Sep 04 What on earth was India thinking when it banned the $7.50 bill? By Kenneth Rogoff In November, India's prime minister removed all 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation, worth $7.50 and $15.00 respectively. We asked Kenneth Rogoff, whose book the prime minister's administration cited, why a country would do such a thing. Continue reading
Sep 04 Towering landfill in India spills into canal, killing 2 By Larisa Epatko When part of the Ghazipur landfill fell into the canal, it caused a large wave to wash over a nearby road, sweeping a car, two motorcycles and a scooter into the rushing water of the canal. Continue reading
Sep 01 South Asia floods have killed more than 1,400 as communities brace for more By Larisa Epatko More than 40 million people have been affected, and heavy rains are expected to continue through at least October. Continue reading
Aug 30 5 important stories you may have missed By Erica R. Hendry, Jenny Marder, Larisa Epatko, Teresa Carey Deaths from stun guns. India outlaws "instant" divorce. Killing of teenage boy by police sparks protests in Philippines. Here are 5 important stories you might have missed in last week's news. Continue reading
Aug 25 Monsoon floods cut off villages, swamp farms in South Asia By Larisa Epatko At least 1,200 people have died from monsoons and flooding in India, Bangladesh and Nepal over the past month. Continue reading
Aug 22 WATCH: Tillerson commends North Korea restraint, but says 'we need to see more' By Associated Press It was rare positive expression from the U.S. toward the authoritarian government in Pyongyang and comes amid a slight easing in recent tensions between the adversaries that had flared after President Donald Trump pledged to answer North Korean aggression with… Continue reading
Aug 22 Trump's Afghanistan strategy makes new demands on India By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Laying out his new Afghanistan war strategy, President Donald Trump reissued old demands on neighboring Pakistan to eliminate militant sanctuaries. Less expected: an entirely new warning to close U.S. partner India to provide more economic aid. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch India's national ID program raises privacy concerns By PBS News Hour Since 2010, India has undertaken what is by far the largest citizen registration drive in history by documenting most of its 1.3 billion people into a single national identification database. The system assigns a number and records fingerprints and iris… Continue watching
Jul 28 At a school for poor children in India, price of attendance is paying it forward By Larisa Epatko Shanti Bhavan, a boarding school in Tamil Nadu in southern India, has provided free education to the poor for 20 years, in exchange for a sense of duty and service to the community once graduates are out in the real… Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 6:18 Ivanka Trump products are not made in America By PBS News Hour It's "Made in America" week at the White House, but President Trump's effort to highlight U.S. manufacturing has sparked questions about where Trump family products are produced. In fact, merchandise sold by the Trump Organization or sold through Ivanka Trump's… Continue watching