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TopicSouth Asian Region

Topic: South Asian Region

UChicago’s South Asian language programme now risks major cutbacks. Scholars raise alarm

Dean of the university’s Arts and Humanities Division had asked for recommendations on ‘structural cuts’. This comes in the backdrop of reports of “substantial restructuring” under the Trump administration.

China has changed the equation for India’s neighbours. New Delhi can’t neglect them anymore

It's hardly surprising that Maldives has played the China card. This is the kind of self-interested behaviour that India frequently invokes with Russia or Iran.

Pakistan’s new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is known for propping up currency in earlier stints

Dar, 72, is a chartered accountant who had served as finance minister thrice in the past. He faces the daunting task of stabilising Pakistan's economy which has been in a tailspin.

India’s foreign student numbers grew 42% in 7 yrs. Where are they from? Still the same countries

Data from govt's All India Survey on Higher Education shows the countries, mostly South Asian, sending students to India remain the same. Intake from Bhutan & Malaysia has gone down.

Collaboration shown in fighting Covid a valuable takeaway from the pandemic, says PM Modi

Addressing a workshop Thursday on 'Covid-19 Management' with 10 other nations, Modi said that South Asia has managed to achieve one of the lowest fatality rates in the world.

A breath of fresh air in studying Indo-Pak nuclear crisis management

Modern conflict cannot be viewed in a bipolar framework. International relations expert Moeed Yusuf’s new book provides a much-needed alternative.

Trump administration wants Pakistan to make arrests or bring Taliban leadership to table

Principal deputy assistant secretary, Alice Wells, said Pakistan is essential for US to achieve its objectives in South Asia. Washington: The US has not seen...

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There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.