- Government think tank estimates 21 of the country’s cities will run out of groundwater by 2020
- The monsoon arrived later and weaker than usual this year, raising concerns these cities will be squeezed dry
Mohamed Irfan. Photo: Kunal Purohit
Tales of grit and glory: the lives of Mumbai’s slumdog cricket World Cup heroes
- Defying the odds, a team of teenagers from India’s marginalised urban communities won the Street Child Cricket World Cup in England
- Though the event gave the poverty-stricken children an opportunity to shine, the cricket-crazy nation has largely forgotten about them
Topic | India
Mohamed Irfan. Photo: Kunal Purohit
Rahul Gandhi, former Indian National Congress president. Photo: EPA-EFE
Will Rahul Gandhi’s exit make Modi’s dream for a ‘Congress-free India’ come true?
- In a road map outlined in his resignation letter, Gandhi advised the Congress to appoint a leader from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, and to make ‘radical’ transformations – plans Congress leaders fear to adopt
- As the party struggles to revive from a bruising defeat, Modi’s ruling BJP has meanwhile started drawing up battle plans to widen its lead in the 2024 general election
Topic | India
Rahul Gandhi, former Indian National Congress president. Photo: EPA-EFE
Indonesia’s incumbent President Joko Widodo and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin won a second term. Photo: EPA-EFE
Opinion
Opinion
Ceritalah
Modi, Duterte, Widodo have something in common – and it’s not just winning elections
- Incumbency, economics, charismatic leaders and identity politics all shaped Asia’s tumultuous election season
- Ultimately, the lesson for opposition parties may be that there is no short cut to power
Indonesia’s incumbent President Joko Widodo and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin won a second term. Photo: EPA-EFE
Ivanka Trump, right, with other world leaders at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Photo: EPA
Opinion
Opinion
Asian Angle
Cringeworthy, yes, but Ivanka Trump had something to say about US-India ties
- As cringeworthy as it was to watch Donald Trump’s daughter at the G20, her glowing comments about India carried a message worth noting
- Amid fears for bilateral ties and tension over Delhi’s links with China, Iran and Russia, the US is saying: ‘Don’t worry, we can work through this’
Ivanka Trump, right, with other world leaders at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Photo: EPA
Can anyone challenge Narendra Modi’s immense charisma and huge following? Photo: Business Today India
Opinion
Opinion
Ceritalah
In India’s elections, if not Modi, who?
- The question has been repeated so often by the incumbent prime minister’s supporters that it has become a catchphrase to rebuke the opposition
- Thanks to the election campaign’s quasi-presidential nature, many wonder who could challenge his immense charisma and huge following
Can anyone challenge Narendra Modi’s immense charisma and huge following? Photo: Business Today India
Jakarta had just 34 days of healthy air last year. Photo: Twitter
Jakarta now rivals Beijing and New Delhi for dirty air – so 31 residents are suing the government
- Jakarta is home to 10 million people but that swells to 30 million on weekdays with commuters from nearby cities
- Like many Asian megacities, it chokes on pollution from traffic, industry and coal plants, which grows even more intense during the dry season
Topic | Indonesia
Jakarta had just 34 days of healthy air last year. Photo: Twitter
A new battleground is looming in the US-China tussle over Huawei: India. Photo: Bloomberg
Opinion
Opinion
India should ignore US-China politics in making Huawei call
- India should be clear-eyed about the benefits and costs of engaging with the Chinese firm, rather than get lost in a debate about geopolitics
- But it should be under no illusions about Huawei and its ties to the Chinese state
A new battleground is looming in the US-China tussle over Huawei: India. Photo: Bloomberg
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in 2017. Photo: AFP
Will Narendra Modi’s snub of Xi Jinping’s belt and road derail China-India ties?
- The Indian prime minister refused to back the Chinese leader’s ambitious global infrastructure vision at a summit last week, but the apparent snub is not getting in the way of amicable ties between Asia’s two biggest economies
Topic | Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in 2017. Photo: AFP
