Currency Notes: What Is President Mukherjee’s Advice to People?
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has welcomed the “bold step” taken by the Indian government to declare that all Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes will cease to…
Is the Indian Government Fearing a Military Coup?
When elected politicians try to subvert the democratic principles, coups are carried out by disciplined soldiers to bring democracy back on track. By Rakesh Raman The ongoing ostentatious display of…
Pakistan to Help Qatar Fight Terrorism
Qatar has planned to set up training academies to combat terrorism and it has expressed its willingness to seek the services and expertise of the Pakistani instructors to impart training…
Iraqi and Kurdish Forces Advance to Liberate Mosul
In the operation to liberate Iraq’s second-largest city from the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, Iraqi and Kurdish forces continue clearing and back-clearing…
General Assembly Elects 14 Members for UN Human Rights Council
The General Assembly on Friday elected, by secret ballot, 14 States to serve on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations (UN) body responsible for the promotion and protection of…
NATO-EU Cooperation to Strengthen Cyber Defence
Allied Defence Ministers discussed practical steps to take forward NATO’s cooperation with the European Union (EU) on Thursday (27 October 2016). Ministers were joined by the EU High Representative Federica…