By prioritising energy security, resolving the Teesta dispute, modernising border management, and strengthening economic integration, the two countries can contribute significantly to peace and prosperity in South Asia. The manner in which India and Bangladesh manage their differences will carry implications far beyond their borders.If successful, the partnership has the potential to emerge as a major engine of regional growth and stability. The time has come for cautious resets to evolve into bold and visionary action grounded in mutual respect, trust, and shared prosperity.
Increased industrial activity in India could generate demand for raw materials, intermediate goods, and services from countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh’s textile industry could strengthen its links with Indian manufacturing networks, while Sri Lanka may gain from expanded opportunities in tourism, logistics, and services.
What emerges from this moment is not a singular crisis but a layered one, shaped by global disruptions, local cost pressures, and structural vulnerabilities. Workers are leaving Delhi not because the city has stopped offering work, but because it has become increasingly difficult to live sustainably in the capital city while working.
It is high time South Asian countries not only pass stricter environmental regulations but also strictly enforce them, making sure that there is no factory releasing waste water without adequate treatment. Besides, upholding legally binding labour standards must also be a priority together with ensuring safety of the workplace environment.
Leading editors and media professionals from South Asia today protested actions against the media in Pakistan and India - the detention of Pakistani editor and publisher Mir Shakilur Rahman in Lahore and legal action against the independent Indian online portal, The Wire
Invisible virus, invading all over, at the speed of light,
Responding to vivid accounts of police brutality and arbitrariness across India during the nationwide lockdown, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has framed a set of guidelines to assist police departments to enforce the lockdown within the Constitutional framework
It has been reported that all over the world, recession has set in after the COVID 19 disaster
It’s Corona yes, but don’t crib
In Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, I woke up to an eerie silence yesterday. The night before, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced a 21-day national lockdown would start at midnight.
One of the greatest thoughts of mankind came from Isaac Newton. Interestingly enough he developed all his mathematical and scientific theories when he was banished from Cambridge University, where he was studying, to his native place in rural England during the great plague of the 1660s
A requiem was written this week for India Abroad, the New York-based weekly newspaper, that shut down after 50 years of publication. A note from the present publisher, Suresh Venkatachari, regretted the closure of the iconic publication, calling it "heartrending" for its thousands of readers "for whom India Abroad has been an integral part of their India-American journey..."
Health is the first and the foremost asset which should be protected as in the absence of life there is no livelihood
Why do you turn grey sometimes
Newspapers are facing an uphill task to maintain their readership as India is in a complete lockdown till the middle of April because of the COVID-19 pandemic
You may have noticed that some people have responded very differently to new rules on lockdown and social distancing. Some seem appalled. Other reassured. What might account for these differences?
As we remain closeted in our room
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that lockdowns, being implemented by several countries, including India and many South Asian nations, to combat COVID-19, will not be enough to eradicate the virus from the world
O’ Koel why do you sing today?
