Vietnamese crab exporterdouble-skinned crabs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Asia /

South Asia

Related Topics:
India
Belt and Road Initiative
Pakistan
the Asian angle
Asylum seekers in Asia
Volunteers transport an injured victim of a suicide attack on a roadside police checkpoint upon his arrival at a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Pakistan

Suicide bombing at police checkpoint in Pakistan kills at least 11

About 30 others were wounded in the attack, for which the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility.

Pakistan

Why Pakistan’s endless war on militants fails to break the cycle

videocam
India

India’s ‘cockroach’ movement targets election chief in political pivot

videocam
Nepal

‘Glaciers don’t travel with stamps’: Nepal seeks climate deal with India, China

PM Shah’s proposal aims to address gaps in data-sharing that left mountain communities with virtually no early warning before the disaster hit.

videocam
Houses damaged by recent flash floods stand amid thick layers of sludge, mud and debris in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on September 8. Photo: AP
Houses damaged by recent flash floods stand amid thick layers of sludge, mud and debris in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on September 8. Photo: AP
India

‘Stooping low’: furore over UK university professorship for tycoon Ambani’s son

The university awarded a sustainability role to tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s son, who is linked to the controversial wildlife centre in India.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s opposition protests against contentious judicial reforms

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says the legislation proposed will ‘annihilate’ judicial independence.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
India

What can Asia, Global South learn from India’s new digital payment fee?

The roll-out is a good test of whether the system can generate enough revenue to pay for its own maintenance and expansion, experts say.

videocam
A customer makes a payment through the Unified Payments Interface at a shop in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, on September 16. Photo: EPA
Paytm payment QR codes are displayed at a vegetable shop in Mumbai, India, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
A payment QR code is displayed at a snack shop in Mumbai, India, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran

Indian sailor killed in attack on vessel in Hormuz: India and Oman authorities

A strike on the cargo ship Cape Dao led to a fire in the engine room, and 27 crew members had to be evacuated by the Omani navy.

India

India backs new P4M forum, but can middle powers fix the UN?

Without early wins on climate or UN reform, analysts say the Partners for Multilateralism risks becoming a talking shop.

Canada

Canada seeks to wrap up India trade talks soon, as US ties fray

PM Carney says his Indian counterpart Modi will visit Canada around the time of the G20 summit in Miami this December.

videocam
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney in New Delhi in March. Photo: AP
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over 2019 Easter bombings

Suicide bombers targeted three hotels and three churches, killing 279 people and wounding about 500. The trial has gone on for five years.

videocam
A police commando stands guard at the High Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, ahead of a verdict related to the 2019 Easter bombings. Photo: AP
A police commando stands guard at the High Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, ahead of a verdict related to the 2019 Easter bombings. Photo: AP
Pakistan

Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says

The purported arrests, ahead of ‌a protest planned for September 27, involved Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Khan.

Malaysia

Anwar was on song in India. Will Malaysia reap the rewards?

The Malaysian PM’s rendition of a Bollywood ballad went viral, but his India trip was about more than just the music.

Nepal

Young Nepalis battle climate dread in wake of flood disaster

After August’s glacier collapse killed more than 1,400 people, young Nepalis are demanding justice, not just sympathy.

videocam
Houses buried in mud after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district in August. The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris from a glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border has left more than 5,650 missing. Photo: AFP
Pakistan

31 dead in Pakistan after suicide bomber, gunmen attack police complex

An attacker rammed an explosives-laden car ‌into the Old Police Lines complex as officers and ⁠their families were praying in a mosque.

Army personnel stand amid the rubble following an explosion inside the Kohat police headquarters in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. Photo: AFP
Army personnel stand amid the rubble following an explosion inside the Kohat police headquarters in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. Photo: AFP
India

India’s Modi caught between Russian oil needs and US trade threats

Cutting Russian oil imports could avoid price rises ahead of key polls but keeping such purchases could cripple access to its largest market.

Nepal

Singaporean dies on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, first foreign casualty of season

The 50-year-old felt unwell as he was descending from around 6,000 metres after an acclimatisation rotation.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
India

India and Vietnam aim to turn ‘China plus one’ rivalry into trade gains

New Delhi and Hanoi are looking to join market scale with manufacturing capacity to build new trade links, analysts say.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in New Delhi during the Brics summit on Saturday. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in New Delhi during the Brics summit on Saturday. Photo: Handout via Reuters
India

Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments

The amendment introduced penalties for forcing someone to assume a transgender identity through surgical, chemical or hormonal procedures.

India-Pakistan tensions

India, Pakistan summon diplomats after naval ships collide in Arabian Sea

This is the first overt military tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours since they engaged in a four-day conflict last year.

videocam
India

Trump taking notes from India? US$5,000 cash pitch draws ‘freebie’ comparisons

Indian politicians and commentators accuse the US president of mimicking South Asia’s election playbook to woo voters ahead of the midterms.

4
US President Donald Trump gestures on stage at a Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
India

‘Growing stronger’: India and Russia push to expand defence ties

Analysts say offers of Su-57 stealth jet tech and BrahMos upgrades signal an exit from simple buyer-seller deals.

7
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Brics summit in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Kremlin/dpa
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Brics summit in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Kremlin/dpa
India

India scores Brics win with joint declaration despite divides

New Delhi ‘papered over’ differences to keep the bloc focused on trade and tech priorities, analysts say.

India

Himalayan ‘glacier bankruptcy’ threatens water security for 2 billion in Asia

Glacier mass loss is causing the region to approach ‘peak water’, the point when river flows stop rising and start declining.

videocam
India

High pay, high peril: migrant workers brave threats in Indian Kashmir

Despite militant killings and security patrols, half a million Indian labourers flock to the region every year for double their home wages.

Indian migrant labourers rest at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Srinagar in August. Since 2019, at least 24 migrant workers have been killed in militant attacks across the territory, according to local media reports. Photo: AFP
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW