Madhya Pradesh conducts India’s first-ever diamond block auction; Maharashtra joins UDAY; Delhi is digitizing land records and putting them online; Haryana will lease village council land to developers; Rajasthan rolls out a new model of neonatal care; Tamil Nadu capex…
As President Rodrigo Duterte completes his first 100 days as leader of the Philippines, the former mayor has caused ripples by questioning the foundation of the alliance between the United States and its former colony. He’s known as a “colorful”…
GST Council sets a turnover threshold of $30,000 for the GST; Gujarat walks back its new quota for poor communities; first meeting of the Israel-Haryana Working Group; Maharashtra collaborates with Oracle and HP; Tamil Nadu opens the world’s largest solar…
Andhra Pradesh attracted the most bank-financed investment of any state last year, while Maharashtra became the most indebted state; Madhya Pradesh is opening anti-corruption desks in government bureaus; the center and states could trade tax officials to implement the GST;…
By Conor Cronin — Phnom Penh’s municipal court on September 9 convicted Cambodia’s deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha for refusing to appear in court for questioning over an affair with his hairdresser. Sokha, the acting head of the Cambodia National…
The GST amendment officially becomes law, and the center notifies establishment of the GST Council; states will have greater flexibility in how they use central welfare and development funds; Bangalore engulfed in protests over Cauvery River water-sharing; Bihar approves a…
By Jonathan Hillman — For the first time in a long time, perhaps ever, Kyrgyzstan was trending on Twitter this week, and for all the wrong reasons. On August 30, a suicide bomber drove into the Chinese embassy in Bishkek,…
GST Amendment is one state away from ratification (but West Bengal won’t cast the deciding vote); Maharashtra joins the center’s regional connectivity scheme; Maharashtra withdraws controversial internal security legislation; Madhya Pradesh chief minister Chouhan visits the United States; Rajasthan is…
In this episode we assess the status of U.S.-Taiwan relations. CSIS Senior Associate Dr. Robert Wang discusses how relations between Washington and Taipei have changed since 1979, reviews the Taiwan Relations Act (2:39), and explains how young Taiwanese are playing…
Who is she? Regina “Gina” P. Lopez is the chairperson of ABS-CBN Lingkod Foundation, the philanthropic wing of the Philippines’ ABS-CBN media corporation. Her work with the foundation has covered a number of environmental projects, including reforestation, river rehabilitation, and…
