May 2017

During the recent years, the world has been increasingly getting swept by a resurgent wave of nationalism. Election of BJP’s Narendra Modi as Indian Prime Minister, Brexit in Europe, the rise of Donald Trump in the United States, the return of populist, xenophobic and racist movements to the Netherlands, and other such happenings in Europe signify the resurgence of neo-nationalism …

On April 6-7, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump held their first-ever meeting at the Mar-a-Lago resort – dubbed the “Southern White House” – in the US state of Florida. Stakes were high as given its potential impact on the world trade and the bilateral relationship of both the countries, the world media was spotlighting this …

World military expenditure was $1686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4 percent in real terms. Total military spending accounted for 2.2 percent of the global GDP in 2016 The five biggest spenders in 2016 were the USA, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and India Military expenditure increased in Asia and Oceania, Europe (Central, Eastern and Western) and North America The …

The World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, recently announced the winners of its Open and National categories for 2017. This year’s contest attracted 227,596 entries from 183 countries. Here we present the top 10 winning photographs.

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“The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.” — Honoré de Balzac Corruption has long been a festering sore on the body politic of Pakistan. Persistent low rankings on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index bear testimony to the fact …