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What India Gets Out of the BRICS
As a host of Global South leaders, ranging from Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping to Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto and Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed fly into a security gridlocked BRICS…
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BRICS Challenges U.S.-Led Economic Order, but Stops Short of Building a Rival System
BRICS leaders on Saturday adopted a broad economic and political declaration challenging unilateral tariffs, sanctions and the governance structure of the global financial system, while stopping short of endorsing a…
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BRICS Pushes Financial Alternatives as Trade Fragmentation Deepens
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors have stepped up efforts to reduce the vulnerability of emerging economies to trade protectionism and dollar-centered financial systems, backing measures to expand local-currency…
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BRICS 2026: India’s Big Diplomatic Test Begins in New Delhi
New Delhi is poised to become the diplomatic center of gravity of the Global South on September 12 and 13 as India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam,…
Australia
A Thread of Thanks: Perth’s Hindu Community Honors Those Who Protect and Serve
The Hindu Organizations and Temples Association of Western Australia (HOTA) welcomed members of the Australian Defense Force, WA Police, Royal Flying Doctors, paramedics, State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers and the…
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Opinion: America and the World Remember 9/11
September 11, 2001, will always be a day of remembrance for America and the world at large. It was on this day the world’s invincible super-power came under attack from…
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Maldives Meets WHO 2030 Target for Reducing Premature Deaths
The Maldives has become the only country in the World Health Organization’s South Asian Region to achieve ahead of schedule the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal target for reducing premature deaths…
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Khalilur Rahman Assumes United Nations General Assembly Presidency
Khalilur Rahman assumed the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 8, pledging to restore trust in multilateralism, advance institutional reforms and ensure…
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A Classroom at Valmiki Temple: Gandhi’s Forgotten Days as a Teacher
The world remembers Gandhi as an apostle of peace, a leader of the freedom struggle and a social reformer. Far fewer people know that, briefly, he was also a teacher-and…
Central Asia
Putin, Modi to Focus on Trade, Defense and Ukraine at BRICS Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to use bilateral talks on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 11 to…
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India’s Transfer Pricing Safe Harbor Rules: What U.S. and Global Businesses Should Know
When companies in different countries operate within the same corporate group, one question inevitably arises: What is the right price for transactions between related companies? Because these parties are related,…
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Nepal Flood Exposes a New Himalayan Risk
A major flash flood that tore through Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 26 has exposed a rapidly evolving Himalayan risk: disasters originating high above the river valleys can now cascade…
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Nepal Observes National Mourning Day for Flash Flood Victims
Nepal observed a national day of mourning on Monday for victims of the devastating flash floods that swept through parts of the country, with candlelight vigils planned as rescue teams…
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Maldives, ICCD Explore Halal Tourism and Islamic Finance Growth
The secretary-general of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development (ICCD), Sheikh Yousef Hassan Khalawi, paid a courtesy call on Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on September 2 at the President’s…
Central Asia
What’s at Stake for India at the SCO Meet
All eyes are out on possible outcomes from meetings between the big three at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, that is, on China's President Xi Jinping, Indian…
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Indian-Origin UK Couple Missing in Nepal Disaster
Amid the disastrous flash floods that struck Nepal on August 26, a British couple with Bengali roots is among the over 2,400 people missing, while their children continue to wait…