Can the ‘fringe’ make the BJP cringe?
India is in hot water over derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad made by two ruling party leaders.
The expectation of privacy
Our private lives, once protected, are also now commodifiable. And here is where consent becomes an issue.
Problems in Nepal’s hydropower sector
Investment crunch, policy flaws, infrastructure constraints and market inaccessibility are key hurdles.
It is politics that has put Pakistan’s economy in a perpetual state of crisis
Most economists consider the growth target of five per cent and keeping the inflation rate to slightly over 11pc implausible.
When urbanisation and waterlogging go hand-in-hand
The writer says it is just a matter of time before Dhaka will face severe waterlogging-related problems given persistent rains.
Officials mull measures to save sole tree on islet off Trat from tourists
After a tourist posted on Facebook that the islet resembles a comic book, tourists have flocked to the site.
The Quad summit move agenda forward
While the US has been keen to gather the Quad to support Ukraine, India remains lukewarm to this.
Marcos Jr.’s foreign policy: A new era?
Just weeks following his election victory, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is signaling that his foreign policy will be neither one of strategic subservience to the West nor driven by…
President Macron needs to overhaul electoral strategy
For the first time since the current Constitution was introduced during the 1950s, the sitting president’s party failed to come out at the top in parliamentary ballots held very…
War of words over Taiwan will damage US-China relations
The fate of Taiwan and its impact on regional security were key issues at the Shangri-La security summit this year.