May
A caste census will reveal India’s worst-kept secret
The hierarchical identity system continues to divide the nation of 1.4 billion people almost 100 years after calls for its abolition.
How India’s military might stacks up against Pakistan’s
Pakistan’s 660,000-strong military is less than half the size of India’s and its defence spending was a 10th of its eastern neighbour’s last year.
India and Pakistan are in a dangerous cycle of escalation over Kashmir
The Modi government has attempted to position the strikes as legitimate counter-terrorism rather than acts of war.
What next for nuclear-armed India and Pakistan?
The delicate line between escalation and restraint wears dangerously thin after tit-for-tat strikes.
February
Trump moves to shatter rules of global trade
Nearly all countries with trade ties with the United States would be affected, experts said, and could set off furious negotiations around the world.
January
Albanese rejects Trudeau comparison over cost-of-living pain
Anthony Albanese suggests Canada’s outgoing PM Justin Trudeau wore out his welcome with voters when asked about the demise of the fellow political progressive.
2024 broke a 120-year election record that is terrible news for Labor
The billions who voted in 2024 sent an angry message to incumbent governments and warmed to populists, particularly on the right.
December 2024
Manmohan Singh, leader who unleashed India’s economy, dies
The Oxford and Cambridge-educated former prime minister paved the way for the transformation of the South Asian nation’s economy.
November 2024
How to Trump-proof foreign policy
Don’t panic, don’t relax, look for opportunities, and stay close to our other allies. That’s a way to deal with a confronting new Washington.
October 2024
Canada accuses Indian minister over Sikh murder plot
The Canadian government has accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah over a campaign targeting Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.
Putin welcomes Xi, Modi to BRICS summit as he seeks to counter West
Vladimir Putin sees the meeting with world leaders as a powerful way to demonstrate the failure of US-led efforts to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Trudeau describes failed bid at quiet diplomacy with Modi over murder
The Canadian prime minister told a judicial inquiry into foreign interference that he tried to avoid a diplomatic blow-up over the killing of a Sikh activist last year.
September 2024
They have 31m followers - but you’ve never heard of these YouTube superstars
Bounce Patrol has more followers than Beyonce, operates out of a quiet Melbourne street, and is helping YouTube transform from the home of DIY videos to a major TV broadcaster.
Albanese to press Modi on Indian ‘nest of spies’ at Quad summit
The prime minister will hold talks with outgoing US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and India during the weekend’s Quad summit.
August 2024
India’s doctors strike nationwide over colleague’s rape and murder
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to crack down on sexual violence against women, but incidents are rising.
Bangladesh protesters back Nobel laureate for government role
Protesters have called for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to be named chief adviser of a new interim government after PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country.
July 2024
India’s have-nots are expressing their displeasure
While Mumbai’s super-rich show off their wealth, a chastened Narendra Modi moves to shore up support among the poor.
Rinehart boosts stake in $5b WA magnetite project linked to India
Australian richest person, Gina Rinehart, is set to strengthen ties with India as the case for a new magnetite mine starts to stack up.
Kardashian, Blair, Tyson: Global elite flock to Ambani mega-wedding
A pantheon of global celebrities, politicians and CEOs are descending on India’s financial capital for the wedding of the son of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
Putin is meeting a lot of world leaders for a ‘global outcast’
In the two months since he began his fifth presidential term in May, Vladimir Putin has held more than 20 meetings with leaders. He has also made six foreign visits.