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Jan

COVID vaccine: Is it Halal or not?

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It’s not only the Muslims, even Hindus and Jews have raised questions about the use of the COVID vaccine, due to prohibited substances in its composition. Even before the COVID vaccination process starts in India. The Indian Muslims have courted another controversy. The question is whether they’ll be amenable to get vaccinated or not, as […]

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Jan

Brexit: Finale at last!

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The British public will have to face the repercussions of the sordid Brexit saga, mostly based on lies, during the pandemic times. On 31 December 2020, at 11 pm UK time and 12 pm Brussels time, four years, 27 weeks and two days after a referendum that split the UK almost down the middle in […]

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December'20

Adieu 2020, Welcome 2021

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2020 set many new paradigms, which may be the norm in the coming years, too. Perhaps the humans have awaited no other year’s end so eagerly across the world as that of 2020. Similarly, no other event in the recent history has had such a far-reaching impact as that of the coronavirus pandemic, on the […]

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December'20

Global Britain

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Global Britain is the new strategy, through which UK aspires to re-emerge as a key player at the global stage. The question is whether it will be able to? The recent bonhomie between India and the UK, during the continuing Covid pandemic indeed comes as a real surprise. The Indo-UK bilateral ties during the recent […]

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December'20

People’s movements symbolise people’s power

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Arab Spring and Shaheen Bagh sit-out and the recent farmers protests emerge as examples of popular and strong people movements in the recent history. The past week marked the tenth and first anniversary of two different events, both starting off as a protest against the ruling regime and in turn snowballing into massive movements. The […]

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Jan

Qatar-Saudi accord: New era of Arab ties

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The recent rapprochement between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and other GCC members may have positive fallout on the regional relations and balance of power. With Saudi Arabia and Qatar signing a friendly bond that ended the three-year long economic blockade, which Riyadh had imposed on its tiny Gulf neighbour, regional observers see […]

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December'20

Changing Dynamics Of The Palestine-Arab Relationship

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Many Arab countries, and Saudi Arab in particular are having a rethink on their relationship with the Palestinians. Many recent developments in the Arab world and the change of guard in the USA, has led to many new permutations and combinations on the relationship front amongst western and the Arab world. One such changed consequence […]