The three major problems Pakistan is still facing since its existence in 1947 are (i)- Lack of Federalism which resulted also in separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971 (ii)- Not working seriously for plebiscite in United-J&K (though mandated by ‘Instrument of Accession’ of

Several eminent doctors and public health experts delivered a memorandum to Governor of Telangana earlier this month, calling for stronger action to accelerate progress towards eliminating tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco use, as well as in preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Telangana Gove

Fresh round of escalation between Israelis and Palestinian Islamic Jihad has just completed as hundreds of rockets is being fired towards Israeli cities and Israeli defence Forces (IDF) responding with overwhelming air strikes. This recent flare up started when IDF air strike targeted a senior Is

After August 5, (when India amended Article 370, repealed Article 35-A of the Constitution and converted & bifurcated State of J&K into two Union Territories) the people in Pakistan through their media have been talking about converting united-J&K into another Bangladesh so that (as I

"TB prevention is no longer a choice but an essential intervention to end TB... TB is one of the few infections that we ignore and do not treat till it manifests as late stage disease that has already [been] transmitted to several others. The strategy needs to expand to include preventing fu

The USA / UNHRC / UN who are responsible for managing global political order since World war II should develop a mechanism [something on the basis / pattern of section 12 (b) of ‘The Protection of Human Rights Act of India’] at UN & UNHRC to intervene in the proceedings of the Sup

The topic of Systematic Religious Discrimination is an extract from the second edition of the book titled: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OR FREEDOM-THE POWER AND THE ROLE OF THE WEST, which is written by Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Human Rights Defender Lawyer. Christians are the most peaceful people of the world,

Stephen Gill Feature 94 is from the interview with Professor Anuradha Sharma about pains, peace and love. A candle is meant to be placed on the table to lighten every corner. Several good people have preached and shown this path. I admire these good people from the bottom of my heart.

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As part of the #EndTB Dialogues series launched in lead up to the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health last month, we got an opportunity for exclusive interview with Dr M Sunil Kumar, State Tuberculosis Officer, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kerala, and Dr Shibu Balakrishnan, World

 The people of Kashmir are observing October 27 as the day of grief, sorrow and above all a day of occupation because it was on this day in 1947 that India sent its army to occupy the land of Kashmir without the consent of its people and in defiance of international norms. So the occupation

Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman of JUI-F along with other opposition parties [including PML (N) & PPP] on November, 1 conducted a large ‘Julsa’ (public meeting) as part of Azadi-march (which started from Karachi on October, 27) at Islamabad mainly for demanding resignation of Imran-govern

 On one hand United States military outposts and bases are being emptied or destroyed after Washington withdrew from the North East Syria and left its Kurdish allies and on the other hand Russian forces are moving in to take over these empty bases. This clearly illustrates that how Russia is

About MARP: The year 2019, marks the tenth year of Metropolitan Alvares Julius Research Project (MARP). Launched in 2009 (with the historic visit to Brahmavar Western Rite Community), MARP is an exclusive research project on Western Rite Orthodox communities of Oriental Orthodox Churches with spe

 Prevention of TB was the focus of many a sessions at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India, on the theme of 'Ending the Emergency: Science, Leadership, Action.' This conference comes one year after the first ever United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM)

Introduction: On 1 July 2016, the traditionally tolerant and secular nation of Bangladesh catapulted to international headlines in the wake of the deadliest single terrorist attack the country had experienced in decades. With five pro-Islamic State (IS) terrorists storming into the Holey Artisan