Chinese Premier Li Qiang is speaking at this week’s annual meeting in the latest example of President Xi Jinping cutting back on overseas trips and delegating tasks to loyal lieutenants.

Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus courted controversy in New York, where he claimed Dhaka’s ties with New Delhi are strained because India didn’t like last year’s student protests that led to the dramatic ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been made the BJP’s in-charge for the upcoming Bihar elections that will test the Nitish Kumar-led NDA’s resilience against the state’s ingrained caste equations and the opposition’s social justice push