Dhaka has spoken — loudly, decisively, and yet not without ambiguity. The 13th Jatiya Sangsad election has handed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies between 209 and 213 …
Employment
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Zohran Mamdani Announces Leadership Appointments Including Nisha Agarwal as Commissioner of MOPD
by SAH Staff Reporter 6 minutes readNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced three new appointments to lead key agencies and offices across city government. The appointments include Indian American Nisha Agarwal as Commissioner of …
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World Bank Approves $830 Million to Upgrade India’s Skills Training Institutes, Boost Youth Employment
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 3 minutes readThe World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing to modernize India’s network of skills training institutes, aiming to better align training with “labor market needs” and expand job …
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In Conversation with Rajesh Mehta: Abhishek Singh, CEO, IndiaAI Mission on India’s Global AI Vision
by Rajesh Mehta, Special to South Asian Herald 7 minutes readAs India prepares to host its upcoming AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi this month, CEO of the IndiaAI Mission, Abhishek Singh, in an exclusive interview with South Asian Herald, …
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Why Radio Remains Essential to Expanding Education Access
by Said Yasinby Said Yasin 5 minutes readOn a spring morning in April 2020, as classrooms across Pakistan and the rest of the world fell silent and blackboards gathered dust, learning did not simply evaporate. Instead, a …
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Bangladesh’s 2026 Election and the Geopolitics of a Likely Hung Parliament
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 5 minutes readAs Bangladesh moves toward its next general election, expected to take place on February 12, the prospect of a hung parliament is no longer a peripheral concern but a central …
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Democratic Mayors and Advocacy Groups Call for Unity Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 7 minutes readThe Latino Victory Fund, AAPI Victory Fund, and The Collective PAC hosted the “Power in Unity” reception on January 29, 2026, in Washington, DC, issuing a call for solidarity among …
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USISPF Welcomes India’s Union Budget 2026–27, Praises Reforms on Customs, Taxation, and Technology Growth
by SAH Special Correspondent 5 minutes readThe U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has welcomed the Union Budget 2026–27, presented by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, commending the Government of India for delivering …
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India’s Budget 2026: Fiscal Discipline for the Boardroom, Austerity for the Bazaar
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 5 minutes readFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Union Budget is less a populist overture than a technocratic manifesto. With a fiscal deficit target of 4.3 percent of GDP and a record …
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The Credibility Gap: Structural Dissonance in India’s Economic Survey 2025-26
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readWhen Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament on January 29, the document was ostensibly a review of the past year and a roadmap for the …