In India, nearly half of all girls are married before they turn the legal age of 18. In the state of Bihar, the statistics are even grimmer: 69% of girls are wedded before they’re 18 and 48% before they turn 15. Archbishop …
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The Uttar Pradesh Elections: A Big Moment for Indian Muslims
It’s election season in India’s most populous state, a time when Uttar Pradesh’s political campaigners hold raucous rallies and beat the streets making lofty promises to curry favor with the multitude of different caste and …
Must-Reads from Around the World: February 23, 2012
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Jobless Woes—Unemployment in the U.K. rose by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, official figures show. The BBC reports that while this is the smallest increase in over a year, the country’s unemployment …
Is Iran Behind a New Delhi Attack on an Israeli Diplomat?
“We would be talking in a different tone if it had happened 20 minutes later and her kids were in the car,” a senior Israeli intelligence official told TIME on Monday, Feb. 13, commenting on the bomb attack in New Delhi that …
Must Reads from Around the World: Feb. 7, 2012
Syrian Situation – Global Post reports on Syrian Christians’ reluctance to join the uprising against President Bashar Assad. “Syria’s Christians, a fellow minority, believe they need the ruling Assad regime for protection,” …
Must Reads from Around the World: Feb. 6, 2012
India Hangs Up on the Mobile-Phone Industry — and Investor Confidence
India’s Supreme Court decided yesterday to cancel 122 controversial mobile-phone licenses, ending nearly three years of uncertainty but opening up a new round of skepticism about India as a destination for foreign …
Will Global Coffee Giant Starbucks Conquer India?
The exact definition of a Frappuccino, or which size is bigger, grande or venti, may not be common knowledge in India, but that might be about to change. Starbucks’ long-rumored arrival in India just got one step closer to …
Must Reads from Around the World: Jan. 31, 2012
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Geopolitics – Foreign Policy takes an astute look at how Iran – contrary to its own initial hopes and others’ fears – has failed to benefit from the Arab Spring. “In fact, Iran’s regional position has taken a big hit,” Colin H. …
To Confront Iran, Will the U.S. Risk Relations with India?
If a U.S.-led ban on importing oil from Iran — recently adopted by the European Union — is making officials in Tehran sweat, it’s hard to tell. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Jan. 26 that the West had more to …
India Celebrates Its 63rd Republic Day
The world’s largest democracy commemorates the 1950 adoption of its democratic constitution with a show of arms and flair.