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Imran Khan faces reality, eases lockdown
It's a tough decision, as the Covid-19 threat is real, but the people of Pakistan have to eat and pay their rent Imad Zafar There could…
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Troubled Afghan peace process
A WIDELY asked question about Afghanistan today is whether Covid-19 would slow down or accelerate its tenuous peace process. The simple answer is that the stalled…
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Challenges for South Asia in, and after, pandemic
The primacy of politics in the region will require radical reform to cope with the post-Covid-19 world Mubashar Hasan and Kenji Isezaki In less than three…
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Situation normal, but all locked up: How Modi govt has risked incapacitating India
India needed to get back to work in stages, instead of extending the induced coma of the lockdown and allowing selective opening up in our colour-coded…
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News media in South Asia in a revenue freefall due to COVID-19
They say that the news media loves a crisis. The novel coronavirus pandemic or Covid-19 may well be the century’s most important crisis. Indeed, the viral…
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The economic storm brewing in South Asia
As it takes stock of the anticipated effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank has published an economic outlook with strikingly gloomy predictions for South…
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Job losses, pay cuts, editions shut — coronavirus triggers new crisis for Indian media
Print media is hardest hit, due to dwindling ads and disruption in circulation, with myths and paranoia about coronavirus spreading through newspapers only adding to problem.…
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How India lost a gas pipeline to China
The deal to import gas from Myanmar via Bangladesh failed due to political reasons. Mahendra P Lama A tripartite ministerial meeting between India, Myanmar and Bangladesh…
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Hindu Nationalists Are Using COVID-19 to Fuel a Humanitarian Disaster in India
Will the U.S. take notice before it’s too late? Abdul Malik Mujahid “All people are not equal,” declared Subramanian Swamy, a member of parliament for India’s…
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Fighting Covid-19—And Repression—in Kashmir
The Indian government’s repression of doctors and restrictions on the Internet could make the pandemic far deadlier in the formerly autonomous region. Bilal Hussain As the…
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India cannot fight a pandemic with police lathis. It must ensure people have food – and dignity
Scenes in the national capital offer a glimpse into the crisis. Supriya Sharma “You can speak to him in English,” said a rickshaw puller who was…
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In India, lockdown protects the rich – and exposes poor to a humanitarian and economic disaster
For Indians on the margins, social distancing, work from home and self-isolation are nonsensical ideas. Mark Hannant As a British citizen living in India, I have…