China and Pakistan: Fair-Weather Friends By Michael Beckley Two assumptions dominate current debates on US foreign policy toward Pakistan. First‚ Pakistan shares a robust “allweather” friendship with China centered on core national interests. Second‚ Pakistan’s ability to turn to China in times of need insulates it from US pressure and renders hardline US policies counterproductive. Both of these assumptions are mistaken. First‚ China and Pakistan do not share a robust partnership; they
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1. General information Facts Population: 1‚080‚264‚388 (est. 2005) Area: 3‚287‚590 sq km Location: Southern Asia. Neighbours are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Burma‚ China‚ Nepal and Pakistan. It Borders the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Capital: New Delhi Government type: Federal republic. President: A.P.J. Abdul KALAM Currency: Indian Rupee = 100 Paise Language: Hindi is the national language (30% of the population). There are 14 other official languages: Telugu‚ Bengali‚ Marathi
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Located in the northwestern part of the South Asian subcontinent‚ Pakistan became a state as a result of the partition of British India on August 14‚ 1947. Pakistan annexed Azad (Free) Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-48. Initially‚ Pakistan also included the northeastern sector of the subcontinent‚ where Muslims are also in the majority. The East Wing and West Wing of Pakistan were‚ however‚ separated by 1‚600 kilometers of hostile Indian territory. The country’s East Wing‚ or East Pakistan
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[pic] We Understand Your World [pic] HDFC BANK HEAD OFFICE RESIDENCY ROAD SRINAGAR KASHMIR [pic] A Training Report On “Expectations and Perception of customers towards the HDFC Bank” Conducted at HDFC Bank Residency Road‚ Srinagar Kashmir. Submitted to H.N.B.Gharwal University Srinagar‚ Garwal‚ Uttarakhand In Partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree BACHELORS IN BUSINESS
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this amending Act to make Christians at par with other communities. The law relating to intestate succession among Hindus is codified in the Hindu Succession Act‚ 1956 (30 of 1956). It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The remarkable features of the Act are the recognition of the right of women to inherit property of an intestate equally with men and abolition of the life estate of female heirs. A vast majority of Muslims in India follow Hanafi doctrines of
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through drug mafia who has further links with formidable terrorists and smugglers. And in the process‚ many young man and women in our own country too fall victims to this diabolical habit. Pakistan‚ through its ISI‚ is indulging in a proxy war in Kashmir against India with the help of money earned through this drug mafia. Thus drugs and terrorism have very strong links. The habit becomes so confirmed that the victim becomes a slave to the drug. If he or she doesn’t take it regularly‚ he or she
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As history has revealed‚ past wars have greatly affected the outcomes of many states. World War I had severely impacted much of Europe as well a number of regions in Asia. The Middle East and South Asia were just two of these areas. In the years throughout and following World War I‚ the Middle East and South Asia had undergone numerous similarities‚ however there were and overwhelming number of differences. Which in all distinguished the very foundations of these two territories. In the Middle
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used by Indian designers to create Indo-western clothing in a fusion of the best of East and West. Traditional costumes in India vary widely depending on the climate and natural fibres grown in a region. In the cold northern state of Jammu and Kashmir‚ people wear a thick loose shirt called a phiran to keep them warm. In the tropical warmth of south India men wear a sarong like garment called the mundu‚ while women drape 5 meters of cloth around their bodies in the graceful folds of the saree.
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taken on the stretchers while others could walk only with great difficulty. The doctor told us that plaster was to be put on once again. I wish that it would have been my leg so that I could get bed for rest for whole day ! My friends wrote from Kashmir that they were having nice time. My friends described the pleasant weather and their trekking experience from Pehalgam to Glacier. I wished that I could fly like a bird and join them. One of my aunts came all the way from Mumbai to enquire about the
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India Climate: India’s climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert. The Himalayas‚ along with the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan‚ prevent cold Central Asian katabatic winds from blowing in‚ keeping the bulk of the Indian subcontinent warmer than most locations at similar latitudes. Concurrently‚ the Thar Desert plays a role in attracting moisture-laden southwest summer monsoon winds that‚ between June and October‚ provide the MOST of India’s rainfall. At the moment‚ India’s
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