James Clayton/ BBC News There aren't many in the US who are sure there'll be an election result on the night. Due to unprecedented numbers of postal votes, there could be days - possibly weeks - between the end of voting and the declared result. And in that period of unce ...বিস্তারিত
C. Raja Mohan/Daily news At first look, the Bay of Bengal seems a placid sea, but for the seasonal cyclones that disturb life in the littoral. It is almost a closed sea with just three countries bordering its northern reaches—Burma, Bangladesh and India. The northern w ...বিস্তারিত
Saket Ambarkhane/Eurasia Review On 8 November 2020, Myanmar will hold nationwide elections for its national, state and regional parliaents. Myanmar elections have never been a totally fair contest as 25 per cent of the seats are reserved for military officials. But at le ...বিস্তারিত
Akhilesh Mishra/Gulf News When it comes to the region of Jammu & Kashmir, October 27, 2020 is no less significant than 5 August, 2019. The Indian Parliament consigned Article 370 to the “has-been, never-again” bin of history on 5 August 2019. And on 27 October, th ...বিস্তারিত
Hannah Clapham is Assistant Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore/CNA With COVID-19 cases still rising globally, the race is on for a vaccine. Pressures are mounting to get one available for use as soon as possible. The ...বিস্তারিত
Chew Hui Min/Asian Times Planting mangrove forests to complement sea walls could slow the tide when it comes to rising sea levels - this is one example of a nature-based solution that Singapore can adopt to deal with the effects of climate change. And compared to stone a ...বিস্তারিত
Olivette Otele/The Guardian But Olivette, my darling, we’ve been there. We’ve done that already. It doesn’t work,” said an exasperated Bonnie Greer during one of our online, caring but also heated conversations. The playwright, novelist and broadcaster was referr ...বিস্তারিত
Vivek Katju /Indian Express The India-US 2+2 mechanism is the primary vehicle to give meaningful content to the Bilateral Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. Its third meeting in Delhi on October 27 was held with only a week to go for the US presidential elections ...বিস্তারিত
Gulf news Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s concern and irritation at Islamophobia in Western political and social media circles warrants attention – and is rightly justified.He has called on Facebook to ban Islamophobic content on its platform, warning this would ...বিস্তারিত
Pankaj Mishra/Bloomberg The last thing the world needs amid a resurgent pandemic is a clash of civilizations. Yet this is what French President Emmanuel Macron seems intent on fomenting. And, in many Muslim leaders, he has found willing and eager partners for his venture. ...বিস্তারিত