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India and Pakistan heatwave 30 times more likely because o...
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A villager walks through the cracked bottom of a dried-out pond on a hot summer day in Pali district, India, on May 11, 2022. PHOTO: AFP
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Imran Khan's actions have worrying implications for Pakist...
April 6, 2022
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
The court can endorse Mr Imran Khan's actions or it can also ban him from contesting again if it rules that he had acted unconstitutionally. PH...
Indian government to develop villages along the border wit...
March 30, 2022
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
A truck along India's Tezpur-Tawang highway, running through the Chinese border, in northeastern Arunachal Pradesh. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Securing India's ecological and commercial interests in th...
March 26, 2022
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
India took another key step with the release of its Arctic Policy, charting the course for its further engagement with this strategic but ecological...
India, Bangladesh deepen cooperation on using inland water...
March 12, 2022
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
An Indian vessel carrying food grains arrives in Pandu in Assam on March 6, 2022, after sailing from Patna in Bihar. PHOTO: SARBANANDSONWAL/TWI...
New Delhi wants to woo medical tourists to ‘Heal in India’
March 1, 2022
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
India was ranked tenth out of the top 46 countries in the 2020-21 Medical Tourism Index brought out by the Medical Tourism Association. PHOTO:...
India’s NGOs have tough time, with foreign aid cut off
Nuns walk near the entrance of the head office of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on Dec 28, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
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'Afghanistan's tragedy is in its geopolitics and not genes...
October 21, 2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Ms Muska Najibullah (right) as a child with her father, former Afghan president Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai. PHOTO: MUSKA NAJIBULLAH
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India's move to recruit cyber volunteers prompts concern o...
March 1, 2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
The scheme is intended to bring together "Good Samaritans" who wish to help authorities fight cyber crime.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
A recent Indi...
Tiny Himalayan nation Bhutan shows how to fight Covid-19 p...
February 27, 2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Authorities in the country of around 750,000 people said it will start vaccinating its citizens in March.PHOTO: AFP
Bhutan was the first country...
Saving a beloved icon: Growing drive in Kolkata to restore...
January 19, 2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
A tram running in Kolkata (or Calcutta, as it was known then) in the 1970s
It is on the dexterity of the likes of Mr A.K. Pandey that the s...
India to hold inaugural cow science exam, but many questio...
January 14, 2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Milk from Indian cow breeds contains traces of gold. Walls coated with cow dung can protect against harmful gas leaks. The animal even has the power t...
Hard times for Mumbai's 'dabbawalas': One of the world's b...
January 1, 2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Vegetables being sorted and packaged in Pune district before being sent to the dabbawalas for delivery in Mumbai
Many of Mumbai's office workers...
Briyani delivery in India is recipe for success
December 7, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
A mutton biryani from Biryani Depot.PHOTO: BIRYANI DEPOT
A briyani worth savouring is a daunting labour of love that can stretch over hours. But...
Bangladeshi who beat Covid-19 longs to go home
December 7, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Mr Raju Sarker recovering in hospital in this undated picture. He tested positive for the coronavirus in February and spent nearly five months in Ta...
Bangladesh to seek more info on construction worker held i...
November 27, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Bangladeshi authorities are trying to gather more information about Ahmed Faysal, the 26-year-old construction worker who was arrested under the Inter...
Devastation from north-east India gas well fire still felt...
November 24, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Like many others in Natun Gaon, a village in the state of Assam in north-eastern India, Bhupen Borgohain heads out to the local wetlands to fish every...
India-Taiwan ties receive fresh impetus amid tensions with...
October 27, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Demonstrators shouting slogans against China during a protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, on Oct 20, 2020.PHOTO: AFP
The enemy of m...
India-Taiwan ties receive fresh impetus amid tensions with...
October 26, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Demonstrators shouting slogans against China during a protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, on Oct 20, 2020.PHOTO: AFP
The enemy of m...
India pitches its Tibetan, Mandarin radio broadcasts
July 7, 2020
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Soon after a deadly clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh on June 15, a tweet from Prasar Bharati (PB), India's public service broadcaster...
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