Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire
2022-10-17
The prestigious book prize is won by Shehan Karunatilaka, for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali.Continue Reading
Nepal gears up for polls: Managing ties with Asian superpowers China, India crucial for country
2022-10-13
Foreign policy has already been made a hot-button issue ahead of the parliamentary elections in Nepal, which is sandwiched between Asia’s superpowers China and India. Domestically, high inflation and a stagnant economy also feature high on the agenda.Continue Reading
Most APAC businesses have adapted to hybrid work: Telstra
2022-10-12
Eight in ten organisations are promoting hybrid work Virtual work to increase by 83% despite offices reopening Business decision makers are rethinking their operations and work arrangements to benefit both employers and employees in the hybrid work era, according to Australian telco Telstra.
In a statement, the firm said its report titled…Continue Reading
India tourism: How ‘revenge travel’ saved the industry
2022-10-06
Industry experts say the pandemic offered Indians an opportunity to explore their own country.Continue Reading
UN extends Sri Lanka war-time violations monitoring, China opposes
2022-10-06
GENEVA: The UN rights body on Thursday (Oct 6) renewed the mandate of a UN office to collect and preserve evidence of alleged war-time human rights crimes in Sri Lanka, despite opposition from the government and allies including China. The resolution brought by Britain, Canada, the United States and others passedContinue Reading
CNA wins global gold for Best News Website at Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2022
2022-09-29
Past winners range from the Washington Post as well as the Guardian.Continue Reading
India can live with a US-Pakistan makeover
2022-09-29
US State Department spokesman Ned Price has chided Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as regards the latter’s remarks last Sunday questioning the raison d’être of the US-Pakistan relationship. Yet some national dailies in India have rushed to attribute it to the US displeasure over New Delhi’s stance on the conflict in Ukraine. One daily rather […]
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Thailand’s relations with India are critical to its interests in the Indo-Pacific
2022-09-28
As the Kingdom looks beyond Southeast Asia, bilateral trade, security and economic cooperation with the South Asian power is increasingly important
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Commentary: Pakistan floods a warning sign of more climate disasters to come
2022-09-25
Though Pakistan contributes lower than 1 per cent of global greenhouse exhausts, it is among the top 10 most vulnerable nations to the effects of environment change, say scientists.Continue Reading
India playing its own Taiwan card on China
2022-09-17
Somewhat surprisingly, India took ten days to comment on US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and the ensuing large-scale live-fire drills launched by China. On August 12, New Delhi stated that it sought a “de-escalation of tensions.” Then on August 28, New Delhi accused Beijing of militarizing the Taiwan Strait through its High […]
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