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Col. Mayank Chaubey February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 August 1946 Calcutta riots, Bengal partition stories, Bow Bazar history, Bow Bazar Police Station, British India communal riots, Calcutta 1946 eyewitness narrative, Calcutta killings 1946, Calcutta riots survivor story, Direct Action Day 1946, eyewitness account Calcutta riots, father daughter recollection, Gopal Patha, Gopal Prasad Mukherjee, Great Calcutta Killings, historical memory India, human stories of partition, Indian independence era violence, Indian police history, Kolkata communal violence, Kolkata history 1946, partition of India history, personal narrative of partition, police during Direct Action Day, post-retirement confession story, pre-partition violence Bengal, trauma of communal violence

The Night My Father Finally Spoke – A Daughter’s Recollection

My father did not speak of heroics. He spoke of paralysis. Of policemen gripping rifles they were not allowed to

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Millichronicle February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 AQ Almenhali, digital discourse, Emirati commentator, ethnic discrimination, expatriate communities, Gulf region, Gulf social media, Identity Politics, india, Indian diaspora, multiculturalism, nationality-based slurs, online harassment, online trolling, racism, regional relations, social media abuse, uae, UAE India relations, X platform

UAE commentator rejects ‘Indian’ as slur, highlights India’s contributions

Dubai — Emirati commentator Abdulqader Almenhali said in a video posted on social media platform X on Monday that the

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Bhargav Prajapati February 10, 2026 AI driven demand minerals, artificial intelligence and rare earths, Bhargav Prajapati analysis, China rare earth dominance, clean energy supply chains, critical mineral free trade bloc, critical minerals strategy, deep sea mining India, defense technology minerals, emerging technologies and trade, global rare earth supply chain, global supply chain fragmentation, India rare earth reserves, India strategic autonomy, Indo US trade and technology, mineral security policy, rare earth elements, rare earth processing India, rare earth recycling technology, rare earths India, strategic minerals geopolitics, technological sovereignty India, US India critical minerals cooperation

OPINION: How Rare Earths Can Power India’s Strategic Autonomy

Collaborative research funding and institutional support would ensure that innovation translates into deployable solutions. Rare earths have quietly become one

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Ashiqur Rahman February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 Ansar DG Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, Ansar recruitment corruption, Ansar VDP controversy, Ansar VDP election duty, armed forces election Bangladesh, AVMIS software election, ballot box control allegations, Bangladesh democracy crisis, Bangladesh election engineering, Bangladesh election February 12, Bangladesh polling center security, Battalion Ansar arms purchase, election day vote rigging, election manipulation allegations, Hizbut Tahrir Bangladesh, Home Ministry election scandal, Jamaat election influence, referendum vote manipulation, Shibir infiltration allegations, Turkey shotgun procurement Bangladesh

Bangladesh Polls Under Scrutiny as Turkey-Sourced Shotguns Allegedly Bought for Battalion Ansar

Highly sensitive responsibilities such as guarding polling centers and ballot boxes are planned to be placed solely under the control

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Aminul Hoque Polash February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 Bangladesh constitution amendment, Bangladesh defence procurement, Bangladesh economy analysis, Bangladesh interim government, Bangladesh national interest, Bangladesh national security concerns, Bangladesh politics 2024 2025, Bangladesh ports privatization, Bangladesh US relations, Biman Bangladesh Airlines controversy, Black Hawk helicopters Bangladesh, Boeing aircraft deal Bangladesh, Chattogram Port APM Terminals, corruption allegations Bangladesh, DP World Bangladesh, Dr Muhammad Yunus, economic sovereignty Bangladesh, Eurofighter Typhoon Bangladesh, Excelerate Energy Bangladesh, foreign policy Bangladesh, geopolitical influence South Asia, interim government accountability, investigative political analysis Bangladesh, J-10CE fighter jets Bangladesh, JF-17 Thunder Bangladesh, LNG deal Bangladesh, Medlog Pangaon terminal, military deals Bangladesh, NDA agreement United States Bangladesh, referendum Bangladesh politics, SOCAR Trading LNG Bangladesh, US wheat import Bangladesh, western influence in bangladesh

Bangladesh on the Bargaining Table: Inside the Deals Signed Under Dr Yunus

The interim government has not limited itself to the United States. It has launched unnecessary and highly ambitious initiatives with

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Millichronicle February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 agriculture policy India, cotton farmers India, dairy sector India, farmers interests India, India US agriculture trade, India US economic relations, India US trade agreement 2026, India US trade deal, Indian agriculture protection, Indian farmers news, Indian trade diplomacy, Narendra Modi trade policy, opposition on trade deal, PIB Delhi agriculture news, Reuters style India news, rice export India, Shivraj Singh Chouhan statement, spices export India, tariff reduction India US, textile exports India

India Says US Trade Deal Poses No Risk to Farmers or Dairy Sector

New Delhi – India’s government on Wednesday said a proposed trade agreement with the United States does not compromise the

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Millichronicle February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 Arab business leaders, geopolitics and economics, Gulf investors, humanitarian intervention Iraq, Iraq debt crisis, Iraq economic recovery, Iraq foreign investment, Iraq infrastructure development, Iraq post 2003, Iraq reconstruction, Iraq sanctions, Iraq sovereignty, Iraq war analysis, Middle East Geopolitics, Middle East opinion, Mohammed bin Issa Al Jaber, Oil for Food Programme, political risk in Middle East, postwar Iraq, regional power politics

Mohammed Bin Issa: Iraq and the Man Who Wouldn’t Let It Fail Quietly

Two decades on, Al Jaber’s assessment of Iraq is notably unsentimental. He acknowledges failure, but rejects futility. In a region

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Omer Waziri February 5, 2026 Baloch activism, Baloch Liberation Army, Baloch nationalism, Baloch resistance, Baloch women movement, Balochistan conflict, Balochistan human rights crisis, enforced disappearances Pakistan, feminist movements Pakistan, gender and conflict South Asia, human rights in Balochistan, Indigenous political movements, Indigenous women leadership, Pakistani state violence, political repression Pakistan, South Asian geopolitics, women and nationalism, women in armed resistance, women in insurgency, women-led protests Balochistan

Indigenous Baloch Women and the New Face of Resistance

By organizing, leading, and, in some cases, fighting, Baloch women are challenging both state power and internal patriarchal constraints. An

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Ashiqur Rahman February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 Aisha Khadijah Shifa bint Abdullah, Bangladesh Islamist politics, feminist readings of Quran, gender and Islam, Islamic governance, Islamic interpretation, Islamic jurisprudence gender, Islamic theology debate, Jamaat-e-Islami, political islam, Queen Bilqis Islam, Quran and women, religion and politics South Asia, Surah An-Nisa 4 34, women and power Islam, women in Islamic history, women leadership in Islam, women political leadership Islam, women representation Islam

OPINION: Islam Didn’t Ban Women Leaders—Jamaat Islami Did

These examples suggest that women’s leadership was neither alien nor unacceptable in early Islamic practice. The discourse surrounding women’s leadership