Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (2015, 8 May) Assam protests against land swap deal continues.The Indian Express.Indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/assam-protests-over-land-swap-deal-continues-agp-bandh-disrupts-lif. Accessed on 8 May 2016. 45. Natrajan, Sukanya (2015, 26 March) Land Swap:...
In 1971, in conjunction with the armed conflict unleashed by Pakistani military powers in East Pakistan, the flow of refugees into India from this region constituted an extraordinary phenomenon. After the capitulation of Pakistani forces and the formation of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the...
In a step to add speed to the armoured elements of the Indian Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has inked a deal to buy Bridge Laying Tanks (BLT). The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Tuesday signed a contract with Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), a unit of Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited...
Khan, addressing the Global Forum on Refugees in Geneva, said: "We are worried there not only could be a refugee crisis, we are worried it could lead to a conflict between two nuclear-armed countries.""Our country will not be able to accommodate more refugees," he added, urging the w...
Italy needs more international support to deal with a growing number of migrants who have braved a risky Mediterranean crossing to reach Europe this year, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Saturday. “What is happening in front of our eyes in Italy is an unfolding tragedy...
Pakistan and India fought a war in December 1971 following a political crisis in what was then East Pakistan and the flight of millions of Bengali refugees to India. The brief conflict left the situation largely unchanged in the west, where the two armies reached an impasse, but a decisive ...
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will cut 3,300 jobs, about 25% of its workforce, over the next three years to return to pre-pandemic spending levels. The job cuts aim to align with reduced immigration targets. This move has raised concerns over potential delays in proces...
Given India's purchase of the S-400 air missile defense system from Russia, the U.S. has been persistently seeking to "discourage" India from this deal by threatening to deploy CAATSA. There were media reports, prior to the current round of conflict in Ukraine, that India may be "granted...
Since British times, Delhi has been pampered with India’s public resources. Not making its own food or clothing, it must import everything from the rest of India. After 1947, millions of Hindu & Sikh refugees from the new Pakistan set up shop… then came migrants from all over, Bengal,...
Indeed, the respondents’ view of the EU was overwhelmingly negative, despite the fact that over 1 million Syrian refugees live in the EU. Just 1 per cent of those polled considered the EU’s relation with Syria to be good; 2 per cent believed the EU had given effective aid to Syria. ...