Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/19/2018 - 14:42
Paper No 6461 Dated 19-Nov-2018
By S.Chandrasekharan
On November 17th, Solih took over as the seventh President of Maldives in a glittering ceremony at the Galolhu National Stadium.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, former President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunghe as well as Senior Representatives of 46 countries were present for the occasion.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 15:27
Paper No. 6460 Dated 17-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China’s invitation to Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to visit China in end-October 2018 may be significant in terms of China’s shift to reset relations with Japan due to prevailing geopolitical pressures but it certainly does not herald ‘game-changer’ long term perspective in established US-led security architecture in East Asia.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/10/2018 - 12:28
Paper No 6459 . Dated 10-Nov-2018
onBy Dr Subhash Kapila
Geopolitical compulsions seem to be bearing down heavily in steering Pakistan- China ‘All Weather Iron Brother Relations’ towards a massive shift in end-2018 whose first indicator has been the less than successful first visit of new Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Beijing from November 02-05 2018.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 11/07/2018 - 15:01
Paper No. 6458 . Dated 07-Nov-2018
By R.M.Panda
The Minorities are not Safe:
Though Pakistan consists of many religious, ethno-linguistic minority groups, it continues to be dominated by fanatical sectarian groups with official blessings and making it intolerable for non Muslim minorities like Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Calash, Sikhs and the Parsis to survive.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 11/06/2018 - 19:11
Paper No. 6457 Dated 6-Nov-2018
By S.Chandrasekharan
Former President Mohamed Nasheed who returned to his country on 1st November received a tumultuous welcome in Male from his party workers and the whole of Male was a “sea of yellow”.
President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was present at the airport to receive him.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/05/2018 - 16:35
Paper No. 6456 . Dated 4-Nov-2018
By S.Chandrasekharan
In what could be described as a positive step, Representatives of the Northern Alliance consisting of TNLA, AA and the MNDAA met the Myanmar Peace Mission on 1st November and reached an agreement to reduce clashes in Kachin and Northern Shan States. They also agreed to meet again in December to discuss the implementation of the agreement.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 11/04/2018 - 12:50
Paper No 6455 Dated 4-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China’s shadows hovered ominously over the Japan-India Summit 2018 even though not explicitly mentioned by name as Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Indian PM Narendra Modi confabulated at Tokyo on October 29 2018 for their annual dialogue. This is borne out by the contents of the Joint Japan-India Vision Statement 2018 and the summations enshrined.
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