India’s ambivalent attitude towards Tibet stems from the Sino-Indian Treaty of 1954 where our former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru recognized Tibet as a part of China, but later gave asylum to Tibetans due to Chinese threats, in respect to border...

The poppy cultivation is the most lucrative trade in Afghanistan, inspite of the legal ban on the crop cultivation and risks involved in business. It is one of the largest contributors of drug exports throughout the world and the recent boom in opium...

The United Nations Peacekeeping mission has of late been under scanner, already involved in many sexual exploitation and human rights abuse scandals apart from various allegations like oil for food scam. Now, the UN mission in Congo too has come under...

Iraq has been in the news ever since 2001. With the country being in the state of a perpetual war, women and children suffer the most, both, in social and economic aspects. Amidst such a climate, the atmosphere in Iraq is not very friendly,...

The Pakistani government is close to an agreement to end hostilities with the most militant tribes. A 15-point draft of the accord, which was shown to The New York Times, called for an end to militant activity and an exchange of prisoners in return for...

A British expedition team has found glaciers in northern district of Sikkim melting due to global warming. The members of the team hope that these reports would enable people to take global warming seriously and make them do something constructive about...

I had lost interest in cricket after the world cup 2003, but the much hyped Indian Premier League, has renewed that dormant interest now, though with different perspectives. IPL does offer glamour to the game with popular cine stars,...

After television, computers and so many other gadgets, it is time for books now to look like laptops which will have all essential features of a computer, with a fictional design from Kyle Bean. Though the percentage of people who read books is...

After years of fighting the Taliban regime and trying to restore order in Afghanistan, American and British troops are largely unsuccessful. It is not the case only in Afghanistan, but is also true of the other places which America had invaded, namely...

Iran, Iraq and America have long been involved in a series of battles since the Gulf war and I suffice it to say that hegemonic American attitude and opportunism made the atmosphere hostile, along with the already existing animosity between these...