This month, China’s president, Xi Jinping, has made history as the first Chinese president to visit Nepal in 23 years. He pledged almost $500 million dollars in aid to Nepal, a country that has been fought over between India and China for years. Being an important border state, the country that controls Nepal will have a leg up on the… Read more »
China’s Xi also pledges financial aid as he becomes first Chinese leader to visit Nepal in more than 20 years. President Xi Jinping has wrapped up a landmark visit to Nepal, the first by a Chinese president in 23 years, with 20 deals signed and nearly $500m in financial aid pledged amid Beijing’s growing influence in the impoverished Himalayan nation. After talks in… Read more »
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An explosion at a university in southeast Afghanistan has wounded at least 19 students, according to officials, two of them critically. The blast on Tuesday took place inside a classroom at Ghazni University, located on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Ghazni, Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said. The blast wounded 12 female students, Noori said. Officials in the provincial hospital… Read more »
A baby girl found buried alive in India was a suspected case of female infanticide, police said on Monday, the latest to highlight the preference for sons in a country where the number of girls has been declining. A couple, who went to bury their newborn at a grave after she died in hospital, discovered the youngster inside an earthen pot buried… Read more »
The Indian government revoked the special status accorded to Indian-administered Kashmir in its constitution, the most far-reaching political move on the disputed region in nearly 70 years. A presidential decree issued on August 5 revoked Article 370 of India’s constitution that guaranteed special rights to the Muslim-majority state, including the right to its own constitution and autonomy to make laws on all matters except… Read more »
Due to mass migrations of Rohingya Muslims from the country of Myanmar, the neighboring country of Bangladesh has been forced in some ways to take in refugees. These migrants must stay in refugee camps, as they are not recognized as citizens of any country. Recently, the conditions of these camps have come into question. The Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, is… Read more »
India, once thought of as a country of more than a billion people living in poverty, has seen its economy boom, and has emerged as a new force in global manufacturing. But that is not the full story. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), more than 150 million children and teenagers are victims of child labour around the world, and… Read more »
NEW DELHI — Her face was everywhere — on the news, at police stations and at the airports where the Pakistani government had put her on a list of the nation’s most wanted. She has been accused of treason, though human rights defenders said that the allegations were bogus and that she was being targeted for highlighting abuses committed by… Read more »
“Bangladesh recorded the highest economic growth among a list of 26 countries in the last 10 years”, said Sheikh Hasina, noting a 188 per cent expansion in its gross domestic product (GDP), which “has grown from $102 billion in 2009 to $302 billion this year”. Citing poverty and inequality as two major obstacles to development, she pointed out that “poverty eradication, sustainable… Read more »