Link to Article: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/human-rights-abuses-inflicted-on-bangladesh-hindus-un/articleshow/118196638.cms A U.N report released this past Wednesday has found that Bangladesh’s Hindu, Ahmaddiya, Muslim and indigenous populations have been facing humans rights abuses under the government of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that was deposed in 2024 involving primarily these abuses occurring as a response by the Prime Minister’s former government against anti-discrimination protests at… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/03/indians-flock-to-hindu-temples-to-pray-for-us-visas-after-trump-crackdown Working-class Indians have been flocking to Hindu temples across the country as a result of a new initiative taken up by President Donald Trump of the United States. These initiatives, mostly sparking from the result of executive orders being signed in order to make immigration to the United States harder and more difficult. A popular name… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/india-weighs-temporary-tax-cheap-chinese-steel-import-minister-says-2025-02-12/ News coming from New Delhi as of yesterday reports that the Indian government could impose a 15-25% import tariff on Chinese steel in the upcoming six months due to the competition posed by cheap, readily available manufacturers in comparison to Indian domestic producers. A statement by the Indian Minister of Steel, H.D Kumaraswamy, reports his beliefs… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-deports-afghans-with-unhcr-papers/7939282.html Earlier this month, Pakistan issued a enactments to expel Afghan citizens from its capital, Islamabad, despite many of the Afghans bearing UNHCR, i.e refugee, documents. It is reported that authorities in Islamabad have deported upwards of 300 Afghan citizens between January 1st and 15th, with an estimated 80 of deported having possession of preliminary refugee documents… Read more »
Link to Article: https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/why-france-is-indias-best-bet-for-building-nuclear-powered-submarines/ Due to China’s expanding presence in the Indian Ocean, marked by an expanse in its deployment of submarines, and research and surveillance vessels to the region–it presents a major strategic challenge for India and its national security for the future. India’s current submarine fleet is made almost entirely up of conventional, diesel submarines, of which the… Read more »
Link to Article: https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/sri-lankas-dilemmas-over-chinese-research-vessels/ Sri Lanka has found itself in the heat of a raging debate between India and China over the future of the allegiances of the same island nation, and who it will continue to pander to in years to come. In a public statement, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Narendra Modi stated unequivocally that the government… Read more »
