Mainstream WeeklyMay 24, 2022
A new economic bloc comprising twelve countries of the Indo-Pacific region and the United States was unveiled on Monday in Tokyo on the sidelines of President Joe Biden’s visit. Christened as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), it is conceived as the economic correlative of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy.
The Biden Administration expects that the IPEF will serve as an important tool of the US in the country’s geopolitical and economic competition against China. Along (…)
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Yasin Malik Could Have Been The Muivah of Kashmir | Sandeep Pandey
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Failure of Authorities to protect Minorities in Kashmir - KPSS Letter to Chief Justice High Court of J&K
3 June 2022KASHMIRI PANDIT SANGARASH SAMITI SathuBarbar Shah, Srinagar, Kashmir (JLK) – 190001 e-mail: kpss.kashmir[at]gmail.com
Dated: 01.06.2022
Most Urgent / Most Important
Hon’ble The Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Srinagar
Subject:
Article 21 - Right to Life - representation for kind intervention and taking cognizance on the issue related to killing of Religious Minorities living in Kashmir Valley who are becoming victim of Terrorism and failure of UT | (…) -
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Photo: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, of India, President of the 8th UN General Assembly with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in the Security Council chamber (1953)
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Cartoon: Of course you weren’t spreading rumours . . | R K Laxman (1962)
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Music: Masters of War | Bob Dylan (1963)
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