India and China quibble over trade figures
June 12 ,2022
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By: Nirmala Ganapathy
Cargo containers stacked at a port in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 9, 2022. PHOTO: AFP
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India police crack down on protests against Prophet remark...
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Muslims hold a banner during a protest demanding the arrest of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her insulting comments against...
'Rajapaksa said Modi insisted on Adani for power project',...
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Gautam Adani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photos: PTI)
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Insulting Prophet Muhammad is straight out of the BJP play...
June 10 ,2022
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By: Apoorvanand
Indian Muslims shout slogans as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by top officials in th...
Killings tear Kashmir's fragile social fabric in test for...
June 7 ,2022
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By: Quratulain Rehbar
A member of India's Central Reserve Police Force stands guard in Srinagar, Kashmir, in late May. © Reuters
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The droopy rupee: Can India's currency be revived?
June 7 ,2022
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By: Kiran Sharma
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Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asi...
June 7 ,2022
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By: Karan Mehrishi
MUMBAI -- For over a decade, Mattias Martinsson has been investing in frontier economies, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka....
New report traces activities of US-based Hindutva groups o...
May 31 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Hoping for a Chinese rescue
May 31 ,2022
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By: Afshan Subohi
Desperate times call for drastic measures. By increasing petroleum prices the government hopes to dodge sovereign default, salvage the...
Is Bangladesh paying for her hospitality towards Rohingya...
May 31 ,2022
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By: Mohammad Shahedul Anam Khan
Rohingya refugees walk toward refugee camps in Palang Khali, Bangladesh, on Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
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A bleak future awaits Pakistan if politics and economics c...
May 31 ,2022
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By: Maleeha Lodhi
May 25 presented a sorry spectacle of street clashes and a government-opposition showdown that plunged the capital into chaos. Bet...
Collective Amnesia, Grudges and India's 'Lost' Glory: Eigh...
May 30 ,2022
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By: Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
PM Narendra Modi. In the background is a bulldozer at Delhi's Jahangirpuri. Photos: PTI.
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The new ideology of politics
May 30 ,2022
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By: Vir Sanghvi
Illustration: Binay Sinha
Does ideology have any place in Indian politics? One knee-jerk response, I guess, would be to...
Lankan PM proposes sweeping changes in Lanka’s governance...
May 30 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
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How Bangladesh has surged past India on road to South Asia...
May 30 ,2022
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By: Syed Munir Khasru
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BIMSTEC searches for a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific
May 28 ,2022
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By: Nazia Hussain
After a two-year COVID-19 induced delay, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) c...
Soaking the rich will not help the world's poor
May 28 ,2022
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By: Rupa Subramanya
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UN working group against enforced disappearances
May 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Nepal Army chief to visit Pentagon ahead of Deuba’s Washin...
May 28 ,2022
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By: Anil Giri
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Sri Lanka is a small preview of a global default crisis
May 27 ,2022
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By: Ruth Pollard
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China nudges Nepal on One-China policy
May 27 ,2022
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By: Anil Giri
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