Beijing, July 25 (IANS) Access to Tibet has become increasingly difficult amid China’s tightening grip on the region. Foreign journalists, diplomats, and independent researchers face tight entry restrictions while Tibetans risk reprisals for sharing photos, videos, or information with people outside China, a report has revealed.Citing the Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet’s government-in-exile, a report in ‘The Diplomat’ noted that the Chinese authorities have intensified digital surveil…
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Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Bangladesh has undergone immense turmoil marked by institutional transitions and mob violence in 24 months since July 2024 protests. While the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government was overthrown following the unrest, the task of transforming the system itself remains unfinished over the last two years, a report has stated. According to a report in online magazine ‘The Diplomat’, after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumed power earlier this year, it declined t…
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Despite the systematic persecution of Ahmadis, Pakistan has rarely faced the sustained international pressure that such state-sponsored discrimination would ordinarily invite. The discrimination, embedded in the country’s constitution, penal code, electoral system, police enforcement, and judicial processes, is often treated as a domestic sensitivity rather than a system of religious repression, a report has stated. According to a report in online magazine ‘The Diplom…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) China’s mounting economic vulnerabilities are creating fresh strategic and economic risks for Europe, with Beijing becoming more assertive at home and abroad despite slowing growth, a report has said.According to an analysis by The Diplomat, Europe has long assumed China’s rise would continue uninterrupted and eventually lead to political liberalisation. However, with those expectations proving misplaced, the European Union needs to adopt a more pragmatic and interest-d…
Dhaka, July 17 (IANS) Bangladesh has been gripped by a fresh wave of student protests, with Gen Z returning to the streets in Dhaka and other cities to press for education reforms less than five months after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government came to power, a report has stated.The tensions emerged amid worsening weather conditions during the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. The exams, which commenced on July 2 and involved nearly 1.3 million candidat…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) China is using Tibet as a resource hub to propel its renewable energy campaign, but this is happening at a high cost to the region’s environment and the life of the local population, according to reports.China is building major green infrastructure in Tibet, including large solar projects and the planned Metok (Motuo) mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo. Many batteries used in clean technologies also depend on materials produced in the region. Tibet therefore stands at the …
Beijing, July 11 (IANS) China’s July 6 test launch of a long-range ballistic missile coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Jakarta on the first leg of his three-nation tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, with both Canberra and Wellington denouncing the missile test, a report has stated.PM Modi’s tour offered India an opportunity to deepen strategic ties with key Indo-Pacific countries while also reinforcing the vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) theme ar…
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) China’s attempts to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan have yet to see any success, as the hostilities between the two neighbours seem to continue intensely, according to a report.”Despite several mediation attempts by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and China, the tensions have not faded away,” said a report by The Diplomat.Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed not to escalate the situation after the Urumqi talks mediated by China during the first week of April, but the…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) The recent conviction of Baloch human rights activist Mahrang Baloch represents an inflection point in Balochistan’s already strained relationship with Islamabad, carrying far-reaching implications for the restive province’s fractured political and security landscape, a report has highlighted.On June 22, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced four activists, including Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch, to life imprisonment in connection with a cas…
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) Pakistan has been ranked last globally — 148th out of 148 countries — in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025. Pakistan’s overall gender parity score also dropped from 57 per cent in 2024 to 56.7 per cent in 2025. These numbers showcase the inequalities faced by women in Pakistan regularly across economic participation and independence, social freedoms, political representation, education, health and personal agency and autonomy, a report has det…