https://www.scmp.com/rss/324259/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A joint report by two rights groups accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its active promotion of Hindu nationalism for the spike in communal violence in India since it came to power in 2014. According to official statistics, India witnessed more than 700 outbreaks of communal violence last year that killed 86 and injured 2,321 people. The actual number, however, could be higher as many cases go unreported, adds the report by the Mumbai-based Centre for... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2100513/modis-party-stokes-anti-muslim-violence-india-report-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2100513/modis-party-stokes-anti-muslim-violence-india-report-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jun 2017 05:30:15 +0000 If India is in competition with China for a toehold in Africa, as geopolitical experts say, the past week’s racist attacks on the streets near New Delhi must have set it back far behind its northern neighbour. For three years in a row, India has been in the news for racist attacks against African nationals. The latest came last week after a local boy died of suspected drug overdose in Greater Noida, a satellite town of the Indian capital. Police had detained five Nigerians after parents of the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2083885/racist-attacks-india-could-give-china-edge-africa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2083885/racist-attacks-india-could-give-china-edge-africa?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:27:56 +0000