South Asia

While during an interaction with President Vladimir Putin in China, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asserted on September 2 that his country respects Russia’s relations with India but Islamabad wants …

Every August, the largest batch of Indian students heading abroad for higher studies typically goes to the US. It is called the fall season. But this year, the numbers tell …

The people cited above said Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be grouped under the bank’s Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which would leave the South Asia group with …