Page 9 - South Asia

Study abroad platform Leap Scholar enters Middle East, will invest $20 mn

Firm has raised over $75 mn in venture capital from marquee investors like Sequoia Capital, Owl Ventures, Jungle Ventures, and Harvard Management Company

Bangladesh sees 6.94% economic growth in 2020-21 fiscal year

The gross national income per capita rose to $2,591 last fiscal year from $2,326 the previous 2019-20 fiscal year.

Gandhian praxis for global institutions

The author finds South Asia a disturbing neighbourhood, where India has to reckon with neighbours' internal problems conflating its own with lingering problems.

South Asia faces environmental watershed amid climate change: Experts

South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan to overdevelopment.

South Asians in Britain at higher risk from Covid-19, UK study finds

People from a South Asian heritage, including Indians, are among the ethnic groups more at risk of catching and being seriously affected by COVID-19, a new UK report concluded on Friday

ASEAN's unity, centrality always important priority for India: PM Modi

The 10-nation ASEAN is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries including the US, China, Japan and Australia are its dialogue partners

Singapore's companies laud govt's move to allow workers from India, S Asia

The companies have applauded the government's move to reopen borders to India, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries

China's ambitions pose 'omnipresent danger' to South Asia's stability: CDS

China is making "huge" inroads in South Asia: Gen Rawat

Good Glamm Group acquires D2C brand The Moms Co for around Rs 500 cr

The Moms Co to continue as an independent entity. Over past four years, the brand has catered to two million customers across 20,000 pin codes in India

India's cryptocurrency market grew 641% over past year, says report

India has a 59% share of activity taking place on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, with Pakistan at 33%, the report said

Taliban bans hairdressers from shaving, trimming beards in Afghan province

The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law, the BBC reported.

Remote learning setting back millions of children in South Asia: UNICEF

In India, 80% of children aged 14-18 reported lower levels of learning than when physically at school

A geopolitical roadmap in uncertain times

Book review of India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, the Present

A discovery of India

Book review of The Light Of Asia: The poem That Defined The Buddha

Bangladesh rises to be South Asia's standout star as India, Pak fall behind

Bangladesh's growth rests on three pillars: exports, social progress and fiscal prudence

1971 Indo-Pak war altered South Asian sub-continent geography: Navy chief

The 1971 Indo-Pak war shaped the course of not just India's history but also altered the geography of the South Asian sub-continent, said the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh

International Finance Corp to invest $15 mn in South Asia Growth Fund II

International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest up to $15 million in South Asia Growth Fund II, L.P (SAGF II) focussed on investing in companies focussed on clean energy.

Borderline issues

Indo-Bangla bonhomie masks critical gaps

Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, at least 20 injured

Two attackers blew themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people, police said.

Deadly heat waves will become more common in South Asia, say scientists

Potentially deadly heat waves will likely become more commonplace in South Asian countries, including India, in the coming decades even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius