‘We can stanch the dying, but we can’t stop the killing’
April 9, 2022
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By: Ravi Agrawal
David Miliband, the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, speaks onstage during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City...
Why Pompeo Kept His Meeting With the Quad
October 9, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, back in business after a short break.
Today: What to make of the Australia-India-Japan-U.S. Quad meetings&nbs...
India Sets Coronavirus Record
September 18, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, the weekly newsletter that keeps you up to date on a region that is home to one-fourth of humanity. Today: India sets a w...
India-China Tensions
September 11, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, the weekly newsletter that keeps you up to date on a region that is home to one-fourth of humanity.
Who blinked fi...
Facebook’s India Problem
August 21, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, the newsletter that keeps you up to date on a region that is home to one-fourth of humanity.
This week: Facebo...
What Kamala Harris Means for India
August 14, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Sen. Kamala Harris leaves the Capitol after the conclusion of Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Feb. 3
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Modi’s Ramifications
August 7, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, the weekly newsletter that keeps you up to date on a region that is home to one-fourth of humanity.
This week: Indian Pr...
Kashmir, One Year On
July 31, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week: Aug. 5 marks the anniversary of Kashmir’s abrogation, a cease-fire in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka&n...
Why Is South Asia Pushing Back Against Social Media?
July 24, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week: Bangladesh moves toward net neutrality while Pakistan threatens to ban China’s TikTok, re...
Why Google and Facebook Are Racing to Invest in India
July 17, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, it covers the region comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Thi...
Why South Asia Doesn’t Have as Many Coronavirus Deaths
July 11, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, that covers the region comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri La...
Why India Banned TikTok
July 3, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week: Why India banned 59 Chinese apps, South Asia records 1 million coronavirus cases, dangerous flo...
Poverty and the Pandemic
June 26, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Turkish TV show Ertugrul Gazi.
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week, a closer look at how the coronavirus pandemic threatens to ...
A Deadly Battle at 14,000 Feet
June 19, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief, the weekly brief that keeps you up to date on a region that is home to one-fourth of humanity. Today: India and Chin...
India Is Hurtling Into a Coronavirus Crisis
June 12, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 1...
The Coronavirus Reaches Rural India
June 6, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers and families line up to board a special train to return to their hometowns outside a railway station in Secunderabad, India,...
Why India and China Are Sparring
June 2, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week: What to make of a worrying buildup of troops along the India-China border, U.S. President Donald Tr...
‘CRADLE TO GRAVE’ TERRORISM
May 15, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week, Afghans mourn an especially brutal day of attacks, the coronavirus is detected in a Rohingya re...
THE PANDEMIC IS ENABLING BIG BROTHER
May 9, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh state enter the New Delhi railway station after the government eased the nationwide lockdown on May 7. ...
A CORONAVIRUS MYSTERY: WHY ARE THERE SO FEW CASES IN SOUTH...
May 4, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
Residents of a slum in Kolkata, India, line up to receive relief packages on April 30
Welcome to weekly South Asia Brief. Today, we attemp...
Why Facebook is betting big on India
April 24, 2020
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By: Ravi Agrawal
A man waters a tree outside the Jio World center in Navi Mumbai, India, on April 22
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