Behind Modi’s Putin hug: Is India betting on Trump winning in November?
Modi’s Russia visit has drawn criticism from the US and Ukraine, but analysts say the bad optics might soon be forgotten.
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From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi
A rare woman chief minister in India, Atishi has her task cut out in rebuilding a party devastated by the arrests of top leaders.
UNESCO uses emergency procedure to name Gaza site to both its ‘World Heritage’ and ‘In Danger’ lists
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee named a site in the Gaza Strip — Saint Hilarion Monastery, or Tell Umm Amer — to both its "World Heritage" and "World Heritage In Danger" lists in late July.
Japan’s Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history
TOKYO (AP) — The UNESCO World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit of its dark history of abusing Korean laborers during World War II.
Japan’s Sado gold mine gains Unesco status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history
The Unesco World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit of its dark history of abusing Korean labourers during World War II.
India’s moidam royal burial mounds are its latest World Heritage Site
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Charaideo Moidam royal burial complex and shrines, built by northeast India’s Ahom dynasty, has been inscribed as a new World Heritage Site, the United Nations’ cultural agency said on Friday.
India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher?
India had nearly 1.2 million excess deaths in 2020, new data shows. The life expectancy of Muslims fell the most among all Indians – by more than five years.
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