The World Health Organisation(WHO) is currently facing an image problem. We all are aware about the existence of WHO but very few have any idea about what it does. Is it a world medical association,a transnational health body or a source for technical medical reports with an overview ofbureaucracy. According to the organisation’s constitution drafted…
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News and analyses of events in the Indo-Pacific region
Against Islamophobia Rising: Hashtag #Islamophobia_In_India Top Trending on Twitter Worldwide Today
As we know that the world is in the grip of a raging coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty and fear are gripping everywhere. Amidst the widespread of Covid 19 when every country is taking steps to contain and trying to find a way to tackle one of the worst disease of recent times, TV anchors and…
Read moreUnderstanding the historical analysis and significance of Tablighi Jamaat Movement
Tableeghi Jamaat(TJ) is a Muslim reform movement originating in 1920s in the region called Mewat, south of Delhi. An innovative approach to reform with trips to faraway mosques, face to face preaching and learning with other Muslims and impressing others’ hearts personal piety and patience are the hallmarks of this movement. During the following decades,…
Read moreMARKAZ NIZAMUDDIN: Issues clarification, never violates laws and offers Markaz premises to be quarantine ward
Markaz Nizamuddin is the international headquarters of Tabilghi Jamaat for close to 100 years. Visitors/guests/devotees/worshipers from across the globe throng the place for pre-scheduled programs lasting for no more than 3-5 days. All the programs are decided a year in advance in order to facilitate visitors from far-off places to plan their participation. When Prime…
Read moreBiopolitics of COVID-19 and new racism
A middle-class senior citizen from a residential area in Dhaka city was “officially” recognized as the second to succumb to a coronavirus death. In a heartrending and thought-provoking Facebook post, his son revealed several codependent incidences that led to the demise of his dad. A private hospital initially recommended the patient for COVID-19 testing. Still,…
Read moreBitter lessons Corona keeps teaching us
Never before in the history of mankind, had a pandemic inflicted with such horrendous cost. A pandemic is also an epidemic that spreads over several countries and continents while affecting a large group of people. On that note – all pandemics are epidemics but not all epidemics turn into pandemics. On the spreading of novel…
Read moreTaliban and US sign Afghan peace agreement (with full text of the deal)
After 18 months of negotiation, the US and Taliban representatives signed the Afghan peace agreement on 29 February 2020 at a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of Taliban, as head of Taliban’s Qatar office and US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad signed the peace deal….
Read moreWhat should we do to counter bigoted anti-Muslim hashtags trending on Indian Twitter?
Twitter in India is supposed to be became the hub of anti-Muslim sentiments, once again demonstrating a scornful attitude towards Muslims, disparaging the community, religious beliefs and its followers. Right now, #DelhiAgainstJehadiViolence hashtag has been trending on Twitter in India for almost 5 hours. Twitter continues amplifying posts from users that are blatantly bigoted and…
Read moreTrump’s visit to India: Understanding India’s evolving geopolitical role
U.S. President Donald Trump was in India on February 24-25 on a state visit, for the first time since coming to office, becoming the seventh American president to visit India. The prime minister of India, Narendra Modi welcomed him with a high degree of pomp and circumstance, given the fact that Mr. Trump was making…
Read moreNew Delhi under grip of vicious violence: Anti-Muslim pogrom and the tide of Hindu Fascists
The death toll has risen to 27 in the deadliest violence, an earshot away from the nerve center of the government of India in the Indian capital New Delhi, hit by the worst religious violence in decades with police accused of partisanship. More than 200 others have been grievously injured in three days of violence…
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