South Asia

Sri Lanka has referred to the Yuan Wang 5 as a "scientific research ship," but India apprehends that the vessel could be used to surveil the region.

If Western governments and humanitarian actors abandon Afghans now, we will be condemning a whole nation to a grinding cycle of brutal poverty with unpredictable long-term consequences.

Last year, India-Taiwan bilateral trade was worth an estimated $7 billion, with the two countries considering a free trade deal and working towards creating a semiconductor manufacturing hub in India.

The Taliban have done tremendous damage to Afghanistan’s state institutions.

As if the Dalai Lama’s month-long visit to Ladakh wasn’t enough to infuriate China, India last week flew him to a remote village there in a military aircraft.

In practice, the political order the Taliban prefer is incapable of accommodating crucial features like universal human rights, an inclusive and representative political system, and compliance with international law. 

Despite the failure of the August 7 rocket launch, the ISRO appears to be taking a determined but prudent path for the future.

For most of its history, Pakistan has had turbulent relations with the United States, leading to deep-rooted public antipathy.

Establishing rules of the aid game and channels of communication might prevent a repeat of the current crisis, in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

India’s pursuit of greatness will remain elusive if it fails to address inequality and revive its democratic and secular values.

Hindu nationalists collaborated with colonial rulers but are now projecting themselves as flagbearers of Indian nationalism.

Its Independence Day should be a day to reflect and ponder on the mistakes of the past rather than celebrating fiction as history.