The growing Chinese inroads in South Asia have pushed India’s relations with its neighbours to new lows. South Asia has regained new focus and attention under Xi Jinping and his Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
On October 25, two-year-old Carter Dallas from Glasgow in Scotland reached the Mount Everest base camp, 17,598 feet above sea level on his father s back.
The year 2024 has kicked off with the India-Maldives relationship witnessing an unusual strain. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep in early January triggered a diplomatic row between India and the Maldives.
It’s a badly kept secret that HBO’s hit whodunit series The White Lotus is heading to Thailand’s Koh Samui for season 3, which means murder, mayhem and, for the island’s Four Seasons, more visitors probably.