Opponents of India’s Newest State Stage Blackouts and Protests
Critics argue that the creation of Telangana will impact an already floundering national economy
Critics argue that the creation of Telangana will impact an already floundering national economy
Like many parts of Pakistan, swaths of the sweltering Pakistani city of Karachi experience regular power outages for up to nine hours a day. The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, despite its priority status for receiving power, …
India’s ruling Congress Party was scrambling this week to smooth over an uncharacteristically public rift that erupted on Friday between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party vice president Rahul Gandhi, scion to the …
The first meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his recently elected Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif yielded only small signs of progress, a consequence of larger tensions animating the rival nations.
With 800,000 fatalities from natural calamities in the past decade in Asia alone, answers are needed fast
Election season took off in India today, as television cameras tracked the vehicle of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from the New Delhi airport to a board meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the capital. By …
The rupee is in trouble, and nobody seems quite sure what to do about it. The Indian currency closed at an all-time low of 64.11 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday alongside a tumbling market, feeding widespread anxiety over …
Soccer fans are getting ready to pack the stands in Kabul today as the Afghan national team prepares to play its first home game in over 10 years against Pakistan. It’s also the first time that the two neighboring teams have gone …
After a weekend of escalating tensions in the disputed territory of Kashmir, the Indian army on Monday again accused Pakistan of violating the 2003 cease-fire at the border between the two countries. A spokesperson for the …
With the rain coming down in steamy sheets, the aptly named ‘Monsoon Session’ of parliament convened for its fourth day this morning in the Indian capital New Delhi. And in the eye of the darkening storm was Defense Minister …
A suicide bombing at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad is the latest episode in the simmering geopolitical struggle between the nuclear rivals
Not often does an economists’ spat make the evening news. Yet that’s precisely what happened earlier this month in India, where breathless correspondents have recorded in tit-for-tat detail the very public tiff between Jagdish …