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1 – 10 of 41Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks another term, this time as an independent rather than a representative of his United National Party (UNP). A recent survey on voting…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289597
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Shortly after her departure, Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman said an interim government would be formed. President Mohammed Shahabuddin yesterday dissolved parliament. His…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288826
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The two parties associated with him are currently in the minority in the unicameral legislature. Muizzu came to power after winning last year’s presidential race. He was a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286430
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His Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) now has fewer governing partners. The reconfiguration included cutting ties with Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress, the largest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285735
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Meanwhile, the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) both expect 6.5% GDP growth in the fiscal year ending March 2024, which would put the country among the top economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283429
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The campaign is led by politician-turned-businessman Durga Prasai, who increasingly rails against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’). Prasai insists that it will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283976
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Meanwhile, long-standing opposition groups such as the National Resistance Front (NRF) and Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) have re-launched armed campaigns within Afghanistan.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282926
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In November, a New York court unsealed an indictment by US prosecutors in which an Indian national is accused of conspiring to murder the individual under the direction of an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284432
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A search by tax officials of BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai in February came just weeks after the broadcaster aired, in the United Kingdom, a two-part documentary critical of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278162
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The trip underscored the importance that Delhi and Washington give to their partnership, with the two sides announcing various deals covering a range of areas.