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Cuban Revolution and New President after the Castros

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the first person outside Casto dynasty to lead Cuba, took over as its 19th President on Thursday April 19, 2018, the day before his 58th birthday on April 20, 1960. Fidel Castro seized control of the island nation in 1959, after the Cuban Revolution that began in 1952 when former Army Sergeant Fulgencio Batista s...

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Connectivity has Catalytic Role in Stimulating Economic Growth in Relation to India & Nepal

Connectivity and Tradewas focus of Prime Ministerof IndiaNarendra Modi’s latest State Visit to Nepal from 11 to 12 May 2018 at the invitation of Prime Ministerof Nepal K P Sharma Oli. Joint inauguration of the 900-MW Arun-III hydroelectric power projectwas highlight of the visit attended by both the Prime Ministers expressing hope that operationalisation of the project would help enhance coopera...

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China & India – Important Engines for Global Growth

Sharper Strategic Communication in Era of Protectionism will be pursued by India and China, as agreed by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and President of People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, during their Informal Summit in Wuhan on April 27-28, 2018, to exchange views on overarching issues of bilateral and global importance, and to elaborate their respective visions and ...

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Blockchain Technology making deep inroads into Multiple Sectors

Blockchain technology offers the ability to create businesses and operations that are both flexible and secure. Its applications are still in the developmental stage.  The demand for blockchain-based services is on the rise, and the technology is maturing and advancing at a rapid pace. The potential applications for blockchain technology are almost without limit. It is making deep inroads into m...

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Bangladesh Bhavana a Symbol of Cultural Ties

Bangladesh Bhavana, a cultural complex with a museum narrating the history of the 1971 Liberation War, a symbol of cultural ties between India and Bangladesh, was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly on Friday May 25, 2018 on the campus of Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan in West Bengal. The two leaders then attended the C...

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9th India-Japan Energy Dialogue

India-Japan agreed during the 9th Energy Dialogue held in New Delhi on May 01, 2018 to work together for energy security, energy access and climate change issues; to initiate discussion towards development of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and commit to work together in promoting well-functioning energy markets by collaborating with “Policy dialogue on next generation / zero emission v...

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security issues in Indian ocean

“Whoever controls the Indian Ocean will dominate Asia, the destiny of the world will be decided on its waters.”

Words of the maritime strategist Alfred Mahan proving to be true for the Ocean in the 21st century; the Indian Ocean has thus become a ‘very active’ ocean, perceived by many as the emerging center of gravity in the strategic world.

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Myanmar rohingya refuges should not be allowed entry into India in the name of Human Rights

In Favour

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“At the end of the day, the goals are simple : safety and security.”                                                                                        ...

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The world has had enough of politics let it now address itself to economics

“Good Economics is good politics.” —Paul Keating

Introduction

“The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of wealth and property.”

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Take care duties rights will take care of themselves

‘Duties and Rights’, the two juxtaposing assemblies have been impugning each other in a democratic system for a long time. On one hand, the channelizing machinery blaming the citizens and on the other hand the citizenry blaming the system for repeatedly being meretricious in appearance but mere lackadaisical in its methodology. But in this warfare of constant blamegame, are we losing the vivacious mettle of real...

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