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    The country also figured among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row. (Representational Image)Opinion
    World Bank study points to where most foreign aid for the poorest goes

    This was not the case with a recent working paper.

    27 Feb 2020 9:46 PM

    The IDF have blamed the attack on Palestinian hackers associated with Hamas. In the words of one Israeli official hostile actions taken by the Hamas in the virtual world have repercussions in the real world . The widely-reported news story is not the first time that Hamas has allegedly turned to cyberattacks against the Israelis. (Photo: Representational | AP)Opinion
    Hamas has now turned towards cyber warfare

    According to the IDF spokesman, the hackers used pictures of young women to attract the attention and interest of male...

    19 Feb 2020 11:28 PM

    Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess. ANI photoOpinion
    Ship with coronavirus on board has turned into a floating prison

    There are more than 3,700 people on the ship, a thousand of them crew members working hard below decks and the passenger...

    13 Feb 2020 9:08 PM

    Medics screen Indians after they were brought home by an Air India aircraft from Chinas coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan, at the airport in New Delhi. PTI photoOpinion
    Virus or travel curbs, the borders are closing fast

    The total number of countries facing the US travel ban (which was held up by the US supreme court) now numbers 13.

    6 Feb 2020 8:02 PM

    The first thing that the British realised about India was that it was hot. Arriving from their cold and wet island, the relentless humidity or the unwavering sunshine of the plains was not only foreign, it was maddening.Opinion
    Fanning the foreigners

    The story of the solution they did find appeared in an essay written by historian Arunima Datta for History Today.

    22 Jan 2020 10:30 PM

    Harvey Weinstein.Opinion
    #MeToo on trial: Will Harvey be convicted?

    As the Weinstein trial progresses and more details come to light, similar conundrums are likely to emerge.

    8 Jan 2020 8:34 PM

    Bangladeshi nationals were caught by the security forces after they entered India without valid documents and were lodged in different detention camps. (Representational Image | PTI)Opinion
    Detention camps are spreading all over... in India, China, America

    Assam is not the only Indian state in which such camps are being planned.

    26 Dec 2019 8:26 PM

    With respect to communal messages, rather than remain quiet, I have responded politely by asking for names of Muslims assumed to be plundering the country so that action is taken against them.Opinion
    Islamophobia, and a tale of 3 elections — in India, UK, US

    With Brexit will come a more complex set of mechanisms that determine travel to the UK.

    19 Dec 2019 8:17 PM

    It has also invigorated a particularly fertile (normative) debate among liberal/progressive sections of the commentariat on the value, if any, the march may serve towards the democratisation of the Pakistani state, especially considering the regressive and exclusionary tendencies that tend to populate Islamist politics in the country.Opinion
    Sex segregation in Saudi ending, never mind what the critics say

    At the beginning of the week, Saudi Arabia announced that it was putting an end to gender segregation in restaurants.

    13 Dec 2019 6:52 PM

    US President Donald Trump (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Is Trump’s US giving cover to those guilty of war crimes?

    The cumulative impact of these developments requires Pakistan to be very vigilant of the kind of help it accepts from...

    29 Nov 2019 8:24 PM

    The plan is to set up a very inclusive play area where children with special needs and their parent can spend quality outdoor time at the park.Opinion
    A women’s ‘caliphate’ on Syrian-Iraq border that would otherwise...

    Sanitation is nearly non-existent and disease prevails and takes away children every day.

    21 Nov 2019 6:56 PM

    US President Donald Trump (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Will Trump impeachment hearings only be great TV?

    Republican bravado being what it is, the case against impeachment is looking strong.

    13 Nov 2019 7:51 PM

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