by Manil Suri | Oct 12, 2017 | Opinion
Carbon dating of an ancient Indian document, the Bakhshali manuscript, has recently placed the first written occurrence of the number zero in the third or fourth century A.D., about 500 years earlier than previously believed. While the news has no practical bearing on...
by Achal Prabhala and Sudhir Krishnaswamy | Jun 23, 2016 | Features
The New York Times Bangalore, India-The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) is famously obsessed with the cow, which is venerated in Hindu cosmology. Most Indian states have now banned cow slaughter. The government of Punjab wants to tax alcohol to pay for shelters...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 12, 2016 | World
Police in Bangladesh said Sunday that they have arrested more than 5,000 criminal suspects in the past few days as part of a broad crackdown to try and stop a growing wave of brutal attacks on minorities and liberal activists. Since the crackdown began on Thursday,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2013 | World
Srinagar, India, AP—Indian forces fired warning shots Saturday to enforce a curfew and to push angry people back into their homes in a town in the Indian portion of Kashmir where clashes between Muslims and Hindus during Eid celebrations killed at least two people and...
