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Former Deputy NSA, Ambassdor Pankaj Saran has warned that China will undoubtedly remain India's most important foreign policy challenge in 2023. “The fact is that normalcy in the relationship with China in 2023 looks difficult because of the situation on the border and the LAC. There is no doubt that China will remain our most important foreign policy challenge in 2023. India can expect continuation of a tough posture by China externally. The return to normalcy is unlikely. We have just seen the recent incident in Tawang. So, we have to be alert, well prepared and realistic about how much we can do with China and be prepared for all eventualities and scenario,’’ Ambassador Saran cautioned during a fortnightly YouTube show ‘Around the world with Pankaj Saran, to ‘Awaz The Voice. Responding to a question, Ambassador Saran who is also the Convenor of Nat Strat, a foreign policy think tank, put the onus on China to restore normalcy in the relationship with India. “The primary responsib

JK Tripathi The firebrand founder-leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran khan Niazi has once again proved how fast can he make a volte-face by shifting his stands on the demand of fresh elections.  In March last, Khan unsuccessfully tried to create a narrative that PML(N) and PPP combine, in collusion with the “Establishment”, had conspired to dethrone his government with the involvement of the USA and tried to cling to his chair by hook or by crook, though he never substantiated this allegation with any proof whatsoever. However, his maneuvers misfired when the Supreme court of Pakistan ruled against him. News Analysis His next move was en-masse resignation from the National Assembly but resignations of only 11 of PTI’s 149 MNAs were accepted. Following this, he kept on demanding the immediate dissolution of the current National Assembly followed by fresh elections. When this was also not accepted by the ruling coalition, he announced the “Azadi March” from Lahore to Islamaba

He brought unknown covid-dead patients home, bathed, and buried them. He married off daughters of destitute families, fed 100 people every day for five years, teaches students free, and more Rana Siddiqui Zaman It is not rare to find Muslims doing social work silently, unwilling to promote themselves and talk about their philanthropy. One such person is Dr.Sarfarazuddin, a homeopath who lives in sector 105 of Noida (Gautam Budh Nagar), Uttar Pradesh. Dr.Sarfaraz, as he is popularly known, does good work at various levels. He has been feeding one meal (lunch) to 100 people daily for the last five years. He has made created facilities for this in a school that he has opened for underprivileged children in the village of Gejha. Here the children get free education whose parents mostly work as domestic help, daily wagers, guards or sweepers, etc, around the area. He also treats people free of cost at his clinic in Gheja on alternate Saturdays and Sundays. He gives them free medicines. Dr S

  Rakesh Chaurasia/New Delhi Mufti Shamoon Qasmi, National President of Rashtriya Sarva Dharma Ekta Parishad, said that there is no threat to Muslims of India from the Rashtriya Svayemsewak Sangh (RSS). He said the threat comes from some organizations that do not want the Muslims to be part of the mainstream or the RSS. Mufti Shamoon Qasmi who is a prominent clergyman from Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district said that the game plan of outfits like SIMI and PFI through their involvement in the stone-pelting cases and the riots have been exposed. He wondered if a single instance of the RSS being behind such cases has come to the fore. Qasmi's statement assumes significance after the allegations leveled by some organizations against the RSS and its affiliates. According to PKBNews, Shamoon Qasmi said the RSS is the only organization in the country which considers national interest above religion, caste, and clan. Mufti Shamun Qasmi said that anti-social, anti-social elements can be me

Rana Ayyub in one of her tweets in 2016 wrote, “ISIS is attacking Islam and Muslims the world over and the irony is the world calls it Islamic terror. What a SHAME !” Ayyub is not the lone voice. Several academicians, journalists, scholars, and politicians have pointed out the contradictions in using the terms “Islamic Terrorism” or “Islamic Extremism”. Professor Richard Jackson of the University of Otago argues, “Arguably the most important challenge to the overall discourse pertains to the notion of ‘religious terrorism’ as an analytical category and the narratives of the religious foundations of ‘Islamic terrorism’ in particular. In the first instance, as Fred Halliday notes, ‘it is nonsense to seek the causes, as distinct from legitimation, of violence in the texts or traditions of any religion’, because all religions have texts or traditions that allow a violent (or a pacifist) reading….. Similarly, it is a logical fallacy to assume that some shared characteristic among terrorists

Nakul Shivani / New Delhi Sufiya Sufi  - ultra-runner, role-model, the woman who gave up her cushy yet “boring” job at the Delhi airport to make it to the Guinness Book of records is embarking on her next ambitious project – run non-stop across Qatar. The host of the FIFA world cup is the immediate goal. The ultimate target, however, is to “circumnavigate the globe”. But before we get Sufiya to tell us a bit about her next targets as a runner, let us know the woman. 35-year-old Sufiya hails from Ajmer. She comes from a family where no one had anything much to do with sports. Neither was she passionate about sports as a child. It was her boring and tedious job at the Delhi airport with different airlines that pushed her to do something out of the box. In 2017 she quit her job. “I was getting bored. The job was taking me nowhere. I wanted to do something different to live life on my terms,” she says. To disrupt her life, she started running - First in the neighbourhood park. “I saw that

In a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday exchanged views about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. PM Modi strongly reiterated his call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, saying that both sides should revert to dialogue and diplomacy to find a lasting solution to their differences, read Prime Minister's Office press release. He also conveyed India's support for any peace efforts and assured India's commitment to continue providing humanitarian assistance for the affected civilian population, added the release. Zelenskyy, in a phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, sought India's help in the implementation of a peace formula with Russia. "I had a phone call with PM Modi & wished a successful G20 presidency. It was on this platform that I announced the peace formula and now I count on India's participation in its implementation. I also thanked for humanitarian aid and

Story by : Onika Maheshwari Shershah, the 2018 Hindi movie based on the Kargil war on martyr Vikram Batra was the inspiration for Sania Mirza, a television mechanic’s daughter from a town in Uttar Pradesh, to work hard for getting selected into the National Defence Academy with her eyes and mind set on becoming a fighter pilot. Sania Mirza, a resident of a small village of Jasovarin Mirzapur district, has secured the second position in the flying wing with 149th rank in the NDA exam. There are only two seats in the flying category and therefore Sania stands a good chance to become India’s first Muslim woman fighter pilot in due course. There are only 19 posts reserved for women in NDA. Sania Mirza said she wants to become a fighter pilot for which she would have to clear several examinations during her four-year graduation in the NDA, Dehradun. Speaking to Awaz-the Voice, Sania Mirza said a Fauji (Military person) can be born anywhere. She says that getting into the NDA fills one’s hea

Shaista Fatima   “Phir Ghalat Kya Hai Ki Humsa Koi Paida Na Hua” , this line translates as “What is wrong then, if there isn’t anybody like me”, while many would take this as an offence, Mirza Ghalib would have proudly answered  “Mai Andaleeb-e Gulshan-e Na Aafrida Hu”  meaning “I am the nightingale of the garden which has not yet been created..”.   This not only is a sneak peek into the legendary Urdu poet’s futuristic mindset but also shows his timelessness.    Today is the great poet's 225th birth anniversary and his poetry makes more sense in today's scenario.  While institutes like Ghalib Academy, Ghalib Institute are holding special programs to honour and remember the great poet, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Rajasthan has come up with  "Ghalib Ka Khayal Aaya",  where Delhi's Pierrot's Troupe performs  Ghalib Aur Kalkatta Mushaira,  a play about Ghalib's visit to the iconic city Kolkata and the only symposium held that had Ghalib's presence.  Special Inte