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Mohammad Sajjad
Why 14 August is Not the Right Day to Remember Horrors of Partition
18 Aug 2021
The partition was a colonial award. For the sake of peace, the government of India must rise above party politics and recognise this historical fact.
Richa Chintan
COVID-19: How India and COVAX failed the South Asian Countries
24 Jun 2021
Countries in South Asia are grappling with domestic vaccine shortages and only a fraction of their population has been vaccinated till date.
PTI
India Got $64bn FDI in 2020, Mainly Due to M&As in ICT as Pandemic Spurred Demand for Digital Infra: UNCTAD
21 Jun 2021
Big announcements included a $2.8 billion investment by online retail giant Amazon in ICT infrastructure in India, acquisition of Jio Platforms by Jaadhu, a Facebook subsidiary for $5.7 billion.
Partha S. Ghosh
Bangladesh Watches as West Bengal Goes to Polls Today
27 Mar 2021
Modi’s Hindutva and Hasina’s ‘secularism’ are fundamentally antagonistic. If BJP seizes power in West Bengal, the political challenge for Hasina will multiply manifold.
Ram Puniyani
Akhand Bharat or Fictional Union of South Asian States
09 Mar 2021
India can be part of a stronger South Asia based on equality and mutual respect, not by asserting religious supremacy.
Newsclick Report
508 Deaths, 1.26 Crore People Affected by Floods Across India
06 Aug 2020
In Assam, 56,89,584 people from 30 districts have been affected by the floods.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
The Wars of the Maps in South Asia Won’t Have Happy Ending
06 Aug 2020
The remnants of the Wars of the Roses can still be found in the number of tombs with armour-clad effigies of dukes and earls, barons and viscounts in the dark corners of many a country church across…
Mohammad Sajjad
Shaheen Bagh: Symbol of Assertion and Slice of History
20 Jul 2020
History proves that a resistance which emerges from the margins cannot be easily co-opted by the state.
Newsclick Report
360 Million South Asian Children Might Be Pushed into Poverty: UNICEF
24 Jun 2020
The statement further added that the increase in economic distress threatens to cause a spike in child marriage, child labour and, institutionalisation of children in childcare homes.
PTI
Extreme Poverty Could Rise to Over 1 Billion People Globally Due to Pandemic, Over 50% in South Asia: Report
12 Jun 2020
South Asia would become the hardest hit region in the world “mainly driven by the weight of populous India”, followed by sub-Saharan Africa, says a new report.