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It is clear that we are living through a dramatic revolution in warfare brought about by changes in technology. Classic airpower, manned by human pilots, is increasingly being displaced by pilotless drones
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The geography of global wealth is undergoing a dramatic shift, as Gulf states and fast-growing Asian economies outpace many mature Western markets in billionaire growth rates, reshaping the balance of economic power.
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Nehru-Liaqat pact had provisions for Muslims migrating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to return till December 31, 1950 if they wished to by offering them many norms that favoured them only. Dr
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A senior official of the Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered a stark assessment of how renewed conflict in the Middle East is reshaping the global inflation landscape and feeding directly into
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For decades, Sri Lanka’s economic trajectory has been severely constrained by a persistent structural vulnerability: the twin deficits. The country has simultaneously run a chronic fiscal deficit and a structural trade deficit,
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For decades, Balochistan’s separatist insurgency remained overwhelmingly male. Armed groups operated through tribal networks, clandestine cells and remote mountain sanctuaries, while women largely remained outside direct militant activity. Even within nationalist politics, female
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The murder of the Deniyaya doctor shook the entire country during the 1971 rebellion. Many incidents occurred during the 15-day rule of the Deniyaya area by the April 1971 rebels. One of
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Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, yesterday said the West’s reaction to Ukraine’s deadly drone attack on a Russian school for children indicated the “moral failure” of the West. “If the
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Speaking on the anniversary of the nuclear tests conducted in defiance of US warnings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “India will not bow down to anyone”, heralding the successful execution of its
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