A Gujarat delegation signs $5 billion in investment deals with Chinese investors; Haryana opens commercial road transport to private companies; Maharashtra revises procurement rules to give start-ups an edge and issues draft rules to regulate Uber and Ola; Tamil Nadu…
By Ellen Chambers — Renewed communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State underscores the imperative for greater emphasis on peacebuilding in the country’s troubled west. The recently established Rakhine State Advisory Commission, led by former-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, is essential…
In our latest episode, we turn to Indonesia and discuss the first two years of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s time in office. Adjunct Fellow Phuong Nguyen of CSIS and Research Fellow Natalie Sambhi of the Perth USAsia Centre in Australia…
Who is he? Tan Chuan Jin is Singapore’s current minister for social and family development, a position he has held since 2015. He was minister for manpower from 2014 to 2015 and before that, senior minister of state for national…
Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh sign deals with Russian investors; Andhra Pradesh issues its first UDAY bonds; Maharashtra is converting state-owned land to freehold and selling it; solar projects shelved in Rajasthan; a hospitalized Jayalitha relinquishes her portfolios; and more. Center–State…
Who is he? Ng Chee Meng is Singapore’s acting minister for education (schools) and senior minister of state at the Ministry of Transport. Prior to taking over these two portfolios on October 1, 2015, which marked his entry into politics,…
By Gregory B. Poling & Nicole Smolinske — Yesterday, Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, or Rama IX, died after reigning for 70 years. He was 88 years old and had been in failing health for the past five years, rarely leaving…
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”…
By Sarah Watson — On September 29 the World Economic Forum released the 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report, which ranks 138 countries according to a list of dozens of indicators ranging from malaria incidence to size of gross domestic product. The…
