Telangana next in line to allow women to work at night, UAE businesses owned by Indians commit close to $4 billion dollars in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra to supply free cloud-based software to small and medium businesses, Haryana institutes a district-level…
By Conor Cronin & Norashiqin Toh — Voters in the Philippines went to the polls for a general election on May 9. Although official results will not be available for several days, unofficial tallies for the presidential race show a…
Rajasthan inviting private firms to manage the power grids in two cities, Gujarat announces new agency focusing on small businesses, Haryana introduces scheme to reimburse 50 percent costs for registering patents, Uttar Pradesh to waive taxes on land purchases for…
By Helen Clark — Australia has just awarded a $38 billion contract to France to build its new fleet of 12 diesel-electric submarines, which will double the current sub fleet. The Competitive Evaluation Process (CEP) saw firms from France, Germany,…
Andhra expands its solar energy projects, Railway Ministry to form joint venture with Maharashtra to manage projects worth $3.4 billion, Gujarat exempts small salt producers from paying industrial value-added tax (VAT), Haryana introduces scheme for acquisition of specialized technology, center…
Prime Minister Modi announces e-trading platform for agriculture produce, Rajasthan relaxes is “two child policy” for government employees, Uttar Pradesh leading in public-private partnerships, Naidu approaches World Bank for building Andhra’s capital, ADB to provide $300 million for roads in…
By Victor Cha — The Saenuri Party’s poor showing in the April 13 General Elections for the 20th National Assembly will be read as a sound defeat for the ruling party and for the Park administration. The results come as…
By Murray Hiebert & Norashiqin Toh — The election of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in July 2014 marked Indonesia’s third direct and peaceful selection of the country’s president and seemed to consolidate the archipelago’s democratic gains. Given Indonesia’s impressive political transformation,…
In this episode we discuss the remarkable rise of Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar, or Burma. Following inauguration on April 1, 2016, the NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi must now address…
By Victor Cha — CSIS data on North Korea suggests the likelihood of a North Korean provocation after ROK legislative elections on April 13 and before the Korean Workers’ Party Congress in the first week of May. Historically, North…
