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Pakistan’s two main rightwing religious parties Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) have come under fire after their leaders issued controversial statements in praise of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) leader Hakeemullah Mehsud who was killed by a US drone strike.

It is a work animated by the mapping out of institutions, networks, and lives that are built up, then hollowed out, and finally replaced over a half century of postcolonial development, industrialisation, deindustrialisation, and neo-liberalisation. Within the India-heavy focus of South Asian Studies, this book is part of a welcome new generation of scholarship about Bangladesh.

TEPCO woes continue amid human error, plummeting morale and worker exodus

we are of the opinion that it would be appropriate to direct that the petitioners be released on interim bail during the pendency of the bail applications.

The pentavalent vaccine for protection against five childhood diseases was introduced in Jammu & Kashmir in February 2013, as part the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). Concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of this vaccine, as well as the very need for it, have been repeatedly pointed out by public health professionals to the health authorities, which have been brushed aside. Given these problems with this vaccine, one is left questioning the wisdom and this urgency in promoting this vaccine