Sri Lankan singer K. Sujeewa recovers following deadly shooting incident

India?s G20 presidency hot topic in Chinese media. But Beijing won?t discuss LAC at the summit

As India assumes the G20 presidency, the Chinese State media have begun discussing what it means. Unlike Indonesia, which was the chair till recently, the discussion about India?s presidency is focused on Beijing?s strategic competition with New Delhi. The Chinese State media commentary suggests that Beijing wants to stop the border dispute from being discussed at next year?s G20 Summit and stymie India?s rise in the UN Security Council. Former Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Saran had

28 Dec, 2022

Pakistan: Imran Khan?s high-stakes election gamble

By Samira Hussain Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, is threatening to dissolve two provincial assemblies in a high-stakes attempt to force the federal government to hold early elections. The dissolution of legislatures controlled by his party in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is set for 23 December, about a year before elections are due. “For all the intense politicking and instability in Pakistan’s politics over the years, nothing like this has happened before in Pakistan,” says M

28 Dec, 2022

With India crossing China?s population next year, how we can create mass prosperity

Sometime in April 2023, we estimate that India?s 1.43 billion people will?exceed China?s population. This milestone is bittersweet. Sweet because we have more than doubled the horrible 31-year life expectancy the British left us with in 1947, without brutal freedom-destroying state interventions (China?s one-child policy means it will lose workers equalling France?s population in the next decade). Bitter because mass prosperity for massive populations is hard. India?s large remittances from a sm

28 Dec, 2022