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May 19, 2020

India
Modi’s India Under Lockdown, With Alyssa Ayres

Alyssa Ayres, CFR senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the effects of the coronavirus on India’s 1.3 billion people.

Podcast Migrant workers shout slogans during a protest demanding train service to their home state of eastern Bihar, after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Alyssa Ayres The President’s Inbox

May 12, 2020

India
India’s New Self-Reliance: What Does Modi Mean?

On Tuesday, May 12, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a primetime address to the nation on the coronavirus (Hindi text released here, and English here). With India in a national lockdown …

Man on cell phone looking out train window
Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres Asia Unbound

May 6, 2020

India
WhatsApp With India?

Roughly four hundred million people in India use the encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp. Now, the country’s ruling party is trying to force WhatsApp to let the government trace and censor messages…

Podcast A group of young people look at their smart phones
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra Why It Matters

April 30, 2020

COVID-19
Coronavirus in South Asia, April 30, 2020: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Begin Easing Restrictions

Although coronavirus cases in India, Pakistan, and across the region have not increased as quickly as some feared (so far), South Asia's economies are struggling deeply. Sri Lanka and the Maldives ex…

A ferry barge packed with people and vehicles
Blog Post by Erik Fliegauf and Alyssa Ayres Asia Unbound

April 27, 2020

India
Five Questions on COVID-19 in India: Reema Nanavaty

The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…

Woman stands behind face masks sewn by members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World