Vivek Verma Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan. She came from a feudal dynasty from Sindh. Her father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was the founder of Pakistan’s P
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India and China achieved a major milestone this year when their bilateral trade crossed the landmark figure of USD 100 billion but it did not generate any fanfare in both capitals as the two Asian gi
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SITARA SRINIVAS There are less than seven weeks to go for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, and things are heating up, albeit diplomatically. In a press conference, American Press Secretary Jen P...
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Prof Madhav Das Nalapat Unlike India, which barred most US researchers from entering the country during the Cold War, China from the 1980s welcomed them, gave many of them tenured and other assignme
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Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) General Sam Manekshaw paced up and down his office, his furrowed brow almost touching the center of his forehead. His lean frame was ramrod straight, his gait long and stridi
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NILANTHI SAMARANAYAKEWith the escalation of great power competition, much attention has been given to the rise of traditional security, or state-based, concerns. The challenges in this sphere still la
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