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China-India relations

Open Dialogue | Nirupama Rao, Lin Minwang on India-China fault lines

Ex-diplomat and academic cover nations’ border wars, appeal to Global South and India-US and China-Pakistan relations in candid dialogue.

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India

Why India is eyeing France’s fighter jet project for future air warfare

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India

Trump’s tariffs plan threatens India’s ‘pharmacy of the world’ status

India

‘Islamic Nato’? Why Pakistan’s new defence pact has India on edge

Analysts say the pact could evolve into a broader ideological military bloc that could extend its influence to the Indian Ocean region.

Pakistani people and students hold flags to celebrate the Pakistan-Saudi Arab-Turkish joint defence pact on Monday. Photo: EPA
Pakistani people and students hold flags to celebrate the Pakistan-Saudi Arab-Turkish joint defence pact on Monday. Photo: EPA
India

Can India and China rally Brics to ease Strait of Hormuz tensions?

Analysts say a unified Brics could support Oman-led talks for a resolution and provide an alternative to US diplomacy.

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Pakistan

Pakistan says ‘purely defensive’ Mecca accord is open to others

Egypt is likely to join the defence deal, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey amid rising tensions between the US and Iran.

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India

Air India pilot undergoes ‘confirmatory’ drug test after flight plunge

The incident is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Indian carrier, which appointed a new executive on Wednesday.

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Passengers on board Air India ⁠flight AI2379 that experienced a sudden loss in altitude on Tuesday. Photo: YouTube
Passengers on board Air India ⁠flight AI2379 that experienced a sudden loss in altitude on Tuesday. Photo: YouTube
Saudi Arabia

How Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan pact acts as ‘insurance’ over US disengagement

The Mecca deal may emerge as a third geopolitical ‘centre of gravity’ in the Middle East, with more members joining, analysts say.

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India-Pakistan tensions

Maldives’ plea to restart South Asian bloc hits India-Pakistan brick wall

Calls for reviving Saarc are likely to fall on deaf ears as long as the two neighbours are at loggerheads, analysts say.

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India

India’s Kusha missile test signals step closer to self-reliance for air defence

The locally made missile system is set to be a key part of India’s goal to create a multilayered national defence umbrella by 2035.

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India launches the maiden flight test of the Kusha long-range surface-to-air missile system on July 23. Photo: YouTube/Military92
South Korea

As record heatwave hits Asia, fears of energy crisis and health risks mount

Asia’s power infrastructure may come under pressure due to high demand for air conditioning amid lingering concerns over energy supply.

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Two tourists use a hand fan and an umbrella to seek relief from the extreme heat in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Two tourists use a hand fan and an umbrella to seek relief from the extreme heat in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: EPA
India

Zuckerberg apologises to India over child sexual abuse content on Meta platforms

The Meta Platforms ⁠CEO also apologised for deepfake content and operational ‌lapses on the company’s platforms, according to a report.

US, Israel war on Iran

Indian ship sinks in Red Sea after attack near Yemen

Yemeni officials blamed the Iran-backed Houthis, while New Delhi condemned the ‘unprovoked’ aggression.

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Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina’s planned speech revives fresh India-Bangladesh row

The exiled former prime minister is scheduled to give a virtual address at a foreign correspondents’ club event in Delhi on Wednesday.

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Sheikh Hasina takes her oath to be Bangladesh’s prime minister in Dhaka on January 11, 2024. Photo: Reuters
India

Can a tech titan ace a test to fix India’s crisis-hit education system?

Nandan Nilekani’s efforts to reform the nation’s education sector face employability and AI challenges amid anger over exam scandals.

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People celebrate the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai on July 26 during a protest over the alleged question paper leaks. Photo: AFP
People celebrate the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai on July 26 during a protest over the alleged question paper leaks. Photo: AFP
Canada

UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist facing threats to life

Rights monitors press Ottawa over alleged foreign intimidation targeting Moninder Singh.

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India

Most Indians ‘not happy’ with way Modi handled exam scandals: survey

Even among supporters of Modi’s ruling coalition, 40 per cent registered their disapproval with his government’s actions.

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Pakistan

At least 14 dead in suicide bomb attack at anti-militant rally in Pakistan

No group claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern town of Kabal but suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban.

Police officers stand guard as others check the site following a suicide bombing in Kabal, Swat Valley in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. Photo: AP
Police officers stand guard as others check the site following a suicide bombing in Kabal, Swat Valley in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. Photo: AP
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka deploys troops to contain deadly riot at overcrowded Mahara Prison

The latest unrest comes almost a month after another prison riot in the same region, in which 10 guards and 21 inmates were killed.

Nepal

‘Always inspiring’: Nepal mourns Nirmal Purja after body found on mountain

The British-Nepali climber was renowned for ascending all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks in a record 189 days in 2019.

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Pakistan

Noted Nepali climber Nirmal Purja among 10 dead in Pakistan avalanche

Record-breaking mountaineer Purja and the 9 other climbers – from China, Nepal, Pakistan, Oman and the US – had been missing since Thursday.

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Nirmal Purja at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2021. Purja has died in an avalanche in Pakistan, his company said on Saturday. Photo: AP
India

India’s Modi wants to forgive CJP protesters who hurled ‘vile abuse’ at him

The prime minister calls the insults directed at him and his late mother ‘mistakes made in youth’ that require guidance, not legal action.

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A CJP supporter holds a poster showing an altered image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 25. Photo: AFP
A CJP supporter holds a poster showing an altered image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 25. Photo: AFP
China-India relations

India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass

Six years after Nathu La’s closure and the deadly Galwan border clashes, its reopening throws local traders a lifeline.

India

Ready player 3: India offers Asean a US-China alternative

India pitches trade, missiles and room to hedge as the US and China vie for regional influence.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ex-police chief sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings

A three-judge court ruled that Pujith Jayasundara failed to stop the attacks which targeted churches and hotels, killing 279 people.

Sri Lanka’s former police chief Pujith Jayasundara. File photo: AP
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