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What India is Up to in Afghanistan, and Why
From the fourth floor of an office building in Gurgaon, a northern Indian city of tangled highways, yammering call centers and wandering livestock, Sanjay Gupta plays a bit part in the Great Game. His company, C&C Constructions, first ventured into Afghanistan in 2002.
Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption
Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption The death toll from an Indonesian volcano that exploded this week has climbed to 32, medical officials said Thursday. Rescue and recovery efforts continue to unfold, with the Indonesian government scrambling to help tens of thousands of residents displaced by the eruption. The volcano erupted at […]
India’s Floods Reveal Climate Change Specter
Indian farmers had been praying for rain after the weakest monsoon season in 40 years had left their crops stricken by drought. But when the rains finally came, forceful and incessant at six times their normal levels, they left behind the worst floods southern India had seen in more than a century
Taliban suspected of stockpiling ‘missing’ Afghan opium
Enough Afghan opium to supply world demand for two years has effectively gone missing, with the Taliban suspected of stockpiling supplies in a bid to corner the market, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has revealed.