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The article presents news briefs from Asia. The Telugu film industry of South India has made several films to help prevent sex trafficking. The Supreme Court of India has established a day care center for lawyers and court employees. Border clashes occurred along the boundary with Iran.

The article presents a report showcasing the slow growth rate of Indian economy in the September quarter, 2022, with rising rates and higher consumer prices both dragging on Asia's third-largest economy.

Presents news on two universities in Asia as of May 2002. Effect of the clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India's western state of Gujarat on university life; Estimated number of people who died in the violent clash; Lawsuit filed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem against SST Ltd., the Israeli importer of Packard-Bell computers.

The article reports on the efforts of Hewlett-Packard Co. (H-P) to find a way of marking new paper documents with a bar code that helps prevent forgeries. Information is presented on the aim of the Trusted Hardcopy project of H-P. According to company documents, the bar code is designed to act like a digital signature. Comments are made by Anjaneyulu Kuchibhotla, a department director at H-P Labs India, regarding the importance of the Asian-Pacific market to H-P.

The article focuses on the challenges to the U.S.-India relations under elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It mentions that Modi's concerns among the Indian and human rights community worldwide posed a challenge for the U.S. engagement. It adds that the U.S. government could leverage the interest of Modi in restoring the role of India as a major trading power by pulling India into the trade groupings which involve the U.S. and Asia.

The article reports on the reopening of the old Silk Road, a commercial route that handles local trading between Sikkim and West Bengal in India and Chinese-occupied Tibet. The agreement to reopen the pass was part of a diplomatic bargain in which Beijing agreed to recognize the formal takeover of the Himalayan state of Sikkim south of the pass by India and New Delhi moved one step further in fully accepting Chinese rule in Tibet.