India has a rather interesting problem ahead of itself. A newly appointed pro Hindu government is set to make huge promises to the populace of India. Question is where are they going to get the funds to give cash handouts to farmers, 1.44 trillion into infrastructure and industry, and tax cuts for middle class Indians as well as doubling exports?… Read more »
The situation in Afghanistan had blown out of control. The current government is unable to assist the people of Afghanistan and they have ISIS and Taliban running amok the countryside. Recently a bomb went off in a mosque in the capitol of the country, Kabul. Also, somewhat recently, a police checkpoint came under fire by armed gunmen, supposedly Taliban. Our… Read more »
The situation with Pakistan is rather ridiculous in the sense that they have the resources to capture several would be terrorists in a far away province but yet cannot stop a terrorist attack in a completely controlled region. The region of Gilgit Baltistan is north of the capitol city of Pakistan, Islamabad. Albeit sure Gilgit and Baltistan are relatively safe… Read more »
ndia’s national elections are finally over. After six weeks and 600 million ballots, the ending offered a surprising twist, an absolutely crushing victory in the lower house of parliament for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its standard-bearer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The lingering question now is what India’s charismatic and controversial leader will make of his stunning mandate. In 2014, as… Read more »
outh Asia, for the most part of Donald Trump’s presidency, had been quiet up until earlier this year when the region’s two main protagonists, India and Pakistan, nearly entered a nuclear face-off. A suicide attack on a paramilitary convoy in Indian controlled Kashmir triggered an aerial dogfight culminating in the capture of an Indian pilot who was later released by… Read more »
Yangon, Myanmar – A court in Myanmar has issued an arrest warrant against Wirathu, a notorious Buddhist monk whose hate-preaching sermons against the Rohingya and other minority Muslims have stoked religious tensions. The monk, who once reportedly dubbed himself the “Burmese bin Laden”, faces up to life imprisonment under the country’s sedition law, which prohibits stirring up “hatred”, “contempt” or “disaffection” towards the government. Police have so… Read more »
Myanmar’s army is committing fresh war crimes against ethnic groups in Rakhine state, according to human rights group Amnesty International. In a new report, Amnesty accuses the army of carrying out extrajudicial killings, torture and arbitrary arrests amid an operation against an ethnic Buddhist guerrilla force. The army has denied the allegations. Soldiers were previously accused of mass human rights… Read more »
Colombo-Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed a deal with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container terminal in the country that has seen increasing forays by China which has taken a strategic port on a 99-year lease that has worried New Delhi. The three countries will jointly build the East Container Terminal at the Port of Colombo. Sri Lanka’s Port… Read more »
Until now, just about anyone could get a permit to climb Mount Everest. But this year has been marred by pileups at the top and a surge of inexperienced climbers. Veteran mountaineers who recently summited described a “Lord of the Flies” atmosphere with mobs of people in huge down jackets precariously perched at the top, pushing and shoving to take… Read more »
KATHMANDU, Nepal — After human traffic jams at the top of Mount Everest and an aggressive, unruly atmosphere that has been likened to “a zoo,” Nepalese officials said on Wednesday that they were considering changing the rules about who was allowed up the world’s highest mountain. “It’s time to review all the old laws,” said Yagya Raj Sunuwar, a member of Parliament…. Read more »