Voices’ and Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Professional and Area Studies at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In this […]Read More
The National Security Committee (NSC), Pakistan’s apex body on national security, has decided to launch a comprehensive operation against terrorists, as the country’s civil and military leadership virtually issued a charge sheet against the previous government for allowing the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to regroup. The huddle chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was attended […]Read More
Pakistani President Arif Alvi has returned a bill aimed at clipping the powers of the Supreme Court chief justice and giving the right to appeal in all suo motu cases with retrospective effect, citing that the proposed legislation is beyond the jurisdiction of the legislative body and is susceptible to challenge as a specious enactment. […]Read More
China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely expected after the Chinese communist regime condemned the meeting with Speaker […]Read More
The treasury is no longer able to safeguard public institutions that incur losses or that have not reached the desired goals, at a time when the country is in a severe economic crisis, says Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe. Speaking at an event held at the finance ministry, the minister emphasised that […]Read More
A series of explosions rocked Yangon’s International Airport on Thursday night after the Myanmar military outpost at the airport was targeted with improvised artillery rounds, according to resistance groups and locals. Residents of Mingaladon Township in the north of Yangon, where the airport is located, reported hearing several explosions. One passenger wrote on his Facebook […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The joint statement issued at the end of Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck’s visit to India earlier this week made no explicit reference to the boundary issue (the trijunction of India, Bhutan and China in the Chumbi Valley). But given the media reportage and the perception that Bhutan may be leaning towards […]Read More
China Will Respond To India’s Unfair Treatment Of Chinese Journalists, Says FM Spokesperson Given India’s unfair and discriminatory treatment of Chinese journalists, China has no choice but to take appropriate countermeasures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese media organizations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, urging India to “correct […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Benedict Rogers, China Human Rights Analyst and Author, ‘China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny‘ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. It is “ironic how the Chinese Communist Party either represses or weaponises religion depending on what suits it,” Ben Rogers […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Donald Trump has become the first former President in US history to face criminal charges. On Tuesday, he appeared before a court in Manhattan and pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the run-up to the 2016 elections. This after a jury set up by Manhattan District Attorney […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China is yet to comment on the visit of Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk to Delhi. But Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, has been focused on Bhutan for some time. As the story below will reflect, Weibo is a tool of the Chinese Communist Party, to influence and shape public opinion and ensure […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Little over a fortnight ago, Blume Ventures released its much-awaited report: Indus Valley. Inspired by the legendary Mary Meeker report on Internet Trends, the Indus Valley report offers the best insights into the Indian startup ecosystem. Many consider it the holy grail of Indian startups. This year it has set out the narrative […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is Bhutan looking to sign a border deal with China? Does it see India as an obstacle? Is Bhutan taking India for granted? These questions were triggered by Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tsering’s comments recently, which are the focus on today’s Gist. Gen. Narasimhan, former member of the NSAB, believes that Tsering’s remark […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After a series of street protests in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended what the government calls judicial reforms. The government says it will seek a broad-based consensus on the proposal but Netanyahu has said reforms will go ahead. Here’s a look at what the government intends to do and why people […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For many days the world has seen the streets of Israel’s major cities convulsed by demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Stratnews Global spoke to Dr. Khinvraj Jangid on The Gist to get a sense of what this is about and whether Netanyahu has overreached. Dr. Jangid, who is researching […]Read More
NEW DELHI: 8-year-old boy of Mongolian origin anointed by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Khalka Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche of the Jonang Monastery. Dalai Lama had set a larger game in motion … to ensure that the identification, certification, and installation of any future Dalai Lama would be in Tibetan hands, not China’s.Read More
NEW DELHI: For a country like India that has a rich culture and traditions, soft power is an important component of diplomacy. And one institution that plays a key role therein is the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), working in tandem with other agencies of the government. India enjoys tremendous goodwill across countries; that needs […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck begins his three-day official visit to India on Monday, in keeping with the long-standing tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries, as the External Affairs Ministry put it. The royal was last here in September 2022. Also, the past six months, the last week in […]Read More
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