Elon Musk’s Starlink achieves a win over Mukesh Ambani’s Jio as India opts for administrative satellite broadband spectrum allocation.
South Asia
Now home to over two billion people, the balance of power in South Asia is changing as China makes inroads into India’s backyard. But the political order in region states is also transforming, headlined by the rise of Hindu nationalists in New Delhi. Elsewhere, it seems to be more of the same. Bangladesh remains a one-party state. And Pakistan seems trapped in a permanent state of crisis.
Canada implicates India’s Home Minister Amit Shah, a potential successor to Prime Minister Modi, in Sikh dissident assassinations.
President Joe Biden congratulated Sri Lanka’s new president on taking office, reflecting the strategic importance of this island country in the competition between the U.S. and China.
After setbacks in Bangladesh and Kenya, Adani faces new challenges with Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Adani Group is hit with fresh corruption allegations as newly revealed documents link India’s market regulator chairperson to Adani offshore companies.
Gautam Adani is emerging as a key player in U.S. efforts to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative, even as Washington investigates him for bribery.
The fall of Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina reflects India’s tenuous influence in its near-periphery — the result of a foreign policy driven by arrogance and ideology.
As paths to prosperity narrow for developing countries, Sheikh Hasina’s downfall may be a harbinger of greater global instability.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow reaffirms India’s ties with Russia as China and Russia draw closer.
India’s surprising election results will have a profound effect on how Prime Minister Narendra Modi rules and who succeeds him.