It’s been two years since Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed at the inhospitable heights of the trans-Himalayan Galwan Valley in Ladakh in June 2020. While the military standoff continues between the two sides, the Chinese communist leadership has again levied charges against India that experts say could be a pretext for an attack on the world’s…
Beijing’s Recent Allegations Against India Could Be ‘Pretext’ for Future Attack: Expert
Argentina, Iran Apply to Join BRICS Group of Emerging Economies That Includes China and Russia
Argentina and Iran have applied to join to become members of the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, according to officials. The BRICS includes the world’s leading emerging market economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and is an acronym for those developing nations, which represent 42 percent of the world’s population…
Australia Provides Aid to Sri Lanka Amidst Worst Crisis in 70 Years
June 24, 2022
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Australia will provide Sri Lanka with $50 million (US$34.5 million) dollars of development assistance to help meet urgent food and healthcare needs as it battles its worst economic crisis in 70 years. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia would immediately provide $22 million to the World Food Programme for emergency assistance—providing food for three million…
Sri Lanka’s Economy Has ‘Completely Collapsed’: PM
Sri Lanka’s prime minister is increasing efforts to revive the country’s “completely collapsed” economy amid a lack of foreign exchange reserves and severe shortages of essential items. “We are now facing a far more serious situation beyond the mere shortages of fuel, gas, electricity, and food. Our economy has faced a complete collapse,” Prime Minister…
Monsoon Floods Kill 42 People, Millions Stranded in Bangladesh, India
DHAKA/ASSAM, India—At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said. In the neighboring Indian state of Assam, at least 17 people were killed during the…
Monsoon Storms Kill More Than 40 People in Bangladesh and India, Millions Stranded
Heavy monsoon rains have flooded parts of Bangladesh and India, killing at least 41 people and leaving millions of people stranded as their homes have been submerged, authorities said on Saturday. At least nine people, including two children, were killed in India’s Assam state, and 2 million others lost their homes in the flood. Two…
One Dead in India Unrest Over Military Hiring, Some Gatherings Banned
NEW DELHI—Authorities imposed restrictions on Friday on gatherings in a satellite city of India’s capital that is home to offices of several multinational firms, and one person was killed as protests against a new military recruitment process spread. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government unveiled the new recruitment system this week, called Agnipath or “path of…
US General Calls Chinese Infrastructure Build-Up Along India Border ‘Alarming’
NEW DELHI–U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General Charles Flynn has raised concerns about the build-up of Chinese defence infrastructure on the India-China border during a recent visit to India. “I believe that the activity level is eye-opening and some of the infrastructure that is being created in the [Chinese Army’s] western theatre command is alarming,” Flynn…
Wildlife Photographer Captures Incredible Images of Giant Multicolored Squirrels
Fascinated by the unbelievably humongous size of the Malabar giant squirrels, an Indian photographer has captured a series of incredible photos and videos of these brightly colored creatures. Kaushik Vijayan, who’s worked in the finance department of a multinational company in Saudi Arabia for the past 15 years, currently resides in his hometown of Kerala,…
Can India Overtake China and Become Asia’s Economic Engine?
Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) on May 23. The pact, we’re told, “seeks to strengthen economic partnership amongst participating countries with the objective of enhancing resilience, sustainability, inclusiveness, economic growth, fairness, and competitiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.” Participating countries include South Korea, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,…
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