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https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4401016-after-20-years-its-time-for-america-to-leave-iraq/ On Jan. 4, 2024, the U.S. assassinated Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a commander in an Iran-linked Iraqi militia. The Pentagon press release called the militia a “terrorist group” and claimed the s...

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not strictly india related, though ethiopia did join the brics recently https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/01/following-ethiopia-somaliland-deal-somalia-looks-eritrea-egypt-help The recent agreement struck between Ethiopia and Somaliland continues to reverberate across the region, while Somal...

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https://ecfr.eu/article/national-interests-and-regional-turmoil-the-gulf-states-view-on-gaza-and-the-red-sea/ But behind the public diplomacy, the Gulf states are divided on how to achieve a ceasefire and how Palestine should be governed after the war. They are also hesitant to risk their own natio...

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https://asiatimes.com/2024/01/myanmar-insurgents-virtue-signaling-to-china/ The unprecedented “Operation 1027” resistance offensive launched in late October 2023 continues to make advances on Myanmar military positions in northern Shan State. Hundreds of ruling State Administration Council (SAC) ba...

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https://www.cfr.org/article/islamic-republics-power-centers the iran post 1979 is a revolutionary state, in that revolution must be brought to all the peoples. always good top be aware of such close neighbours, readings about the irgc inspires one to wariness https://www.cfr.org/sites/default/files...

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https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/irans-revolutionary-guards The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is the ideological custodian of Iran’s 1979 revolution. Charged with defending the Islamic Republic against internal and external threats, the corps has gained an outsize role in executing Iran’...

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https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-making-of-terroristan-pakistan-afghanistan-and-pashtun-nationalism/ In retrospect, the Punjabi-dominated establishment’s abuse of Pashtun land, considering it an outlier, has not come without costs. The situation resembles the outcome of the ‘prisoner’s dilem...

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mods, apologies for ot, if too deviating, request to move to appropriate thread The relationship with the old apartheid SA and Israel was strictly transactional, nothing more. The Iranians under the Shah and the sowdis/gulf nations also traded with them. If my memory is correct I remember reading ma...

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Little forgotten quirk of history, Israel was one of the biggest supporters of the apartheid regime, sa republic has a hate boner against Israel ever since

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interesting video from india tv PoyY6OpNL7I discusses the ls preparation of bjp in up relevant time stamp from 3:05 age limit for tickets to be revised from 75 to 70, 47 56 members currently in this category above 70 age, tickets to be given in only special cases rajnath singh, gen vk singh unlikely...

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Operation back to stone age has been launched by the leaders of the free world on yemen, sm is lit with attacks on us navy as well

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Also to add to my previous post, all this talk about electoral autocracy is imo to create a sort of euros mep system in the country where the managerial class parties are accommodated in the parliamentary decision making system without the wider ground popularity required for winning a fptp style el...

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INDI alliance is totally wrecked, which also makes me worried because an extreme sense of defeat will make them look for hard reset. the inc is currently under control of the nehru clan, and till they remain incharge, i do not see inc's revival, for all the touted smarts of the clan matriarch, ahme...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/adani-to-build-green-energy-park-in-gujarat-visible-even-from-space-to-invest-rs-2-trillion/ar-AA1mJIoj Recently crowned as Asia’s richest person, Billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday announced an investment of over Rs 2 trillion in Gujarat at the Vibrant Gujar...

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Alright, thanks, sanjayc ji, have mailed her, will wait for a couple of days for a response before requesting her number

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not india related, recently came across the documentary michael palin in north korea, its a 2 part documentary focusing mostly on pyongyang and the dmz, pretty nifty look at the country even if this is some sort of a potemkin village situation, the country has a weirdly anachronistic look to it, the...

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hi forum members, please advise on the following: my parents recently moved to somewhere near mira road, mumbai, the (hindu) housemaid has a daughter, 13, who has been missing since 24 december and is apparently in company of a muslim man, 40; the girl's parents have filed a fir, but till date no lu...

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i am actually quite puzzled by the attitude of the dotted gang towards the upcoming election, even today they hold meetings and say, "the talks were positive, we are firming up to discussing our seat sharing soon", but soon when? the polls are like 100 days away, in this the youth leader w...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/bangladesh-to-hold-general-elections-on-sunday-pm-sheikh-hasina-poised-to-win-another-term/ar-AA1mxHnS with the bnp boycotting the polls, the win for awami league / sheikh hasina is all but guaranteed. The only 2 questions would be: who is the heir apparent that...

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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chinas-biggest-land-grab-carves-into-ancestral-areas-of-bhutans-royal-family-4811168#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll A fresh set of satellite images, less than a month old, indicate the staggering pace at which China continues to illegally carve into northeast Bhutan by co...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/aap-picks-maliwal-for-rajya-sabha-renominates-sanjay-singh/ar-AA1mwZna The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday nominated Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal to the Rajya Sabha, and renominated sitting parliamentarians Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta...

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https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/01/06/jaishankar-in-nepal-some-big-deals-and-a-little-controversy Unlike in the past, he did not spend much time inquiring about the domestic politics of Nepal, but stated that the ruling alliance would complete its full term, according to a leader. But his v...

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2024 is a big year in terms of elections, almost 70 countries will go to polls in some form or the other for the parliament or comparable, starting from Bangladesh in early Jan to US in early November. The notables aside from Indian LS is Bangladesh, Taiwan, pakistan (lol), Indonesia, Russia, Iran, ...

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apparently, nitish kumar is slowly losing his mental capacity to function, according to the below video, has difficulty recognising his ministers, general loss in cognition the video is from a programme, kahani kursi ka, from india tv, source is devendra parashar, who is their political editor and h...

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7.4 magnitude earthquake off coast of japan, fears of tsunami 5m high

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I am thinking Yogi as Modi's replacement! For the below reasons. 1. Yogi's performance in UP. Especially the way he crushed crime and I believe it will be a hindrance in our growth and image. Unless UP needs another term of Yogi, i.e till 2032 to improve its situation, he should be made as PM candi...

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even wiki speaks glowingly of amit shah, i honestly did not know most of these During Modi's twelve-year tenure as the Gujarat CM, Shah emerged as one of the most powerful leaders in Gujarat. After winning the 2002 elections, he became the youngest minister in the Modi government and was given multi...

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the money obtained by the inc till date since the launch of donate for inc is around 5.5 crores, this is quite low for a party of inc's stature, it can be either of the two, that they are showing little receipt for now and will slowly start adding their black money into this campaign leading upto an...

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https://archive.is/B4d41 America, as a Catholic bishop friend likes to say, is the fruit of a mixed marriage: a child of both biblical faith and Enlightenment reason. The marriage was never perfect. It was often fractious. But in happier days, it produced a public square and popular culture shaped ...

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Increasingly, the global commie cabal is usurping the erstwhile role of the amriki empire, while aping the even older model of the britshit empire and incorporating the East India company's cancerous morals and their affinity for grand larceny, that is so very deeply ingrained in the body politic o...

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big developments, aus which is in the comfy boa constrictor-like embrace of the aukus refuses to send warship to the mideast why post here, this news should be taken in context of the north-eastern indian ocean. https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/middle-east-news/2023/12/21/australia-reject-w...

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Christianity’s success in its current spread is a manifestation of its failure. deeply profound statement, sanjaykumar sir The obvious inference and in fact direct observation is that Christianity is become a religion of the slaves again. The masters are now well educated and of an incomparably bro...

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So now IMEC deal cannot happen, and so US doesn't need India anymore for that, and so US no longer has a need to be nice to India. So now USA's real fangs are coming out, ready to arm-twist India at any opportunity. US was previously hoping to use India for India-Middleeast-Europe(IMEC) economic co...

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Looking at the map of West Asia, I don't really understand the argument about Iran. Besides, isn't India already working on a corridor between Iran and Saint Petersburg? indian corridor with russia, the instec is on cards... or has been for sometime, if i recall correctly, the part upto the upper r...

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all good ramana sir, i have obtained the book but reading chinese literature is always an arduous task, i think 5-10% of every page is devoted to names and it just makes it harder to focus, this is a 2000 words summary from bard-google of the book from an indian perspective Unraveling the Dragon's M...

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And the passage also doesn't deal with the behavior of the new christian overlords behavior with respect to their previous pagan beliefs. If that weren't the case we wouldn't have wide spread destruction of previous pagan places of worship. let me preface by saying that the article is from a christ...

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Hmmm , Seems like this method is used in DMK and many parts of India. imo, there seems to be 2 different streams of the christianity movement in india, in the southern and some of the eastern branch, the conversion seems to be slowly building up to the adoption by "elites" and thus to be ...

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Its not just the US, even France has added a dimension of LGBTQ++ rights to its foreign policy, and created the post of LGBTQ+ ambassador in 2022 and a certain Jean-Marc Berthon has been appointed to this post. He toured many African countries since, has rankled many heads of state and was declared...

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^ Ricky'ji, the sympathy is with Modi & his Government. Have you wondered why? dishaji, in terms of internal security, the previous goi had malicious or aloof intent and incompetence most of the time, the modi goi is incompetent some of the time, the difference is the perceived absence of malic...

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I find this commentary and reaction towards the parliament incident odd, the bottom line is that there was an attack by people inside the house, if it were the opposition in power, every sm would have been alight with failed government posts, but now excuses abound, Oh but you see they might have be...

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