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Dr C Christine Fair from the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University examined Pakistans enduring imperative to use cross-border terrorism to try and resolve its basic conundrum; it wants to try and change maps, but it has an army that cannot win wars and has nuclear weapons it cant use. So it has settled upon a strategy of proxy war in Kashmir and elsewhere in India under the safety afforded by its nuclear arsenal, according to Fair. (Photo: ANI)

Cross-border terrorism poses major threat in South Asia: Experts

Taha Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist now living in exile, offered a brief history of Pakistan's obsession with jihadi...

5 Jun 2019 1:17 PM IST

Of concern to India is the United States pushing Afghanistan towards what the draft paper sent to all parties, including the Taliban, calls the Afghanistan Peace Agreement. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Afghan trouble looming: Pak likely to make gains

The Biden presidency has directly or indirectly impacted other South Asian developments too

11 March 2021 4:06 AM IST

The victory of Opposition candidate Mohammed Muizzu in the Maldives presidential election seemed imminent when he led in the first round, though falling short of the 50 per cent vote that was needed for an outright victory. (Image : Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Maldives the latest play in India-China games

Warning signals that India's Maldivian policy was fraying had been visible for some time

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Indias economy sprang a pleasant surprise last week by registering better than expected growth of 7.6 per cent in the July-September quarter as against the RBIs projected growth rate of 6.5 per cent. (Image:Twitter)

Aakar Patel | Has South Asia hobbled itself? Can we turn into Korea,...

China is slightly ahead of the world average GDP, and Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are one-fifth.

12 Dec 2023 12:10 AM IST

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | The politics of geography and how societies...

The demography of geography creates society, economy, polity, the rise and fall of empires and their borders, as well as...

29 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | The unreality of Akhand Bharat': What we must do to...

The story explained that Akhand Bharat was a concept espoused by Hindutva nationalists

6 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Indian Spiderman. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | South Asian marvels, but can they last?

In cinema outside the subcontinent, however, South Asian representation is negligible at best.

20 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

President Xi Jinping. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)

Manish Tewari | China in our backyard poaching our neighbours

India-China geopolitical dance: Navigating diplomatic challenges in the neighborhood

27 Jan 2024 11:55 PM IST

Given the life-altering impact child marriage has on a young girls life, any reduction is welcome news. (Photo: Pixabay)

Child marriages decline in India: UNICEF

When a girl is forced to marry as a child, she faces immediate and lifelong consequences.

6 March 2018 4:43 PM IST

Child Marriage Act.(Photo:PTI/File)

Child marriages in India halved driving down global rate: UNICEF

Despite the law, child marriage remains deeply rooted and accepted in society, and is widespread in parts of the...

6 March 2018 1:50 PM IST

US President Donald Trump has a strong relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a State Department official said Friday, emphasising that India-US ties are important. (Photo: File)

Trade between India, US faces maximum friction, says White House...

'If you had to point to a part of relationship where you have most friction, it certainly would be trade side,' official...

17 March 2018 8:19 PM IST

China announced on Tuesday that it would cut tariffs on auto imports from July 1, the latest sign of a thaw in trade frictions with the United States.

Chinese loans placing South Asia in debt trap

The Nepal Rastra Bank reveals that the figure stood at Rs.91.18 billion during the review period in 2015-16.

22 Jun 2018 11:35 AM IST