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.
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Pakistan has no official indicators to measure female genital cutting and no laws against it. There are also rarely protests against it.
Karachi could channel exports from central Asia.
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Could Pakistan become a Singapore of the 21st century?
Fear and intimidation: everyday life in Kabul under the Taliban.
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Two years on from taking control of Afghanistan the Taliban continues to rule through fear and threatens the stability of the whole region.
Pakistani Christians praying at a church.
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Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan, face a difficult time in the country.
Relatives of victims in Uganda mourning the victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels that left at least 40 people dead, including many schoolchildren.
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Deadly attacks on schoolchildren by terrorists groups have been growing around the world from 2009.
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Pakistan has launched a crackdown on human traffickers after hundreds of its citizens, mostly women and children, died when a fishing boat sunk off the coast of Greece.
By the end of the 19th century, railways were being used by millions across India.
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A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the country.
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How did Pakistan Army grow from 140,000 men in 1947 into the world’s seventh most powerful army, and arguably the country’s “king maker” institution?
Supporters of Imran Khan protest the former prime minister’s arrest.
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Protests took hold across Pakistan following the detention of the opposition leader and former cricket star – raising tensions in an election year.
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The supporters of Pakistan’s populist former leader have been seething with anger since his arrest on corruption allegations.
Speakers discussing the proposed ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws at Seattle City Hall, on Feb. 21, 2023.
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Two social scientists explain how caste-identities are pervasive in not just Hinduism but other South Asian faith groups as well.
People gather around the body of a man who was killed when an enraged mob stoned him to death for allegedly desecrating the Quran, in eastern Pakistan in February 2022.
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A political scientist explains the history of blasphemy laws in Muslim-majority nations and how they play a role in silencing dissent.
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Since the Taliban’s return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan, the security situation in Pakistan has grown increasingly dire.
Votes aplenty in 2023.
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Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry closes COP27 in the early hours of Nov. 19, 2022.
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It’s a landmark agreement, acknowledging for the first time that wealthy countries bear some responsibility to help. But it leaves many unanswered questions.
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Extreme weather will continue to disrupt global food systems.
Millions have lost their homes in flooding caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan this year that many experts have blamed on climate change.
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Does the Global North have a moral responsibility to protect and compensate those in the Global South that disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change devastation?
Imran Khan addresses his supporters during an anti-government march.
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Former prime minister emerges from assassination attempt wounded, but vowing to continue protest against government.
Extreme flooding in Pakistan in 2022 affected 33 million people.
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That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.