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Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone?

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Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone?

Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone? Is New Delhi making a subtle strategic outreach to its south Asian neighbourhood this season? Bhutan’s King, Sri Lanka and Maldives’ presidents, Nepal’s Foreign Minister received warm welcomes in Delhi. As the Foreign Secretary travels to Dhaka, weeks after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s…

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Heightening attack on media signals democratic backsliding in South Asia

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Heightening attack on media signals democratic backsliding in South Asia

The imposition of severe restrictions on independent media by governments has become “a recurring feature of the continuing crisis of democracy in South Asia”, prominent academicians, journalists and activists from the region have noted, calling for a collective response from South Asia. “The unending assault on free expression and democratic rights in South Asia is…

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