Topic: South Asia

For oil-importing India, the combination of a weaker currency and surging oil prices is a threat not only for the current-account deficit, but also inflation.

HDFC will close the window that permits foreigners to buy shares of India's most-valuable lender soon, which is resulting in a surge in buying. 

Apart from complaining to the WTO that India's export subsidies were hurting US companies, the latter has also put India on its currency manipulators watch-list.

The Nations Next Door is a daily roundup of the most interesting news and views from across South Asia.

The Nations Next Door is a daily roundup of the most interesting news and views from across South Asia.

Among South Asian countries, with a score of 41.2 on the HAQ, India ranks after Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Four years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a bold signal by inviting South Asian heads of state to his oath-taking ceremony. Today, his critics say that India’s strategic outreach in the region is floundering. Experts weigh in.

Raziuddin Aquil’s book The Muslim Question: Understanding Islam and Indian History seeks to understand Islam through its evolution in south Asia from the 13th century to modern times.

चीन ने लोगों में, परियोजनाओं में निवेश को बढ़ाया है और इसके भारी फायदे उसे मिल रहे हैं. भारत को अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने के लिए दोगुनी ज्यादा मेहनत करनी पड़ेगी.

Beijing has invested in people, projects and more and it's paying big dividends. New Delhi has to work doubly hard to reclaim its clout.