SARRAL SHARMA Gen. Syed Asim Munir has assumed the charge as Pakistan’s 17th Army Chief; someone with a rare professional experience of heading the country’s two powerful intelligence agencies—...
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Rajen HarshéOn October 22, 2022, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) predictably won his third term as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). After the e
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SOUMYA BHOWMICK DEBOSMITA SARKAR The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines social security as the “protection that a society provides to individuals and households to ensure access...
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HARSH V. PANT It has been a calamitous start to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s third term, historic though it is. That Xi’s policies were facing a global pushback had been well accepted by Beij...
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HARSH V. PANT There has been growing anger in China over a lack of receptivity to concerns being expressed by ordinary citizens about President Xi Jinping’s strict ‘zero covid’ policy. But afte...
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Rana BanerjiLieutenant General Asim Munir Ahmed was appointed Pakistan’s new Army Chief on Nov 24. He will formally take over from Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa when the latter retires on Nov 29. Munir was th
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