Analysts say there has been “a lot of noise” about strained ties but Washington places strategic capital on India as a counterweight to growing Chinese influence.

Pakistan’s eight Hangor-class submarines are equipped with technology that surpass that of India’s current Scorpène-class submarines, analysts say.

Media advocates have urged New Delhi to “cease using visa regulations as a tool of repression” against reporters.

At an election rally, the Indian prime minister called Muslims ‘infiltrators’ and accused the opposition of wanting to gather Hindus’ wealth ‘and distribute it among those who have more children’.

Manila has received its first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India, in a carefully timed shipment observers say is the start of a ‘clear push’ to expand military sales with Southeast Asia.

Hundreds of Pakistani women who crossed the frontier into Indian Kashmir decades ago with their ex-militant husbands now find themselves yearning for their homelands and families, but unable to leave.

Analysts say a thaw in tensions could come with a changing of the guard in Pakistan, with both sides keen to not let ties worsen amid significant challenges.

The move to deport the Rohingya refugees happened just as India enacted a controversial new citizenship law.

China, which has strong ties with Myanmar’s military junta, is developing a rival deep water port near the US$484 million India-led road-and-waterway project.

The row is just “a storm in a teacup” and would not affect India’s ties with the US and Germany due to their common interests, analysts say.

The opening of the world’s longest twin-lane tunnel sparked a war of words between Beijing and New Delhi, both of which claim the Arunachal Pradesh region where it was built.

China’s influence in Nepal’s economy and defence has grown significantly in recent years, marking a shift in traditional ties between Nepal and India.

While Bhutan relies on India economically, Delhi also needs to ensure Thimpu remains an ally amid Beijing’s increasing presence and influence in the kingdom, analysts say.

The emergence of generative AI has left governments around the world scrambling to legislate against the risks posed by the fast-evolving technology. But India is especially vulnerable – and even Modi’s concerned.

Analysts say disputed Kashmir remains a sore issue, while new PM Sharif needs a ‘national consensus’ to change China-friendly Pakistan’s policy on India.

The ongoing protest march was sparked by the death of a 21-year-old farmer, allegedly during a clash with the police in Punjab.

The deadly clashes on February 8-9 are the latest in which state administrations in India are accused of targeting Muslims and erasing Islamic symbols.

India’s farmers vow to continue protest on capital New Delhi even as police allegedly fire pellet guns on ‘peaceful’ protesters.

Ravi Kant Bapatle was inspired to set up Happy Indian Village after he witnessed the death of a young HIV-positive orphan.

Vicky Sharma and his team of volunteers help provide blankets to those who are homeless in the Indian capital, transport people to hospitals - and collect the bodies of the dead.

Israel is recruiting at least 40,000 Indian workers to plug the labour shortage in its construction sector as a result of the Gaza war. Some say they are ‘willing to take the risk’.