Every Friday, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week’s slightly delayed edition focuses entirely on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday.

Xi now appears vindicated for standing by Putin, and analysts say the leaders will use the summit in Tianjin to promote a vision of a world less dominated by the United States.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is widely considered Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. This year, Educate Girls has become the first Indian organisation to win it. Here's what to know.

A good monsoon has meant farmers planting more kharif crops, pushing up fertiliser demand. This, and a supply shortfall due to lower domestic production and imports, has resulted in long queues at outlets

While India’s GDP grew by 7.8% in real terms in April-June – the fastest pace in five quarters – the growth rate was at a three-quarter low of 8.8% without adjusting for inflation.

Afghanistan earthquake news today: Afghanistan is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. In 2023, the country’s Herat province experienced three major earthquakes, which killed nearly 1,300 people and wounded around 1,700. In 2022, a 5.9-magnitude quake…

Punjab neither has a state insurance policy nor has it opted for the Centre’s scheme. Farmers have demanded a system, with the rising frequency of extreme weather incidents.

‘Member States strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam,’ the joint statement issued at the end of the SCO leaders’ summit said

In the Indian caste system, while Brahmins are at the top of the pyramid, they are not the business class. 'Brahmin' in the sense of rich business families is more common in the US, where Boston's wealthy elite were once called the 'Boston Brahmins'.

India’s current registries cover 10% to 18% of the population from 23 states and Union Territories

US student visa rules 2025, F-1 visa new rules: If a new rule proposed by the Trump administration comes into force, perhaps next year, F-1 and J-1 visa holders won’t be able to stay in the US for more than 4 years. Here’s what to know, and how to plan for…

Australia immigration crisis 2025, Anti-immigration rally Australia: Promotional flyers at the event claimed mass migration was tearing at community bonds, singling out the Indian expat community. What does the data say?

Trump wants to do away with modernist and brutalist buildings to go back to classical forms. Modernism, however, is not entirely de-linked from classical architecture. Here's how

The term first appeared in an April 2024 article on the Foreign Affairs website by Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Richard Fontaine

Enacted in 2009, the Right to Education introduced several norms, like a quota in schools for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. However, it allowed some exemptions.

Based on the Hyderabad Gazette, the Maratha community in Marathwada can now establish their Kunbi status, and avail of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The concession is a major step towards resolution of the agitation led by Manoj Jarange Patil

At issue is an evaluation of the balance between minority rights and the universal right to education. The SC has framed four questions for consideration by a larger Bench.

SC has questioned a 2014 judgment that exempted minority schools from the ambit of Right to Education Act. The key issue is to strike a balance between minority rights and the universal right to education

The former Brazil president has been accused of instigating a coup following his loss in the 2022 election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. What are the charges against him, and how does the case highlight the evolution of Brazil's Supreme Court?

In late August, the US began moving warships and troops into the Caribbean, near Venezuelan waters, to 'combat drug trafficking'. But the size of the military buildup has led to speculation over whether the real goal is to oust Maduro.

China WW2 parade, Xi Jinping World War 2 speech: China military parade: What were the highlights of the parade, also attended by Putin and Kim Jong Un, and why has China increasingly sought to commemorate the day with pageantry? We explain.