India and China both say border disengagement process underway
India and China said Monday that they had made progress disengaging front-line troops from a monthslong standoff along a disputed part of their border where a brawl in June left 20 Indian soldiers dead. Special representatives on the border issue, India’s national security advisor Ajit ...
Indian soldiers unarmed and caught by surprise in China clash, families say
Twenty Indian soldiers died in the June 15 fighting on the de facto border separating the two armies.
Coronavirus pushes U.S. hospitals to the brink as India hits record new cases
Officials at the epicenter of the worsening coronavirus crisis in the United States warned Sunday that their hospitals were in danger of being overwhelmed by the upsurge, as India registered a record number of new cases. In signs of progress, Formula One returned with the ...
First China, now Pakistan: How India is battling neighbors on two fronts
The Indian military has been talking about a two-front war with neighbors Pakistan and China for decades to keep politicians focused on defense spending. Now that scenario is looking ever more realistic, with conflicts flaring on both its disputed borders. Talks earlier this week between ...
In India, child labor victims struggle to receive state compensation
Rescued victims of child labor in India rarely receive state compensation, new data shows, as campaigners warned a government drive to boost support for slavery survivors was falling short. In 2016, the Indian government set a target of rescuing 18 million workers from bondage by ...
Fujifilm ties up with Indian firm on potential COVID-19 drug Avigan
The drug has yet to be approved by the Japanese government for coronavirus treatment, with clinical testing delayed due to insufficient enrollment.
India bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, citing security concerns
The move, announced days after border tensions in the Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers dead, deals a blow to the most prominent names in Chinese technology.
Satellite images show buildup on disputed India-China border
Construction activity appeared under way on both the Indian and Chinese sides of a contested border high in the Karakoram mountains a week after a deadly clash in the area left 20 Indian soldiers dead, satellite images showed. The images released this week by Maxar, ...
Unilever faces calls to pull skin lightening products in South Asia
Fair & Lovely products are sold across Asia, but the brand has long been criticized as perpetuating negative racial stereotypes.
Women around the world have been hurt financially by the coronavirus outbreak, but the situation in India, where women suffer from a wide gender gap in employment, wages and education, is more precarious for them than almost anywhere else. Less than a quarter of women ...
Narendra Modi's plan to save the Indian economy: Look inward
Faced with millions of job losses following a nationwide lockdown, Modi has ratcheted up calls to boost local manufacturing.
China-India border clash leads to contrasting domestic responses
The skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops over a long-disputed border this month is being treated in New Delhi as the country's worst diplomatic crisis in decades even as it is downplayed by Beijing. China and President Xi Jinping are already locked in diplomatic combat ...
