Feb 24 Tensions around Ukraine invasion flare at G-20 finance meetings in India By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Geopolitics affected the atmosphere, if not the agenda at the meeting of financial leaders of the Group of 20 leading economies in the technology hub of Bengaluru. Continue reading
Feb 20 Seattle City Council considers historic law barring caste discrimination By Deepa Bharath, Associated Press Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States. Continue reading
Feb 17 Indian authorities accuse BBC of tax evasion after 3 days of searches By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India's Finance Ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 7:10 Indian government's crackdown on press freedom after BBC documentary critical of PM Modi By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian tax officials have conducted searches at the BBC offices in that country for the past two days. It comes weeks after India censored a BBC documentary that criticizes Prime Minister Modi. The actions against the British broadcaster put the… Continue watching
Feb 14 Indian officials search BBC offices after documentary critical of prime minister By Krutika Pathi, Associated Press India's tax officials searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after it showed a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.K., the broadcaster said. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 4:59 Journalist and critic of Indian government faces sham charges designed to silence her By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian journalist and Washington Post contributor Rana Ayyub is one of the main critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government. She recently won the highest award for press freedom from the National Press Club but is now headed back… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 8:12 Former PM Khan on the tenuous politics in Pakistan after surviving assassination attempt By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted in April after three and a half years in office. Since then, he's survived an assassination attempt and drawn massive crowds to rallies where he demands early elections, calls out corruption and… Continue watching
Nov 01 India's prime minister visits bridge collapse site as search for missing people continues By Sheikh Saaliq, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Narendra Modi inspected the collapsed bridge in Morbi town in Gujarat state and talked to rescuers. He also visited injured people at a hospital. Continue reading
Oct 31 9 people arrested in India during bridge collapse investigation By Ajit Solanki, Aijaz Hussain, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 3:32 News Wrap: South Korea mourns victims of Seoul crowd crush In our news wrap Sunday, South Korea grieves after a fatal crowd crush in Seoul, terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Saturday's bombings in Somalia's capital, at least 80 people died in a bridge collapse in India, polls have closed… Continue watching