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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 6, 2017
Modi calls new satellite a ‘gift to South Asia’ but Pakistan stays away
India on Friday launched a communications satellite for its smaller neighbors to share, part of its efforts to build goodwill in the region and counter Chinese influence, but archrival Pakistan said it will stay away from the project.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2017
Why Beijing’s more muscular naval force should worry India
India’s scarce naval resources have not been used wisely to counter the growing threat from China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 5, 2017
YouTube unveils India mobile app for spotty internet signals
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said Tuesday it would roll out a mobile YouTube application designed for India, boosting the search company’s presence in a burgeoning market with spotty internet access.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2017
Toyota to bring premium brand Lexus to India
Toyota Motor Corp. is bringing its premium Lexus brand to India more than two decades after introducing the marque in China, an acknowledgment of the second-most populous country’s growing potential as a source of luxury demand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 20, 2017
Hard-line priest’s elevation a sign Modi is putting India on path toward becoming a Hindu nation
A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in Sunday to lead India’s most populous state, sealing what appears to be a shift in course by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could redefine the world’s largest democracy as a Hindu nation.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2017
Troubled waters? India fast-tracks hydro projects in disputed Kashmir
India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2017
India’s democracy is strained by illiberalism
India continues to be robustly, even chaotically, democratic. But its freedom is under growing threat.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2017
After 16 attempts, a cheaper method for carbon capture at work in India
As students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur in eastern India, Aniruddha Sharma and Prateek Bumb had one obsession: finding a cheaper, more efficient way to capture carbon emissions to combat climate change.
WORLD
Feb 3, 2017
Onlookers take videos as teen road crash victim in India bleeds to death
An Indian teenage boy lay dying after being hit by a bus on Thursday while onlookers filmed him instead of offering help, according to a report from ANI, a partner of Reuters television.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2017
India snake charmers struggle to survive as tradition slowly dies out
Buti Nath flips the lid of a basket and a cobra slowly emerges. The deadly reptile begins to sway as Buti plays his gourd flute.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 22, 2017
Indian women attend rallies, demand safety in public places after reported mass molestation
Hundreds of women gathered in over 30 towns and cities across India late Saturday, saying they were “occupying the night streets” to demand safety in public spaces after reports of the mass molestation of women in the city of Bangalore on New Year’s Eve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2017
SoftBank’s Son cedes to Murdoch as top India home, property portals merge
Indian real estate websites PropTiger.com and Housing.com are merging to create the country’s top portal for residential listings and property services, as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. boosts its investment in the growing sector while Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. scales back.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2016
Indian police arrest four men on charges of raping American tourist
Indian police arrested four men, including a bell boy of a five-star hotel in the national capital, on Monday for allegedly raping an American tourist in April, police said, highlighting the dangers faced by women in the country from violent sex attacks.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
Human traffickers in India get life in prison for chopping off laborers’ hands
Eight human traffickers found guilty of torturing and chopping off the hands of two laborers have received life prison sentences and hefty fines, a prosecutor said on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Dec 22, 2016
India’s Ashwin grabs top ICC honors
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named the International Cricket Council’s Cricketer of the Year on Thursday for taking 48 wickets and scoring 336 runs in eight tests during the voting period.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2016
Callers for dollars: Inside India’s IRS scam call centers
In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over “tax evasion or tax fraud.”
Japan Times
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Nov 29, 2016
India routs England after Root, Hameed defiance
Joe Root’s determination and Haseem Hameed’s grit were not enough for England as India won the third test by eight wickets inside four days to go 2-0 up in the five-match series on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2016
Economic and political risks of India’s demonetization
Has the Indian government burned down its economic house in order to eradicate the pest of corruption?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
Japan leaves unapproved asylum seekers and kids born in-country with dire choices
Visa please fall on deaf ears as justice ministry insists on executing deportation orders.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2016
BRICS falls under China’s sway
Just as China dominates the other new institutions of which it is a founding member — from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — it is using BRICS to assertively push its own interests.

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