Today’s picks: Africa’s illegal elephant ivory trade reaches its highest point, a new school year in Hong Kong begins amidst mass protests and hunger strikes, and British Prime Minister David Cameron chooses his new cabinet.
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Today’s required reading: The United States strikes strategic defense partnership with India, Vietnam’s political elite struggle to connect to the public and renewed violence further delays any chance of a solution to the Turkish …
Gujarat Riots: New Court Verdict Raises the Heat on Narendra Modi
A court case in the western Indian state of Gujarat, dealing out justice a decade after some of the country’s worst religious violence, may haunt the man vying to be India’s next Prime Minister
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Israel’s quandary over the rising Iranian nuclear threat, Indian and Pakistani leaders meet and unusually critical commentaries in China’s state-run media.
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India’s Prime Minister flees another crisis, Mexicans loose faith in police reform and China outlines its booming mineral resources-driven business in North Korea.
Kasab’s Sentence: After Mumbai Terrorist, Should India Abolish the Death Penalty?
The Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for the sole surviving assailant implicated in the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack. But there are many who hope he is the last to be executed.
India’s Northeast: How a Troubled Region May Be a Global Flashpoint
In the world’s largest democracy, recent fears of pogroms and ethnic violence have highlighted just how fractious and febrile India’s social makeup is.
How an Indian Patent Case Could Shape the Future of Generic Drugs
On Wednesday, the Indian Supreme Court will hear a landmark case that could limit Indian companies’ right to make inexpensive generic drugs.
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The arrest of a minor in Pakistan throws the spotlight back on its infamous blasphemy laws, competition in Sri Lanka among the two giants of Asia and Thailand’s booming cosmetic surgery industry.
Fearing Attacks, Thousands Continue to Flee Bangalore
Tens of thousands of people from Assam and other northeastern states have fled Bangalore since Thursday despite authorities’ attempts to stamp out rumors of pending attacks on their communities. On Friday afternoon, some 1,500 …
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Revenge attack fears spark internal migration in India, Bibi talking tough on Iran and a new front in the war against radical Islam in Africa
India Seeing Red over Costly Mission to Mars
The country’s planned mission to Mars has prompted strong reactions, particularly among those concerned about domestic issues on the ground
India Continues to Grapple with Fallout from Assam Violence
On Saturday, heated protests over last month’s Assam riots broke out in Mumbai, with demonstrators reportedly setting news vans on fire and attacking shops