USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money and support is gone.
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H-1B Disruption
Today on TAP: It’s the right target, but a $100,000 visa fee is a characteristically bizarre Trumpian remedy.
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Could the Rest of the World Unite Against Trump?
Today on TAP: So far, he has played off one country against another—and played on everyone’s fears. It’s a classic collective-action problem. But the ultimate winner is not the U.S.
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Israel’s Brutality Is Stoking the Imagination of India’s Far Right
As the genocide in Gaza continues, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking notes.
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Modi Visit Part of a Geopolitical Great Game
India is seen as a strategic counterweight to China, and that has overridden any U.S. concerns about repression against ethnic minorities and the press.
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India Decides Fighting Tuberculosis Is More Important Than Johnson & Johnson’s Profits
The country shot down a patent extension on a critical TB drug.
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Democracy’s Bad Month
Today on TAP: The leaders of Israel, France, and India all moved to subvert democracy in the past couple of weeks.
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Indian American Groups Spar With New Jersey Democrats
Hindu nationalist voices and messages are showing up in American politics.
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What to Do When You Have 20 Million Gig Workers in the Coal Industry
Just transitions for India’s coal communities will be painfully difficult.
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In India, Suppressing Dissent Can’t Suppress COVID
The Modi government is more concerned with its public image than saving lives.