In fast changing global scenario the world has turned unipolar with USA emerging as the sole nation legitimizing its hegemony in every global matter - political, economic or military. One country that matched US power on the world map was Soviet Union which got disintegrated in the year 1991 and with that era of bipolar world and cold war abruptly came to an end. Russia,though stil...
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Phenomenon of Populism
In our country elections are held in the fashion of festivals and every now and then political leaders have to rub shoulder with common masses. After being elected, political leaders in power resort to populist measures to keep those happy who stood by them at elections, and thus the phenomena of populism comes into play. It may be in form of some announcement declaring concessions...
Ravindra Jadeja Emerges Top ICC Test Bowler
Indian bowlers continued to rule over the ICC Test Bowler Ranking when Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja emerged the top ICC Test bowler, replacing his fellow Indian Ravichandran Ashwin for second place in the latest ICC Test Bowler rankings. Jadeja achieved the top Test bowler spot after his phenomenal nine wickets performance in the drawn Third Test Match against Australia in Ranchi in March 2017.
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Powerful Social Media
Social media in today’s technology - driven world encompasses whole range of tools facilitating electronic communication through which people form online communities to exchange information, ideas, personal messages and a lot more across global internet system, which not only has converted the vast expanse of the earth and the ocean into what can at best be described as small hamlet expanding the horizons of...
Immigrant Crisis of Europe
The European migrant crisis been one of the important developments in the year gone -by and has captured the world attention after the pathetic images of helpless migrants coming to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean sea and other channels and some of them meeting miserable death in the sea, hogged the headlines which was enough to jolt the collective human conscience across the globe. The human tragedies t...
Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future of BRICS Nations to Boost Investments
BRICS nations are on their way to establish open investment policies that are non-discriminatory, transparent with predictable conditions for investments and may decide to avoid protectionism in relation to cross-border investments. They also have a proposal to set up a common payment gateway to promote e-commerce among BRICS nations and to promote e-commerce among the five leading emerging econ...
Non-Compliance of Financial Action Task Force Advisory will be Serious for Pakistan
Pakistan had launched a crackdown on the terror outfit Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) and affiliates and put Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and his four accomplices Abdullah Ubaid, Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Niaz under house arrest in Lahore in January, 2017; under pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’,only to fulfil international obligations; as JuD, which is part of the Lash...
Is there any Insurance Cover on Damages due to LPG?
Yes, there is Public Liability Insurance Policy for accidents involving LPG and every consumer of LPG cylinders from any of the authorized dealers is automatically covered under such policy that provides coverage under various headings. Public Liability Policy for Oil Industries is Third Party Insurance cover for persons and property that every Oil Marketing Company is mandatori...
Freedom of Speech & Expression is a Sham if it Militates Against the Unity & Integrity of the Nation
Article 19 says the protection of certain rights regarding freedom and Rights articles 19(1) (a) says all citizen shall have the right to speech and expression.
It implies that every citizen has the right to express his views, opinions, beliefs and convictions freely by word of mouth, writing, printing or in any other manner.
Ordinances Though Promulgated under Compelling Circumstance Make Parliament Appear Redundant
President Pranab Mukherjee has recently given assent to Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 and Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016. These are the latest ordinances of the Modi government which immediately after taking charge in May 2014 began its innings with recommendations for two ordinances at the very first Cabinet meeting.