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Influx of Rohingya Refugees: UN Resolution and Diplomatic Endeavour of Bangladesh Government
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A resolution has been adopted by the United Nations, calling for an urgent solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis that has affected Bangladesh adversely. In total, 132 countries voted in favor of the resolution, while 9 countries voted against it, and 31 countries abstained on 18 November 2020. The resolution “The Situation of Human Rights…
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Crisis in the Making: The Indian Government’s Move to Regulate Digital Media
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The ruling BJP Government in India, has sent out a notification, which was issued by President Ram Nath Kovind, stating that “films and audio-visual programmes made available by online content providers” and “news and current affairs content on online platforms” would be brought under the heading Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) in the Second…
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Yazidis in Northern Iraq: A human rights crisis within the pandemic
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The coronavirus pandemic has affected nations and communities across the world, with cases nearing 50 million and deaths over a million and increasing globally. In Iraq, cases and deaths are rising exponentially every day, with close to 500,000 cases and 11,000 deaths in total. The situation is even worse in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps…
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Is the Left really Right?
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As we set sail in writing a piece that we have wanted for long, we feel the inescapable need to begin with a disclaimer. Neither of us has been paid, neither in cash nor in kind, by the BJP, the Republicans, the Conservatives or any of their supporters. The title of this article may instinctively…
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Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in India’s Foreign Policy strategy in the Indo-Pacific
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Introduction Throughout the history of civilizations, the maritime domain has played a crucial role in establishing global and regional powers, and security architecture of geographical regions. The security umbrella established at the end of the Second World War in Indian and Pacific oceans remained unchallenged throughout the Cold War. However, the rise of China and…
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Region Conflict: Are We Underestimating the Escalating Tensions?
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“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” – John Steinbeck It has been a century since the First World War ended. Beginning as a relatively small conflict in South-eastern Europe, it escalated into a war between European empires and shook the very core of humanity. Probably, history seems to be…
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China’s impact on South Asia: A discourse on India, Pakistan, and Nepal
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China’s influence continues to shape the conflict dynamics as well as the prospects for sustainable peace and development in South Asia. The elements of Chinese foreign policy take into account China’s geostrategic rivalry with India, economic expansion within the sub-continent and situation at the Sino-Indian border. This article looks into China’s influence on the Indian subcontinent…
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Intercepting China’s old Deceits
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The growing strains of the Trade War and international upheavals of the United States and other nations with China extend to its competitor in Asia itself. Countries that are dissatisfied with China’s supremacy are closely watching for developments on the Ladakh border conflict between India and China. The intriguing facet of the Sino-Indian tussle that…
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Dignity in Life and Death
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It takes within its (right to life) fold some of the “finer graces of human civilization, which makes life worth living”… P. Rathinam v. Union of India Despite the Supreme Court of India’s emphasis on the dignified treatment of human beings, the COVID 19 has exposed several instances where human lives were treated without dignity,….
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Safeguarding Sexual Minorities from Conversion Therapy in India: Judiciary as the Custodian of Constitutional Rights
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September 2020 will mark the two-year anniversary of decriminalization of homosexuality in India. This progressive realisation of human rights was achieved by the Supreme Court of India (SC) in the landmark case of Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India and has since then been celebrated as a win against homophobia – a colonial inheritance…