There can’t be anything more damaging for a country than  its government which thinks that only traditional policies and practices are the wisest and best way of not only conducting the affairs of the State but even repairing the damaged apparatus of the State.

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In Pakistan’s turbulent political landscape, Parliament remains the one institution where disagreement can be converted into dialogue and confrontation into compromise. It is the forum where competing political visions meet, debate and seek common ground. In such circumstances, the Speaker&

Some of the people diagnosed with TB in a couple of important community-based screening initiatives in Delhi did not come to the health facility complaining of a cough, fever or other obvious symptoms. They came for something else - routine follow-up for HIV care, or because a mobile screening ca

At the AMR Exhibition in European Parliament, a strong call to drop the 'silent pandemic' label, and to turn One Health commitments into laws, funding and accountability

At the European Parliament this week, an exhibition titled "Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The Human St

The Islamic Republic’s delegation visited New York between September 22–26, 2026, to participate in the annual United Nations General Assembly. On the sidelines, they met with President Donald Trump’s diplomatic envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, and offered a ceasefire de

Throughout the long and often turbulent history of the Gulf, the states of that vital region have repeatedly been plunged into the furnace of war, with consequences that have reverberated far beyond their shores and touched the lives of distant peoples dependent upon the free passage of oil. The

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraqi-Kurdistan announced that its Peshmerga forces had completed unification. The goal of this unification process was to eliminate the role of the political parties within Peshmerga units. Now all the units of the Peshmerga forces are under the Ministr

Bodily autonomy and sexual health are often framed as matters of individual health, personal choice and human rights. But the latest evidence from the Adding It Up 2024 report by Guttmacher Institute shows that meeting sexual and reproductive health needs is not merely a health expenditure—

Today, 27 September, the world observes World Rivers Day—a day devoted to reminding humanity of something so familiar that we often forget its true worth: the river. Why was there a need to dedicate a day to rivers? Because rivers are not merely streams of flowing water. They are the arteri

A research-report by the Russia’s Pivot To Asia said that on 17 September 2026, Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), and Nurlan Yermekbayev, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), signed a Joint Plan of Activities

The latest remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, where he again referred to Kashmir and called for dialogue, are disappointing and unnecessary. India has rejected such third-party intervention and reiterated its position that Jammu & Ka

The situation in the Gulf has grown steadily clearer of late, and with it the realisation that neither Israel nor its principal patron, the United States, can secure their wider aims unless Saudi Arabia is at length brought into line. Direct persuasion having failed to draw Riyadh into recognitio

Pakistan’s recent acknowledgement of India’s participation in the 46th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) in Islamabad deserves attention. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said India’s participation should continu

Within last week two very important developments have taken place which have immense ramification for Indo-US relationship. First is the passing of  Lindsay Graham  sanctioning Russia and Iran Act 2026  (already signed by Prez Trump into law) as reported at https://economictimes.in

For the past few months, Taliban forces in Northern Afghanistan, particularly in the provinces of Badakhshan and Panjshir, have been subjected to nearly daily attacks by anti-Taliban factions such as the National Resistance Front (NRF), Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), and the recently establishe