Mourners carry the casket of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar during day-long funeral services for him in Surrey, B.C., in June 2023.
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India’s secessionist movements represent an existential crisis threatening everything India has worked towards for the past 76 years.
A farmer spreads fertilizer in a wheat field outside Amritsar, India.
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Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent research takes a much more skeptical view.
Esh Alladi as Pipli in Great Expectations.
Ellie Kurttz
This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sydney, May 23, 2023.
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Today there are few countries in the Indo-Pacific which share so much in common, in both values and interests, than India and Australia. Andrew Charlton’s new book examines the possibilities.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes delegates to the G20 leaders summit in front of a placard reading ‘Bharat,’ the Hindi word for ‘India.’
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The government’s use of the Hindi word for ‘India’ revives debates over whether Hindi should be the national language – and reopens some old wounds.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, presents Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a tree sapling during the G20 summit in New Delhi.
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The G20 has its critics, but an expert on international politics explains why it still performs a useful function – particularly in this period of great geopolitical divisions.
People gathered outside of the Consulate General of India in Vancouver on June 24, 2023 to protest the recent shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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Hardeep Singh Nijjar is one of three high-profile Sikh political activists to be killed in recent months.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in happier times.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of ‘credible allegations’ of Indian involvement in a Sikh leader’s death.
AU chair Azali Assoumani (left) greets India’s prime minister Narendra Modi at the 2023 G20 summit.
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The African Union’s membership in the G20 is an important complement to existing strategic partnerships.
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India has long accused Canada of giving safe haven to separatists seeking a Sikh homeland in Punjab state – an accusation the Trudeau government denies.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 10, 2023.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that India was involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen complicates efforts by Canada and its allies to woo India to counter-balance Chinese might.
Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala (2021)
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More than half the people who become infected with the Nipah virus die.
There is a rising number of predatory journals in academia, challenging scholars to determine which publications are legitimate.
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In some cases, it can be difficult for academics to know which journals are not credible – but other times, people feel pressure to publish in these publications.
United States and Chinese flags are set up before a July 8, 2023, meeting between officials of the two countries in Beijing.
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US foreign policy initiatives in the Indo-Pacific seem focused on containing China and its influence.
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Fondly known as the King of Bollywood, Khan’s cinematic influence on Indian cinema is a story that transcends borders and generations.
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The move to rename India as ‘Bharat’ is part of a push by the Hindu nationalist right to create an ideologically pure state that in reality never existed.
Where’s Xi Jinping? The Chinese leader will be conspicuous by his absence at this year’s G20 summit in New Delhi.
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The Chinese president’s absence at the New Delhi G20 summit sends a message about competition between the two countries.
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In this podcast, @michellegrattan and @amanda.dunn10 discuss the week in politics
BRICS leaders announce the outcomes of the XV BRICS Summit, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 24 August 2023.
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Indonesia has taken a good decision by not joining BRICS, but still needs to be aware that this bloc remains important for the country, and ASEAN.
Indian soldiers watch a telecast as Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.
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India’s space mission is driving economic changes and high-tech job opportunities.