Tag: India

Indian Rescuers Recover 27 Dead but No Sign of Dozens of Missing Villagers Swamped by Landslide

NEW DELHI—Hundreds of rescuers ended a four-day search for scores of people still missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a village in western India, an official said Sunday. The rescue teams recovered the bodies of 27 people killed in the Wednesday night landslide that hit the Raigadh district village of Irshalwadi,…


Indian Landslide Kills 16, Rescue Operations Paused

IRSHALWADI, India—The death toll from a massive landslide in western India rose to 16 late on Thursday, as rescue operations were suspended with around 100 people still feared trapped, officials said. Land gave way in the middle of the night in the remote mountain hamlet of Irshalwadi, in the state of Maharashtra, about 60 km…


IN-DEPTH: Battle for the Mind: China Steps Up Cognitive Warfare Against India

NEW DELHI—On diplomatic platforms, China is calling for mutual support and an easing of military tensions with India, but covertly it continues to accelerate its use of cognitive warfare against the subcontinent, strategic analysts allege. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met on the sidelines of ASEAN in the…


At Least 16 Killed by Suspected Electrocution in North Indian State

LUCKNOW—At least 16 people were killed and another six injured in a suspected case of electrocution in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday morning, government officials said. The incident took place inside a sewage treatment plant established in the Himalayan state’s Chamoli district as part of a flagship program of the federal government…


Indian Tycoon Adani Denounces Hindenburg Report as ‘Targeted Misinformation’

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has refuted a report by U.S.-based short-seller Hindenburg Research, saying that it contains “targeted misinformation” aimed at tarnishing the conglomerate’s reputation. The Hindenburg report, published on Jan. 24, accused the Indian conglomerate Adani Group—which is led by Mr. Adani—of engaging in stock manipulation and accounting-fraud schemes over decades. At the company’s…


Yellen Visits India Again to Promote Closer Ties and Tackle Global Economic Problems

GANDHINAGAR, India—On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations about global economic challenges like the increased threat of debt defaults facing low-income countries. Ms. Yellen told reporters…


Yellen Traveling to India for G20 Summit, Vietnam for Bilateral Talks

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit India this week to meet with finance ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) nations before continuing on to Vietnam for bilateral talks, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. Ms. Yellen will travel to Gandhinagar, India, from July 13 to 21 to participate in the G20 meetings of finance…


The Rise of the Khalistan Movement in Australia

Commentary The Sikh religion was founded in Punjab in the 15th Century by Guru Nanak and has about 25 million followers worldwide. Sikhs are a minority group in India, comprising less than two percent of the country’s 1.3 billion population, but they form a majority in Punjab. The origins of the modern-day ‘Khalistan’ movement trace…


ANALYSIS: US Plan for Naval Logistics Hubs in India Will Boost Efforts to Counter China in Indo-Pacific

NEW DELHI–The United States is planning to establish multiple naval logistics hubs in India for the resupplying and maintenance of its naval vessels in the South Asian region. Experts say this will enhance the Unites States’ maritime dominance, and help to counter Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific. “We’ll have much more to follow in the…


Can the BRICS Syndicate Finally Gain Strategic Traction?

Commentary What is the impact on the global strategic balance of plans by the BRICS nations to create an economic framework or marketplace, possibly backed in the future by an independent currency regime? The BRICS bloc—Brazil, Russia, India, China (PRC), and South Africa—was originally an acronym conceived by New York investors in 2001, but assumed…