The long way around Pakistan: Why India wants an air route over Xinjiang, and why it isn't easy

India, Sept. 30 -- India and China are discussing an air route over Hotan, in China's Xinjiang region, that would let Indian airlines fly around Pakistan, whose airspace has been shut to them for 17 m... Read More

Parliament for CEC, the CEC for ECs: How members of Election Commission can be removed

India, Sept. 25 -- Opposition parties have started collecting signatures for a fresh notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. Former Congress president Sonia Gand... Read More

From Florida to Rawalpindi: The Trump-linked US drone company at the centre of Pakistan defence MoU

India, Sept. 19 -- American drone company Powerus on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan Army, which included an initial order for drone-related equipment, its co-fo... Read More

Bases, missiles and minerals: Trump's 'infinite life' deal & why an Arctic island commands this much of US attention

India, Sept. 19 -- US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration had reached a three-way security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives Washington "permanent control ... Read More

Tata Sons & the question of listing: What RBI is pushing for and who is fighting it

India, Sept. 18 -- Among the disputes at the heart of the Tata turmoil this week is whether the holding company of India's largest conglomerate should sell shares to the public. The Reserve Bank of In... Read More

Keralam is India's oldest state, and it's getting older: What its proposed elderly care law would do

India, Sept. 16 -- The Keralam government said on Tuesday it was drafting a law to regulate how the elderly are looked after in the state. This involves who may run an elderly care home, who is qualif... Read More

US says it has weapons in orbit: What 'space control' covers, from jamming to seizing satellites

India, Sept. 16 -- Troy Meink, the US secretary of the Air Force, said on Monday that the US has weapons in orbit. As civilian head of the Department of the Air Force, Meink oversees both the Air Forc... Read More

UPI merchant charges begin October 15: Who pays, who does not, and why NPCI says the zero-fee era had to end

India, Sept. 15 -- Merchants accepting UPI payments above Rs.2,000 will pay a fee for the first time from October 15, under a framework cleared by the UPI & services steering committee headed by the N... Read More

Rat-hole mining, and why is it being used to reach workers trapped at Nepal's Chilime tunnel

India, Sept. 15 -- Rescuers digging by hand into a flooded Nepalese hydropower tunnel are using rat-hole mining, a coal-extraction method India had banned in 2014, to reach six workers trapped undergr... Read More

Rat-hole mining, and why is it being used to reach workers trapped in Nepal's Chilime tunnel

India, Sept. 15 -- Rescuers digging by hand into a flooded Nepalese hydropower tunnel are using rat-hole mining, a coal-extraction method India had banned in 2014, to reach six workers trapped undergr... Read More

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