The death toll from floods that have triggered landslides and sent torrents sweeping through villages in the Indian state of Kerala trebled Friday to 324, authorities said, amid warnings of worse weather to come. Hundreds of troops and local fishermen are staging desperate rescue attempts with helicopters and boats across the
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5 Charity workers gang-raped
Five women working for a charity in remote eastern India were abducted and gang-raped at gunpoint, police said Friday, in the latest horrific sex assault in the country. The women said in their complaint they were performing a play to raise awareness about human trafficking in the largely tribal Khunti district
India to build major military facility in Seychelles amid growing China influence
•India signs 20-year-pact with Seychelles to build airstrip and jetty for navy on Assumption Island By Samuel Osborne Insecurities deepen in Delhi after Beijing inaugurates overseas base near one of world's busiest shipping lane. India is preparing to build a military base in the Seychelles as part of the country’s ongoing contest with China for influence in
Asia’s rocketing ambition
China will not fall into the ‘Thucydides Trap’ with India
President Xi Jinping projects China as a 'benevolent power' but at the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi the 'Quad' nations lined up against him By Pepe Escobar The West’s notions of history and geography between Europe and Asia, are drenched in myriad cultural implications and can be traced back to ‘The Romance of Alexander’. This is
2 pilots fight inside plane with 324 passengers
Varun Gandhi’s View On Rohingya Draws Big Put-Down From Government
Varun Gandhi's editorial cites several international sources to describe the Rohingya refugees as victims of foreign policy and domestic politics. The 37-year-old MP from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh has, in an article today, advocated asylum for Rohingya Muslims who have escaped the violence in Myanmar, a view that is in contrast
Varun Gandhi’s View On Rohingya Draws Big Put-Down From Government
Varun Gandhi's editorial cites several international sources to describe the Rohingya refugees as victims of foreign policy and domestic politics. The 37-year-old MP from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh has, in an article today, advocated asylum for Rohingya Muslims who have escaped the violence in Myanmar, a view that is in contrast
Even A Small Nuclear War Would Still Have Effects On Global Scale
By David Bressan On November the 1st 1983, leading Russian and American scientists, including author Carl Sagan, discussed the possible consequences of a nuclear war. Apart from the immediate destruction of infrastructure and the loss of millions of lives, the scientists were mostly concerned about the possible aftermath of such a war.
High stakes in the Himalayas: China-India standoff fuelled by nationalism and new self-confidence
Borders at 3-way boundary with Bhutan obscured by disagreement over who owns what By Saša Petricic Indian army soldiers march near an army base on India's Tezpur-Tawang highway, which runs to the Chinese border, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on May 29, 2012. (Reuters) High in the Himalayas in