WASHINGTON, DC- India’s economic strength will sustain its global leadership, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said, warning that President Donald Trump’s policies were pushing US partners to look elsewhere and weakening Washington’s influence. As India hosted the BRICS summit in New...

KATHMANDU- On August 26, a glacier broke loose above the Nepal-Tibet border, sending a wall of ice, rock and water crashing down the Bhote Koshi valley. Within days, Nepal had reported more than 1,300 deaths and thousands of people...

BEIJING-The Chinese government deployed a familiar pattern of restricted coverage, censorship and emphasis on positive news to shape the narrative surrounding the floods in Tibet, according to a report in The Diplomat. “As a general practice, China’s state media...

BEIJING-The Embassy of India in Beijing on September 7 requested families of Indian nationals who remain missing following the devastating mudslide and flash flood of August 26 to submit DNA samples to assist in the identification process. The Embassy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Families of Americans missing after devastating floods in Nepal have appealed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an expanded rescue operation to help locate their relatives. The US State Department told the families that 90...

PRAGUE- China is constructing a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known internationally as the Brahmaputra, in Tibet near its heavily militarized border with India, raising concerns over the potential consequences for downstream countries, according to a recent...

India-West News Desk KATHMANDU — Twenty-two U.S. citizens are among an 80-member group associated with the Isha Foundation that remains unaccounted for after flash floods struck near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26. The group, traveling with Isha Sacred Walks, also...

KATHMANDU – Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev said 77 pilgrims from the Isha Foundation were missing after a flash flood struck an immigration center in Gyirong, Tibet, near the China-Nepal border, as they were returning from the Kailash Mansarovar...

BEIJING – For years, China has used maps, place names and administrative terminology as instruments of territorial pressure against India, repeatedly assigning Chinese names to locations in Arunachal Pradesh. Beijing’s publication of these names is part of a broader...

By Jayanta Bhattacharya NEW DELHI-Afghanistan has seen an apparent “increase” in India’s pragmatic engagement with the Taliban authorities in recent months, as the regime marks five years of rule in Kabul this month. India’s diplomatic ties with Afghanistan have...