Miniskirts and mujahideen: how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war?
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Miniskirts and mujahideen: how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war?
It was once a stop on the hippie trail and inspiration for the Lonely Planet guidebooks. So how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war and terrorism?
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As Donald Trump s aides packed boxes for the President s final withdrawal from the White House, one of the last men he ever appointed to an important government job released a statement on Friday, January 15, local time, to say that his mission had been accomplished: the US had withdrawn all but 2500 troops from Afghanistan, the lowest number of American boots on the ground in 20 years.
THE distinction which Viceroy-designate Lord Reading drew in his speech at the High Court in reply to the congratulations of the Bar between the pursuit of justice in law courts and the pursuit of jus
Pradip Phanjoubam | | Published 14.01.21, 05:13 AM
One of the least satisfactorily answered questions in the India-China boundary dispute is how did Arunachal Pradesh become a contested region. China’s claim that the state is South Tibet is probably maximalist posturing. Except for the Tawang-Bomdilla corridor in Arunachal’s western districts, the “Tibetan Buddhist Church”, as Alastair Lamb called it in
The McMahon Line: A Study in the Relations Between, India, China and Tibet, 1904 to 1914, had virtually no influence in the rest of the state unlike, say, in Sikkim, Ladakh and Bhutan.
Tawang, the birthplace of the sixth Dalai Lama, was indeed under Tibetan control. It was only during the Simla Conference of 1913-14 that Henry McMahon and Charles Bell bargained for its inclusion in India. The reason was that Tawang was too close to the Assam plains. Tibet
UPSC Civil Services exam General Studies paper analysis: Check details GS Paper 1, GS Paper 2 analys
UPSC Civil Services exam General Studies paper analysis: Check details GS Paper 1, GS Paper 2 analysis here
The UPSC Civil Services exams are in progress and here we have the UPSC CSE (Mains) GS Paper and GS Paper 2 analysis in detail.
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UPDATED: January 12, 2021 18:04 IST
The UPSC Civil Services exams are in progress and here we have the UPSC CSE (Mains) GS Paper and GS Paper 2 analysis in detail.
HIGHLIGHTS
The UPSC CSE (mains) GS Paper 1 was a scoring paper.
The UPSC General Studies Paper 2 analysis showed how candidates required a good knowledge of current affairs.
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