India
Indian Farmers’ Dispute Escalates
Whilst facing a continuing COVID-19 crisis (only the US has recorded more cases), the Modi government in India is now......
India’s COVID Cases On The Decline, But Was A Lockdown The Best Way To Achieve It?
India has been grappling with the COVID pandemic since March this year, locking the country down for months on end.......
TikTok ban would be “silly”: cyber security expert
Australia could follow India’s lead and ban the popular social media app TikTok. While politicians raise concern the Chinese-owned app......
Immediate action needed to settle India/China border dispute
Twenty soldiers have been confirmed dead in a skirmish along the Line of Actual Control between Chinese and Indian troops.......
Teachers and students help India’s poor during pandemic
The Indian government implemented lockdown restrictions in March. The announcements were hastily made and didn’t give a majority of the......
India halts their single use plastic ban policy for 2022
Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a ban on single use plastics by 2022. The government was hoping......
Pakistani and Indian Tensions Heighten as Kashmir’s Special Status Removed
Conflict in Kashmir has remained as a constant since the partition of India in 1947 but the state’s former special......
India’s parliament criminalises centuries-old triple talaq practice
The centuries-old practice of “triple talaq” has been criminalised in India following an upper house vote in India’s parliament on......
Floods across India, Nepal devastate millions
The monsoon floods and landslides that have rampaged across the countries of India, Nepal and Bangladesh have put several millions......
Preserving over 300 Indigenous Himalayan Languages
How many languages can you speak? This year is the year of Indigenous Languages, and in the Himalayas, there are......