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'Chinese influence began with army, Indian with monks'

Chinese influence over Southeast Asia began with 'boots of soldiers', while India's initial connect with the region was through its monks, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram Madhav said on......

Sun Weidong appointed China's new envoy to India

Veteran Chinese diplomat Sun Weidong, an expert on South Asia who worked closely with external affairs minister S Jaishankar during his tenure as Ambassador in Beijing, has been appointed as the......

UNSC sanctions Islamic State's South Asia Branch

The United Nations has sanctioned Islamic State's South Asia Branch, a terrorist group formed in 2015 by a Pakistani national and a former commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, for its links......

Hope new Pak govt will work towards safe and terror-free South Asia: India

India on Saturday said it desires a prosperous and progressive Pakistan, and hoped that the new government in Islamabad will work constructively to build a safe, stable and secure South Asia free......

Why the British Museum won't return the Harihara

'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. PART I: Give us our gods back! PART......

DeMo and GST disrupted India's growth: World Bank

A slowdown in India's growth rate, the World Bank said, also affected the growth rate of South Asia. As a result, South Asia has fallen to second place after East Asia and the Pacific.......

Is it end of the line for South Asia's ship graveyards?

With a plunge in steel prices, ship owners are getting about $3.6 million less for the 25,000 tonnes of recoverable metal from a typical iron ore or coal carrying......

Building Bridges in South Asia

"Building Bridges" was the theme of the recently concluded South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or Saarc, summit in Addu (Maldives). The leaders agreed to give this shape by......

How South Asia can reduce poverty

South Asia needs to add between 1 million and 1.2 million additional jobs every month for the next 20 years to sustain growth and reduce poverty in the region, a World Bank report said on Thursday.......

Suspension of trade relations will hurt Pakistan more than India

India's export basket for Pakistan has a limited portfolio as Pakistan has not given 'most favoured nation' status to New Delhi and such goods have ready market in South Asia and the Middle East.......

Hamid, Bhonsle, Blinded by the Light at IFFSA

Firdaus Ali checks out the line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia in Toronto. IMAGE: Rasika Dugal in Hamid. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a moving picture is worth a......

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

Davis Cup: Ramanathan, Myneni give India 2-0 lead over South Korea

IMAGE: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan returns against South Korea's Seon Chan Hong during their Asia/Oceania Group-I Davis Cup tie in Chandigarh on Friday. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI India won the......

Sports Shorts: Usha becomes AAA's Athletes Commission member

Legendary Indian sprinter P T Usha has been made a member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association in recognition of her stellar achievements at the continental stage. The......

Soccer Extras: Former Uruguay star Forlan announces retirement

IMAGE: Legendary Atletico Madrid player Diego Forlan. Photograph: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY/Reuters Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has announced his retirement, bringing to an end a......

'Hungry' Chhetri wants India in Asia's top 10

'If we are in the first 10, you are giving yourself a realistic chance to play against the best in Asia and then you always have the answer to how much you have to achieve more' IMAGE: One......

India name strong squad for Pakistan Davis Cup tie

India have never lost to Pakistan in six Davis Cup contests so far and the clean record is likely to remain, considering that Pakistan does not even have one singles player, who is ranked on the......

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Sheikh Hasina, Sania Mirza to co-chair WEF's India Economic Summit

Sania Mirza will co-chair the summit as a sportsperson and the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. PTI | Aug 20, 2019, 06.39 PM IST NEW... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sheikh-hasina-sania-mirza-to-co-chair-wefs-india-economic-summit/articleshow/70756618.cms

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In an effort to allay fears, the Union home ministry on Tuesday said non-inclusion of a person's name in the final list of National Register of... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/exclusion-from-nrc-doesnt-make-one-foreigner-govt/20190820.htm

Chinese missiles threaten American bases on its doorstep

China has the ability, through conventional missiles contained within the arsenal of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, to decimate US... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/chinese-missiles-threaten-american-bases-on-its-doorstep/articleshow/70748024.cms

Asia stocks rise as stimulus, policy hopes calm nervous investors

Australian stocks added 0.7%, South Korea#39;s KOSPI advanced 0.5% and Japan#39;s Nikkei rose 0.7%. ...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/asian-markets/asia-stocks-rise-as-stimulus-policy-hopes-calm-nervous-investors_12903921.html

PM at Bhutan varsity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave a pep talk to the students in Bhutan, saying they had the power and potential to do extraordinary... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/no-better-time-to-be-young-than-now-modi-in-bhutan/20190818.htm

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