New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Amid the intensifying US-China rivalry in the Indian Ocean, career diplomat Eric S. Meyer was sworn in this week as the new US Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Known for his emphasis on ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has seen considerable political upheaval in August. For ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the month is particularly fraught. Her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- On the 80th anniversary of Independence, an uncomfortable truth has to be stated plainly: India is steadily moving away from functioning as the normative democracy that the found... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- In many advanced countries, values like civic sense, gender equality, and resilience are instilled in children by their parents and teachers early on. This not only builds their ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- India last month saw the closure by its Supreme Court of two cases that had witnessed years, and decades, of controversy and political turmoil, and had even contributed to the fa... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Walk into any coffee shop or family living room today, and you will witness a peculiar human phenomenon. A group sits together, yet each person is isolated. Everyone is deeply en... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- It's been two years since the mass uprising that took place in Bangladesh in 2024. During the tenure of the Sheikh Hasina government, the state's control over the media, along wi... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- On July 31, after nearly 19 years, Taslima Nasrin returned to Kolkata. The following day, she appeared at an anti-fundamentalism programme at Rabindra Sadan, where West Bengal Ch... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- In Chaman, the Pakistani town on the border with Spin Boldak, traders complained that their earnings nearly ran down to zero on a daily basis. By the Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles co-chaired the second edition of the India-Australia Defence ... Read More