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Topic: South Asia

Bangladesh beats India by 60 slots in WEF Gender Gap rankings

Simrin Sirur -
Bangladesh has been ranked 48 in the WEF Gender Gap report, while India stands at 108.

China is the reason why Modi is giving up precious campaigning hours in 5 state elections

Jyoti Malhotra -
Of course, he has no choice.

Disagreeing with Trump’s claim, World Bank official says India certainly not a tariff king

Lalit K Jha -
Earlier this month, Trump reiterated his allegations that New Delhi has a high tariff rate on various American goods.

Taiwan looks to India for stronger economic ties as it hopes to cut dependence on China

Manasi Phadke -
Taiwan is trying to push investments in semiconductor technology and mobile payments sector in India, says deputy minister Cheng-Mount Cheng.

India laments lack of UN action to counter international terrorism

Yoshita Singh -
The Legal Adviser in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, in a veiled reference to Pakistan, said some states were sponsoring terrorists to fulfil their political agenda.

Malaysian mobile service provider’s plan to expand to India fades

Abhishek Vishnoi -
Axiata Group’s Asia dream fades as rivals bid for its overseas units.

New York Times reporter who had dissed Delhi as unlivable gets it wrong again

Rajgopal Singh -
For the second time in 4 months, The New York Times has issued corrections for stories reported by Gardiner Harris.

India is the 12th worst country for gender disparity in labour force

Nikhil Rampal -
India is the only non-Islamic country in the top 20, but among its South Asian neighbours, everyone except Pakistan performs better.

How India’s impressive electrification compares with South Asian nations

Michaël Aklin -
Modi’s flagship Saubhagya scheme is completing a decade of intense efforts started with Manmohan Singh’s aggressive policies.

India’s answer to Chinese Belt & Road Initiative should be a new road map for South Asia

Darshana Baruah -
While New Delhi sees the sense of promoting regional connectivity, it has serious strategic concerns about working with China on its eastern border.
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Opinion

Zohran Mamdani and Abigail Spanberger’s victory shows Democrats’ internal battle

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The stage is set for the Democrats’ internal reckoning as the Republican Party, led by Trump, processes its losses and turns its eyes toward the midterms next year.

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

Mamdani must face blind spots of his Muslim identity—and the wrongs done in its name

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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