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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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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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Lebanon is emerging as a central battleground in the wider Middle East conflict as escalating Israeli strikes and Hezbollah attacks deepen fears of a prolonged regional war ahead of high-stakes negotiations in
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Saudi Arabia is resisting renewed pressure from President Donald Trump to join the Abraham Accords with Israel, underscoring deep regional tensions and unresolved political conditions that continue to block normalization, according to
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Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who waived her anonymity during the trial of her former husband Dominique Pelicot, has warned that pornography is a “scourge” on society that is shaping children’s understanding
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Nasa has announced the start of a $20 billion programme to build a permanent base on the Moon, describing it as one of the most ambitious engineering efforts in human history and
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France’s minister for Francophonie, Éléonore Caroit, has defended Paris’s continued role in Africa while warning that Russia is actively engaged in manipulation, disinformation and political interference across parts of the continent, according
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Indonesia has begun a sweeping crackdown targeting major palm oil producers over allegations of under-invoicing and transfer pricing in commodity exports, raising pressure on some of the country’s most powerful agribusiness groups.
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China has accumulated more than 30 days’ worth of coal supplies to ensure power stability ahead of an expected summer electricity crunch linked to the El Niño climate pattern. The National Development
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