The substance of the India-Bangladesh relationship is much more critical and should be assessed on the basis of what the relationship has achieved vis-a-vis what the two countries are capable of attaining.

This paper explores the emergence and growth of AQIS, South Asian affliate over almost six years of its existence starting from September 2014 through June 2020. It examines how AQIS strives to influence the jihadist movement in the region to achieve its core objectives. 

The article focuses on understanding COVID-19 as a ‘disaster’ utilising theories and concepts developed in the sociological studies of disasters and what this implies for the management of COVID-19. 

The first Arab space mission to Mars, the ‘Hope’ (Al-Amal in Arabic), successfully took off from Japan on 20 July 2020. It is commendable for a small state like the United Arab Emirates to undertake such a complicated mission and in a very short span of time.