Why is Canada accusing India and Pakistan of election interference?
The South Asian rivals have been waging parallel influence operations in Canada, according to Ottawa’s top spy agency.
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Tesla's Musk to meet Modi in India and announce investment plans: Reuters
Tesla chief Elon Musk will visit India this month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is expected to make an announcement on plans to invest and open a new factory in the country, two sources with direct knowledge said.
Trudeau to Testify After Opposing Election Interference Inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has long dismissed allegations that China interfered in his country’s past two general elections. Not a single electoral district was affected in 2021, he said last week, even though evidence of China’s meddling has kept growing in an ongoing foreign interference inquiry.
Olympics: India’s Zareen ready to step out of Mary Kom’s shadow, says coach
The current IBA women’s world boxing champion will go for gold at the Paris Olympics.
India-U.S.-South Korea tech cooperation has strategic logic
Saurabh Todi is a research analyst at the Takshashila Institution, a policy think tank based in Bengaluru.
How food crosses Malaysia's ethno-religious boundaries
It is 10 p.m., but Nasi Kandar Deen bistro in Kuala Lumpur is buzzing. Young Malay men, some in prayer robes and caps, others in jeans and baseball caps, chat over drinks and a post-Ramadan meal. A young Chinese woman taps a laptop as her companion browses his phone. Three generations of an Indian family are just departing, leaving shining steel serving platters blotted with sauce.
Steak, cherry blossoms and Paul Simon will be featured at the White House state dinner for Japan
Dry-aged rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and the music of Paul Simon are on tap for more than 200 guests who are expected to attend a swanky White House state dinner on Wednesday to celebrate the relationship between the United States and Japan.
India’s choice: democratic revival or Orwellian future
George Orwell wrote in 1984: “We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”