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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Scotland’s second independence vote
On the 14th of March 2017, First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to hold a second referendum on Scotland leaving the United Kingdom. This comes after the announcement of…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Article 50 will be triggered
On the 14th of March, the government of the United Kingdom finally won approval from Parliament after months of debate on whether to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger the nation's voluntary…
Business - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
US rate hike
On 15th March 2017, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates for the first time in 2017. Many markets such as currency market, the gold market and stock indexes have started…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Turkey-Netherlands row
Turkey has announced a series of measures in retaliation for a Dutch decision to block its ministers from campaigning for a referendum. Deputy PM said the Dutch ambassador would be barred from…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Trump votes for death penalty for being gay
On 3rd October 2017 the news was published by WashingtonSources saying that Trump votes for death penalty for being gay.
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Indian Politics - Op-Eds - Mar 13, 2017
Indian Elections – 2017
On Saturday, 11 March 17, the election results of India’s mini general election, for five states, were announced. The BJP scored resounding victories in UP and Uttarkhand, while the Congress..
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 13, 2017
Election: President of India
India’s Presidential election shall be held in July 2017, before President Pranab Mukherjee relinquishes office. The President is elected by indirect-election and through an electoral college…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 13, 2017
World wide web inventor targets fake news
The web is an open platform that should allow everyone, everywhere to share information, access opportunities and collaborate across geographic and cultural boundaries. The web has lived up largely…
Indian Politics - Op-Eds - Mar 10, 2017
Elections-2017
On 09 Mar 17, the last phase of the 5-state, mini general election was completed and the nation looks forward to the election result that shall be announced on 11 Mar 17.
General Interest - Op-Eds - Mar 9, 2017
FGFA (5th Generation Fighter Aircraft) for the IAF
On 09 Mar 17, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed that they remained open for a joint venture with Russia, for the design and production of the FGFA. However, this time in addition to other…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 8, 2017
Malia Obama Busted Buying 6 Pounds of Marijuana in Chicago?
In August 2017, The Last Line of Defense website published an article reporting that Malia Obama, the daughter of former President Barack Obama, had been “arrested with a gang of thugs in Chicago”
World - Op-Eds - Mar 8, 2017
RBI policy
On 06 Mar 17, noted economist Dr. Surjit Bhalla launched a scathing attack on RBI and the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). He questioning why policy interest rates (repo rates) were not reduced, in…
World - Op-Eds - Mar 8, 2017
WikiLeaks
On 07 Mar 17, WikiLeaks released yet another series of documents belonging to the US Intelligence Agency, CIA; codenamed ‘Vault 7’. It is reportedly the largest-ever publication of confidential…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 8, 2017
A great game
On 06 Mar 17, the Pakistan government announced its’ decision to build a 'CPEC Tower' in Islamabad, after the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The 'CPEC Tower', touted as 'iconic' by Minister…
World - Op-Eds - Mar 7, 2017
Turkey’s Referendum
On Sunday, 16 April 17, Turkey will hold a constitutional referendum. Voters shall vote on 18 proposed amendments, to the Constitution of Turkey. The amendments have been proposed by the ruling AK…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 7, 2017
North Korea fires missiles
On Monday, 6th March, 2017 North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. They were fired from Tongchang-ri region, adjacent to the China border. The missiles travelled…
Elections - Op-Eds - Mar 6, 2017
Russian interference in the US election
Many questions have been raised about Russia’s role in the 2016 US Presidential election. Doubts have also been raised about possible contacts the Donald Trump campaign team had with the Russian…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 6, 2017
Family Health Survey- 4
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for Jan 2015 – Dec 2016 was released in Jan 2017. The past decade, from NFHS-3 (2005-06), has seen improvement in many of the indicators.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions and Russia
On the 3rd of March 2017, Attorney General of the United States, Jeff Sessions made a statement to the nation saying, he would recuse himself from all investigations into the Trump administration and…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 6, 2017
BITCOIN surpass gold
A unit of the digital crypto-currency and payment system, BITCOIN has exceeded the value of an ounce of Gold, for the first time. The value of BITCOIN closed at $1,268 on Thursday (02 Mar 17), while…