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INDIA

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2021
China, Pakistan and India jockey for position in Afghanistan's new 'Great Game'
When the Taliban captured Kabul last week, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Afghans had broken the 'shackles of slavery.'
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BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2021
China's regulatory upheaval helps propel India's $8.8 billion wave of startup IPOs
At the current pace, 2021 will exceed the country's all-time record of $11.8 billion, with all involved racing to cash in on fervent demand for fresh public offerings.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2021
Indian state launches assault on drugs as U.N. warns of Bangladesh-like crisis
The state has received praise for the drug clampdown from ruling and opposition politicians but has been criticized for alleged human rights abuses.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021
'Hope Buses' bring school to New Delhi students amid pandemic
Many families are too poor to afford the phones or other devices needed to study online.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Why India struggles to win Olympic gold
The government has overhauled an athletic system that was once underfunded and corrupt, but the pressure to perform weighs on competitors.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2021
China and India agree to pull back troops near site of deadly clash
Soldiers will move away from the vicinity of the area where at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed in June 2020.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2021
With time slipping away, prospects of a climate deal at COP26 are waning
With less than three months before climate talks in Glasgow, diplomats are struggling to pull global climate policy back from the brink of disaster.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2021
Forecaster who predicted India’s COVID-19 peak sees new wave coming
Experts are concerned about complacency setting in as people resume social and business activity in the face of waning infections.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2021
Xi opens a Pandora's box with antagonism of India
Chinese aggression and the breaching of border agreements has made the rise of a more antagonistic and militarily stronger India a certainty.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2021
'No safety nets': Debts weigh on grieving Indian families
Tens of thousands of Indians are facing the triple burden of bereavement, joblessness and debt after a brutal second wave of COVID-19.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 24, 2021
Top U.S. diplomat to visit India with vaccines and China in focus
On the agenda will be COVID-19, Indo-Pacific engagement and Afghanistan's future after the U.S. troop pullout.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2021
COVID-19 may have claimed as many as 5 million lives in India
The numbers, derived from research and local authority data, range from three to 10 times the official count, hinting that the true cost of its outbreak has been massively underreported.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2021
A secretive body is making questionable COVID-19 decisions in India
As the Indian Council of Medical Research has acted as a key adviser to the government, it has drawn criticism from doctors and independent scientists.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 20, 2021
Flush with unicorns, India’s tech moment arrives
Last week marked a watershed for technology startups in India, as a record bout of fundraising shifted attention to the world's second-most populous market.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 15, 2021
How Japan can help tackle East Asia's coronavirus surge
By donating vaccines and sharing knowledge, Tokyo has a role to play in leading the region out of the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2021
Biden’s Afghan blunder
Joe Biden's approach entails effectively admitting that a terrorist militia has defeated the world's most powerful military, and then handing Afghanistan back to that militia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2021
India supercharged its economy 30 years ago. COVID-19 unraveled it in months.
Years, and perhaps decades, of progress have been unwound in months, as many Indians who had clawed their way out of poverty face grim job prospects.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami