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In 2024-25, pharma products formed close to 40% of all India’s exports to Pakistan | Photo Credit: Eblis The closure of the Integrated Check Post at Attari has brought to a complete halt the already negligible trade between India and Pakistan. The shutdown followed the recent terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir. In 2024-25, … Read more

Tourists enjoys horse ride at Gulmarg Famous ski resort north of Srinagar on April 30, 2025, a week after the Pahalgam massacre. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The targeted killings of tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir took place at a time when the region was witnessing a tourism boom. The number of visitors … Read more

While distrust in fake news is high, confidence in systemic solutions such as a free press remains low | Photo Credit: EVGENIY MALOLETKA In India, while there is widespread anxiety about misinformation and fake news, people largely do not attribute it to government influence. Instead, a relatively large share do not mind greater state censorship, … Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election, though the outright majority is still in question. | Photo Credit: DAVID KAWAI It is rare for the results of an elections in one country to be swayed by the leader of a neighbouring country. Yet that was the case in Canada’s 2025 … Read more

What is behind Trump’s crackdown on U.S. universities?

(1) Terrorists kill 26 people in Pahalgam Between 2:40 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, a group of at least four terrorists selectively killed 25 tourists and injured 16 others on the basis of their religion. A ponywala, one of about 150 who ferries people up to Baisaran, was also killed when he tried … Read more

Data Point: U.S. denied half a million student visas in two years | Video Credit: The Hindu International students, especially Indians, in the United States are facing an unprecedented crisis. Over 4,000 international students have received visa revocation notices, and an analysis by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reveals that half of them are … Read more

China was able to make up for the fall by finding newer markets or selling more to other trade partners. Trade data shows that despite facing tariff headwinds from the U.S., the world’s largest importer, China, the world’s largest exporter, has managed to increase its overall exports, till at least 2023. A series of tariff … Read more

This year, India might receive an ‘above normal’ monsoon for the second year in a row, according to the first monsoon forecast for 2025 by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The country is likely to receive about 105% of the long period average (LPA) rainfall this year with an error margin of ± 5%. The … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament House, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Joint Action Committee, formed by the southern States, has demanded that delimitation be deferred by another 25 years or delinked from population. Though the Centre remains tight-lipped about the delimitation formula and timeline, … Read more