The ‘Islamic State’ terror group’s last territorial stronghold in Baghouz, Syria fell this week. The ‘Caliphate’ has lost all its land (estimated at its peak to have been 88,000 square kilometres populated by over 10 million people). Syria’s Ambassador to India Dr Riad Kamel Abbas speaks to SNI Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi on the U.S. role in creating terror groups, a time-frame for the government to have full control of all its territory, India’s position on U.S. President Donald Trump recognising the occupied Syrian Golan as Israeli territory and anti-terror cooperation with India. #India #Syria #US
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.