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From the enigmatic Easter Island in the East to the dying Aral Sea in the West, Asia is a land of contrasts: two great civilizations – India and China – deserts, hugely populated areas and a great number of indigenous people struggling for their survival.
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Thousands of anti-monarchy protesters defy Thailand’s new emergency decree
Shibani Mahtani شيباني محطاني
Thai protesters on Thursday gathered in the thousands to defy an emergency decree issued to put an end to months of anti-government demonstrations — pushing the kingdom into a dangerous chapter in its history of volatile politics as young demonstrators ...
COVID-19 and employment in India: why the definition of gig workers matters more than you think
Bhavani Seetharaman ಭವಾನಿ ಸೀತಾರಾಮನ್ भवानी सीतारमण
Understanding how one single definition can spell doom for many in India today.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit India, the gig economy was widely seen as a large scale hiring tool, a comforting way of coping with the country’s high employment, ...
Mumbai: A year later, Zomato delivery woman held for verbal abuse still in jail
Nitin Brahme नितीन ब्रह्मे
More than a year after she got into an argument with a traffic officer, Priyanka Mogre is still in Byculla Jail as she has been unable to secure bail.
Last year, a 27-year-old Zomato delivery woman was arrested for arguing with the traffic police ...
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Hathras case in India: Being true to this daughter means confronting the caste system in her rape and murder
- Farah Naqvi फराह नकवी فرح نقوی ਫ਼ਰਾਹ ਨਕ਼ਵੀ
The state’s response to the Hathras case demonstrates once again, the resilience of caste as ...
China deploys Sun Tzu to win the chip war
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар پپه اِسکوبار
Let’s cut to the chase: with or without a sanction juggernaut, China simply won’t be expelled ...
How Xinjiang is holding back an EU-China deal
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар پپه اِسکوبار
The West that killed Muslim multitudes in the 'war on terror' is now shedding tears about the Uighurs' ...
India implodes its own New Silk Road
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар پپه اِسکوبار
There was a time when New Delhi was proudly selling the notion of establishing its own New Silk Road ...
India: We cannot expect a harmonious Hindu-Muslim relationship while we accept the inequalities of the caste system
- Ajaz Ashraf अजाज़ अशरफ اعجاز اشرف
What Yogendra Yadav, Pratap Bhanu Mehta don’t get about secularism
The bhoomipujan* ...
China to close all live poultry markets gradually
- Xinhua News Agency 新华社
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China will close all live poultry markets in a step-by-step manner in a ...
What disaster means to garment workers in Bangladesh
- Supriti Dhar সুপ্রীতি ধর
57 percent survivors of Rana Plaza tragedy have remained unemployed, and the pandemic is now taking ...
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