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Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai: One of the top 7 Taliban leaders who had once served as Afghan army soldier and trained at IMA before...

Jinit Jain -
One among the top seven leaders of the Taliban, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai was trained at the Indian Military Association in Dehradun under the Afghan-Indo defence cooperation in the 1970s
News Reports

99% people in Afghanistan favour making Sharia the law of the land, most favour corporal penalties: Pre-Taliban Pew Research shows

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The survey by Pew Research Centre conducted in 2013 suggests that 79% of the Afghani Muslims considered it to be okay to award death penalty to those who quit Islam
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Colours of Jihad: Why does the Taliban use a white flag while ISIS uses a black one? Explained

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Let’s try to understand what the subtle distinction, if there indeed is any, between the flags of the Taliban and the ISIS mean.
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Fall of Saigon: When the US suffered a humiliating loss in Vietnam, and why Kabul is a reminder

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The evacuation of US embassy personnel in Kabul echoes with the withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam's Saigon in 1975
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Did you know Prime Minister of India ‘hoists’ the national flag on Independence Day while the President of India ‘unfurls’ on Republic Day

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Independence Day vs Republic Day: A few key differences in celebrations for world's largest democracy.
Government and Policy

PM Modi announces National Hydrogen Mission: Here is how clean energy is produced through Hydrogen

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During his independence day speech, Prime Minister Modi announced the National Hydrogen Mission in a push for India’s energy security.
News Reports

‘All religions same is a comfortable lie, truth is written on walls of destroyed temples’: Watch Nitin Gupta speak on temple destructions by Islamists

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The ideology that promotes forced conversion also condones and rationalises the temple destructions by Islamic jihadis
News Reports

Twitter bows down to Congress demand, removes old notice on Rahul Gandhi’s Tweet that violated POCSO: Explainer

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Rahul Gandhi Twitter account has been unlocked days after he had compromised the identity of a 9-year-old rape victim.
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Pinky Karmakar, the 2012 London Olympics torchbearer, is not an athlete: All you need to know about the latest ‘controversy’

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On August 10, reports surfaced in mainstream media that Pinky Karmakar, the torchbearer of the 2012 London Olympics, is now working as a daily wage worker at a tea garden in Dibrugarh, triggering criticism for the central govt.
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‘Gujarat Model’ after Modi: How the state has developed under CM Vijay Rupani

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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani completes five years in office, gives a report card on how he has helped build up on the 'Gujarat Model' developed by the then CM Narendra Modi
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