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How Will Lee's Election Impact Asia?

Lee Jae-myung's decisive victory in South Korea's snap presidential election marks a major political shift driven by the public backlash against authoritarianism, observes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE:......

Operation Sindoor Outreach What Did Panda & Co Achieve In West Asia?

'It is high time that the 'war on terror' is removed from our diplomatic toolbox.' 'Certainly, our parliamentarians have no role in it,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata......

2 Covid variants, causing fresh cases in Asia, found in India

One case of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 and four instances of the LF.7 type have been detected in India, according to INSACOG data. Photograph: Courtesy WHO As of May 2025, the......

Israel-Iran: When Will This War End?

The barrage of missiles fired by Israel and Iran over the weekend continues without respite. READER DISCRETION ADVISED. SHOCKING IMAGES. IMAGE: A man wounded in the Israeli strikes on Iran......

Iranian Missiles Cause Damage In Israel

IMAGE: An Israeli police officer walks past damaged vehicles, following Iran's missile attack, in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 14, 2025. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Iran fired around 200 ballistic......

India's AI regulation can be a model: Google exec

Google's stance on the optimism and pro-innovation around artificial intelligence (AI) is very similar to the principles adopted by the Indian government under its IndiaAI Mission, the company’s......

WhatsApp brings ads to Channels, Status features

After the success of bringing businesses to WhatsApp, Meta — its parent — is now introducing ads and subscriptions to Status and Channels under the Updates tab of the messaging app, the company......

Analysts see oil shooting up to $150/bbl if Iran, Israel fighting intensifies

Brent crude oil prices can touch $150 a barrel (bbl) — up a whopping 103 per cent from the current levels — in the worst-case scenario if the Israel–Iran geopolitical tensions escalate,......

Air India may help India become international transit hub

Consider this: despite a traffic of over 130 million passengers flying international-to-international (I2I) routes per annum over India, only one-sixth of the long-haul traffic (26 million)......

IKEA plans to enhance sourcing from India to 50%

Global home decor and furniture retailer IKEA has ambitions to increase sourcing from India to 50 per cent, Swedish trade minister Benjamin Dousa said on Wednesday. Photograph: Hemanshi......

India-Pakistan clash unlikely? Asia Cup fate unclear

IMAGE: India are scheduled to host the Asia Cup, a flagship event of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), in September but uncertainty lingers over the T20 tournament. Photograph: BCCI/X This year's......

BCCI Plays Down Report of India Boycotting Asia Cup

'The Asia Cup matter or any other ACC event issue has not come up for discussion at any level, hence any news or report on that is purely speculative and imaginary.' IMAGE: India had won the Men's......

Pakistan threatens to seek Asia Cup hockey relocation

IMAGE: Pakistan have not qualified for the last two Olympic Games and missed out on the previous Hockey World Cup. Photograph: ANI Photo The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has said it will seek......

Will Pak hockey team be granted entry to India for Asia Cup?

'The country comes first for us. Asia Cup is happening in India, and whatever the government advises us, we will abide by that.' IMAGE: Asia Cup is a qualifying tournament for FIH World Cup and......

Pakistan seeks India visa for Asia Cup hockey

IMAGE: Pakistan's participation in the tournament, to be held in Rajgir, Bihar is in serious doubt because of the tensions between the two countries after the Pahalgam terror attack. Photograph:......