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Strengthening ties
December 17, 2020
The Pakistan-Bangladesh relationship, which was strained following the execution of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders who sided with Pakistan in the 1971 war of independence, is gradually showing an upward trend these days. The telephonic contact between the prime ministers of the two countries in July this year broke the ice. The recent meeting between the Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid and Pakistani High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui was hopefully a sign of thaw in the otherwise frosty relations between the two countries. The Bangladeshi premier assured the Pakistani envoy that Bangladesh would take steps to strengthen the fraternal ties and enhance and boost bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in diverse fields. The relations between the two countries may not be restored completely, and the trust deficit between them will continue to exist. The incumbent Hasina-led government still demands that Pakistan offe
Border Tensions Impact on Kabaddi: Pakistani Players Outed from Mumbai League Pro Kabaddi League
NEW DELHI: As India and Pakistan exchange fire at the border and rhetoric on the political stage, the conflict between the two countries is quietly playing out in another arena. Two Pakistani players that had signed up for an ongoing professional kabaddi league in India will not be playing any match in Mumbai and Pune due to “security concerns.” Interestingly, the move follows protests by the Shiv Sena demanding that the Pakistani players be removed from the league.
“Franchises will not field players of Pakistani origin for matches held in Mumbai and Pune,” said Mashal Sports, the organisers of Pro Kabaddi 2015, in a written statement to Pakistani paper Dawn. “This is in light of security concerns for the safety and success of the tournament while being hosted in Mumbai and Pune,” the statement said, without clarifying what the “security concerns” were.
India, Bangladesh ink 7 pacts; restore cross-border rail link – Indian Defence Research Wing idrw.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from idrw.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For MEA to have a successful restructuring, get the institutional design right
For MEA to have a successful restructuring, get the institutional design right
The Indian diplomatic architecture is undertaking a much-needed overhaul, with the seven verticals, new divisions, and technology upgrade through NEST. Text Size:
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On 13 September 1783, the Board of Directors of the East India Company passed a resolution at Fort William, to create a department that would help “relieve the pressure” on the Warren Hastings administration in conducting its “secret and political business”. Those were difficult times for the East India Company, having just barely saved face against the Maratha Empire in the First Anglo-Maratha War, and losing to Hyder Ali in the South. The British Parliament was about to pass the Pitts India Act, 1784, which would further limit the independent powers of the East India Company. This department expanded its outreach to diplomacy, to finally beco