Kabul: In our series from Kabul—‘Taliban 2.0: One Year On, From Winning The War To Governance’, Khpolwak Sapai, the Director of TOLOnews, Afghanistan’s first 24-hours news, current affairs, business, regional & world news television network in conversation with StratNews Global(SNG) Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. SNG reports in Afghanistan have been filmed by Video Journalist Rohit Pandita. SNG has a tie-up […]Read More
Kabul: In his first in-person interview in Kabul with an Indian media platform, Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan(IEA) in conversation with StratNews Global(SNG) Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. SNG’s reports in Afghanistan have been filmed by Video Journalist Rohit Pandita. Initial on-the-spot translation is provided by Abdul Qahar Balkhi, Spokesperson of the Foreign […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘The Gist’, Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia, Global President of The Asia Society and Author of the book, ‘The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China’, in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Mr Rudd says “those who have designed the Quad in Washington, Tokyo, Delhi and Canberra […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After serving nearly four years as the Vietnamese envoy to India, Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau is satisfied with his contribution to the bilateral relationship. The most important change has been the change in mindsets of the people of Vietnam with regard to India, he told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale just hours […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to commission INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, on September 2. This will put India in a select club of nations that have the capacity to design and develop aircraft carriers. When fully operational, the warship will significantly scale up India’s maritime capabilities, especially in the […]Read More
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is preparing for war, according to China analyst and author Gordon Chang. Several recent developments in China’s policies—particularly an amendment to China’s National Defense Law—could signal that the regime is prepping for a full mobilization of its military, according to Chang. “China’s newly amended National Defense Law takes certain powers […]Read More
Japan is seeking to organise a Sri Lanka creditors’ conference, hoping it could help solve the South Asia nation’s debt crisis but uncertainties cloud the outlook for any talks. Tokyo is open to hosting talks among all the creditor nations aimed at lifting Colombo from its worst debt crisis since independence but it is not […]Read More
The Chinese police have arrested a Tibetan in Nagchu for possessing photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Karma Samdup from Sernye district was found with photos of the Dalai Lama in his car and another that he wore as an amulet pendant. Photos of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who resides in India since […]Read More
A report by the U.S. State Department accuses China of seeking to “drown out,” marginalize and harass those who are critical of Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs. The report titled PRC Efforts to Manipulate Global Public Opinion on Xinjiang says Beijing is actively attempting to dominate global discussions on Xinjiang and discredit reports from independent sources. According to the […]Read More
The Pakistani government has declared a ‘national emergency’ in light of the rain-induced floods that have so far killed 937 people and left at least 30 million without shelter. As per National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) data, Sindh has reported the highest number of deaths—306 people have lost their lives due to floods and rain-related […]Read More
Artificial Street Signs Authorities in the eastern cities of Ningbo and Shaoxing in Zhejiang province say unofficially erected signposts that try to attract visitors are the work of businesses trying to draw tourists. A Chongqing-based coffeehouse owner says it a great way to promote business. “It creates more interest in visiting a strange place and […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point‘, Bill Roggio, Editor, Long War Journal and Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defence of Democracies in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Mr Roggio discusses one year of the Taliban back in power in Afghanistan, its pledges not to allow terrorist groups to operate from the country, al-Qaeda(AQ) […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In July this year the number of transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the payment backbone of India, aggregated a record 6.28 billion. This is but a mere slice of India’s rapidly emerging digital economy; it is generating millions of data points about individuals, which have the potential to be monetised. India […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In July this year the number of transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the payment backbone of India, aggregated a record 6.28 billion. This is but a mere slice of India’s rapidly emerging digital economy; it is generating millions of data points about individuals, which have the potential to be monetised. India […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s economy is in bad shape although nowhere near the kind of collapse that Western media tends to project. But tough times are expected to continue at least until the party congress later this year, when Xi Jinping will get confirmed for an unprecedented third term. That’s the view from Ananth Krishnan, The […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s strategic environment is getting more complex given the expanding nuclear arsenals of China and Pakistan and their collusion. In this conversation on The Gist, Brig. Arun Sahgal, a specialist on strategic and regional security at the Delhi Policy Group, argues that India needs to redo its planning and preparation for a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is it India’s job to keep Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in power? Recent remarks by the latter country’s foreign minister Abdul Momen, make no bones about that. Did he misspeak? Was something lost in translation? Or was it some political signalling by Dhaka ahead of Hasina’s visit to India next month? In […]Read More
Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has kicked up a political storm with his remarks made at a Janmashtami event in Chattogram on Thursday. The minister, who visited India in June, said he had requested India to do anything that was required to keep the present government (of PM Sheikh Hasina) in power. The next […]Read More
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been booked under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act regarding his comments made at a rally in Islamabad on Saturday, reported Dawn. The first information report (FIR) was registered on the complaint of magistrate Ali Javed. The FIR said that at the rally, Imran had “terrorised and threatened […]Read More
A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be in Sri Lanka from August 24 to 31 to discuss the progress made by the country to ensure debt sustainability in order to pave the way for a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the Fund. The discussions will focus on finalising the SLA as well as […]Read More
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