Ties with Kabul
‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia (modern day Afghanistan), at the crossroads of civilisations.
‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia (modern day Afghanistan), at the crossroads of civilisations.
Caroline Rowett, British Deputy High Commissioner in Chandigarh, on Tuesday met with Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria at Punjab Raj Bhavan to discuss various areas of collaboration between Punjab, the Union Territory of Chandigarh, and the United Kingdom.
The term “Great Games” (inspired by the French term Le grand jeu suggesting risk, chance and deception) was coined in the 19th century to frame the rivalry between the competing British and Russian Empires over dominating Asia.
Britain’s workforce crisis has reached alarming proportions, with millions trapped in a cycle of unemployment or underemployment.
The sentencing of 45 pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong under its controversial National Security Law signifies a turning point in the former British colony’s political and legal history.
It is an undeniable fact that warriors and people of almost every state in British India fought tooth and nail against the oppression, injustice and brutality of foreign rulers, right from the time they wanted to impose their draconian rule on the native population.
The US-British naval coalition has launched three air strikes on Houthi-held Yemeni airport in the port city of Hodeidah
Around 150 years ago, British PM Benjamin Disraeli said: “There are three types of lies ~ lies, damn lies, and statistics” ~ a statement as true today as it was the day it was made. A recent example would suffice.
The US-British naval coalition has waged two airstrikes on the Hodeidah airport in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the media reported.
The landslide victory for new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in the UK elections has once again underscored the flaws inherent in Britain’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system.
