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Discrimination based on caste is pervasive in South Asian communities around the world – now Seattle has banned it

Seattle became the first city in the U.S. to outlaw caste-based discrimination against immigrants from stigmatized groups in South Asia’s traditional social hierarchy.

The Conversation

Caste privilege: A new rights frontier

Caste-based discrimination happens in the U.S. too. A new Seattle ordinance galvanizes the South Asian community

Salon

Reporters Without Orders Ep 260: India’s ‘living dead’, slash in minority affairs budget

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Sumedha Mittal of Newslaundry and Pallavi Pundir, South Asia correspondent for Vice.

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Seattle becomes first US city to ban discrimination by caste

Seattle is also the first city in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia

The Independent UK

Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States.

WEKU

Seattle bans caste-based discrimination, becoming first US city to do so

SEATTLE — Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian Americans.

Tribune News Service

Ministry preps 450 events

The Commerce Ministry is set to organise as many as 450 activities to stimulate exports this year, focusing mainly on four potential markets: the Middle East, South Asia, China, and Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).

Bangkok Post

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India's Anuj Kichlu in FIFA's working group for agents

PANAJI: India’s Anuj Kichlu is the only representative from South Asia in the influential FIFA Football Agent Working Group, a consultative body composed of 18 representatives from across the world.

The Times of India

Chicago’s South Asia Institute exhibition marries the art, poetry of South Asian women

“Testimonies on Paper” features 13 poems crafted in response to works of art.

Chicago Sun-Times

FAO: Rising Prices, Food Insecurity Add to Ranks of Hungry

Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies. Nearly a half-billion people, more than eight in 10 of them in South…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Air traveller's bags were packed with restricted medicines

A 57-year-old man was arrested on arrival at Suvanabhumi airport from Pakistan with 79,200 tablets of anti-anxiety and stimulant medication in his luggage, Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkol said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Rivers are still people in South Asia despite court showdown

Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution is being met with opposition.

360info

South Asian eateries try ‘going local’ as recovery strategy

Hotels and restaurants across South Asia have had to adapt and reimagine dining out since the pandemic ripped through the region, forcing many out of business

The Independent UK

India’s plan to take on China as south Asia’s favourite lender

With the private sector’s help, New Delhi has stepped up spending on infrastructure in neighbouring countries

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The Independent UK

On outskirts of Doha, laborers watch World Cup they built

Far from Doha’s luxury hotels and sprawling new World Cup stadiums, scores of South Asian workers poured into a cricket ground in the city’s sandy outskirts to enjoy the tournament they helped create

Chicago Sun-Times

How Devon Avenue became the hub of Chicago’s Indian community

The stretch east from the north branch of the Chicago River has long been known as Little India. The diverse West Ridge strip has become home for many and is still evolving.

360info

South Asian women pushing back against rape culture

Violence against women in South Asia remains high, but women are slowly gaining wins through online activism.

Reuters

Nepalis cast their votes for a new government to revive economy

Millions of Nepalis went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new government to steer the Himalayan country through a time of economic peril.

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Why Nepalese migrant workers continue to flock to the Gulf

As the 2022 World Cup kicks off in Qatar, we take a look at the fate of thousands of migrant workers, mostly from South Asia, who helped build infrastructure but went home in coffins. We also speak to Swedish investigative journalist Martin Schibbye, who spoke to their families and created…

Caixin Global

China and Pakistan Set Up Offshore Yuan Clearing

South Asian nation becomes third country to do so this year, enabling use of Chinese currency in cross-border trade and investment

The Times of India

7 of 10 new schools in India private, says Unesco report

NEW DELHI: In the past 30 years South Asia has experienced rapid education expansion, outpacing the rest of the world. While it is India which is driving these regional averages, of every 10 new schools established here in the past eight years, seven are private independent schools.

The Independent UK

UK gets first PM of color, but equality fight far from over

The news that Rishi Sunak has become Britain’s first prime minister of color was welcomed by many among Britain's large Indian and South Asian communities

The Times of India

Partial Solar Eclipse on October 25: Surya Grahan date, time, visibility in India and all you need to know

A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday, October 25. The eclipse will be visible in several regions across the world, including Europe, Northeast Africa, West Asia, and South Asia. India will witness the eclipse late in the afternoon.

The Guardian - UK

Bangladesh are blazing a trail for female footballers in south Asia

Bangladesh are basking in the glory of South Asian Championship success – and drawing envious glances from Pakistan

WEKU

After years of waiting, rare turtles have bred 41 hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle is considered endangered. The zoo is the first accredited organization in North America to hatch and raise the species that's native to South Asia.

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