Politics

Tea sellers wait for customers on a deserted road at Sadar Bazaar in New Delhi on Jan 16: the Ukraine crisis could not have come at a worse time.
Opinion

Ukraine war will worsen India's economic growth prospects

New Delhi should consider reviving the tried and tested rupee-ruble trade route

18 March 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, meets with then-Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo in September 2014.
Indo-Pacific

Kishida to meet Modi for summit as Quad partners discuss Ukraine

Japan, India take different stances on Russia but share concern over China

18 March 2022
The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on March 16 ordered Russia to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine.
Ukraine war

Indian judge votes against Russia at top United Nations court

Move comes despite Modi government's neutrality on Ukraine invasion

17 March 2022
India has started a new COVID-19 inoculation drive, giving shots to children between the ages of 12 and 14.
COVID vaccines

India starts COVID jabs for kids ages 12-14 with own vaccine

Country widens inoculations as schools reopen; daily cases dip below 5,000

16 March 2022
Clockwise from top right: Japanese trade minister Koichi Hagiuda meets virtually with Indian trade minister Piyush Goyal and Australian trade minister Dan Tehan on March 15. (Photo by Satsuki Kaneko)
Supply Chain

Japan, Australia and India target Indo-Pacific supply-chain code

Agreed principles will establish data-sharing and transparency standards

16 March 2022
The International Space Station, docked with a Soyuz MS-19 crew ship, orbits the Earth in December 2021. 
Aerospace & Defense Industries

Asian space business upended by Russia's war in Ukraine

Japan, South Korea look for Soyuz alternatives in wake of sanctions

15 March 2022
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in July 2019.
International relations

India wary of China setting up Bangladesh missile maintenance hub

Beijing 'crossing a line' as it deepens defense ties with old ally of New Delhi

11 March 2022
A BJP supporter displays signs featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow, India, on March 10.
Politics

Modi's party retains control of India's key battleground state

BJP's comfortable victory in Uttar Pradesh boosts prospects in 2024 national polls

11 March 2022
Joe Biden meets virtually with Xi Jinping from the White House in November 2021: Biden has sought to stabilize the geopolitical competition with China so as to focus on containing Russia.
Opinion

Ukraine war puts U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy in jeopardy

Focus on Russia will curtail efforts to limit Chinese expansionism

10 March 2022
People stand in a queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Varanasi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Politics

Modi's party likely to win India's most crucial state: exit polls

A victory in Uttar Pradesh boosts ruling BJP's prospects in 2024

8 March 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of their meeting in New Delhi on Dec. 6, 2021.
Comment

Ukraine war exposes limit of India's strategic independence

Timid response from New Delhi threatens its delicate balancing act

6 March 2022
Muslim female students in several Indian states say their identities are being challenged by colleges and schools that ban the entry of those wearing the hijab.
Politics

Hijab row sparks fears of Muslim marginalization in India

Dispute over religious symbols enters courts, raises sectarian tensions

5 March 2022
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Podcast

Asia Stream: The China-Russia-India love triangle

Both China and India refuse to condemn Russia's actions. What's keeping Beijing and Delhi from ditching Moscow?

4 March 2022
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks with the leaders of the U.S., India and Australia online on March 3. (Photo courtesy of Japan's Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
Indo-Pacific

Quad urges India to condemn Russia over Ukraine

New Delhi has abstained from voting at U.N. General Assembly

4 March 2022
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center left, and Poland's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak shake hands during a visit to U.S. troops in Poland on Feb. 18: India's leaders are sympathetic to the Russian fear of encirclement by NATO forces.
Opinion

Sorry, Eurocentrics, but defending Ukraine is not Asia's problem

Fealty to the old world order is no longer a regional priority

3 March 2022
Narendra Modi welcomes Vladimir Putin ahead of their meeting in New Delhi in December 2021: Modi may conclude that sticking close to Putin is a bad bet.
Opinion

Western nagging will not ease India's Russia-China dilemma

Anxiety over New Delhi's unwillingness to condemn Ukraine attack is mostly overdone

1 March 2022
From left: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in July 2018 in South Africa. 
Ukraine war

India and China stay on sidelines as Russia invades Ukraine

New Delhi protects Moscow relations despite risk to its Quad standing

25 February 2022
In a phone call, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a halt to the violence in Ukraine.
Ukraine war

Modi urges Putin to immediately end violence in Ukraine

Phone call comes as India seeks to evacuate thousands of its citizens

25 February 2022
Demonstrators hurl stones at riot police during a protest against the $500 million U.S infrastructure grant in Kathmandu on Feb. 20.
International relations

U.S. grant to Nepal swept up in superpower rivalry with China

Kathmandu in turmoil as Beijing turns 'coercion' accusation back on Washington

24 February 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, met in 2014 with Fumio Kishida, then Japan's foreign minister.
International relations

Japan and India eye March summit to talk Quad and Ukraine

Kishida aims to coordinate with Modi on Russia as tensions mount

21 February 2022
India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal talks to Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, minister of economy of the UAE, during their joint news conference in New Delhi.
International relations

India inks free trade deal with UAE, eyeing $100bn in trade

New Delhi seeks to gain greater access to markets in West Asia and beyond

19 February 2022
Indian and Pakistani flags are lowered during a highly charged daily retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan when border gates are firmly shut. 
Afghanistan turmoil

Afghans starve for wheat stuck in India-Pakistan bureaucracy

Red tape ties up 50,000 tons of goodwill assistance for hungry until spring

13 February 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 4.
International relations

Xi's Olympics diplomacy stumbles as leaders avoid Beijing Games

Saudi Arabia and India's delegations cancel at last minute

13 February 2022
The Maldives, South Asia's smallest nation, is returning as an important actor in the regional power struggle between China and India. (Source photos by Reuters)
International relations

Maldives scrambles to silence anti-India campaign

Bill in parliament looks to 'criminalize' acts that harm foreign relations

12 February 2022
India's Arif Khan competes in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships men's giant slalom on Feb.19, 2021 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Beijing Winter Olympics

Indian skier from small Kashmir village reaches Beijing Olympics

Following years of struggle, self-taught athlete raises country's skiing profile

12 February 2022