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Is Prabowo facing pressure from India to skip Pakistan after New Delhi visit?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited President Prabowo Subianto to be the chief guest on India’s Republic Day, Indian reports say.

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Bangladesh demands return of billions stolen under Sheikh Hasina

Interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that the people of Bangladesh had been robbed and its future disrupted by the theft.

15 Jan 2025 - 1:40PM

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus in the former official residence of Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka last year. Photo: Press Wing of Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser / AFP

UK anti-corruption minister resigns over ties to ousted Bangladesh PM

Siddiq’s aunt Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh since 2009, is being investigated there for alleged corruption and money laundering.

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‘More dangerous than Covid’: outrage over call for 7-day work week in India

The comments betray a traditional mindset that equates productivity with long hours of work and are ‘removed from reality’, experts say.

15 Jan 2025 - 12:12AM

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44 men arrested in India for shocking rape of 18-year-old girl over five years

The victim, who reported the abuse after attending a gender awareness programme, alleges she was assaulted by 62 people.

14 Jan 2025 - 9:35PMvideocam

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India loves its Kingfisher beer, but 1 state is running out

Officials are rationing supplies of Kingfisher beer in India’s biggest beer-consuming state to deter hoarding and tackle shortages.

14 Jan 2025 - 10:34AMvideocam

UK’s Starmer urged to fire minister hit by Bangladesh corruption investigation

UK anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been dogged by claims about her links to Bangladesh’s ousted leader.

14 Jan 2025 - 10:38AM

Is Kejriwal the next Modi? Delhi polls could shape future of Indian politics

Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, appears set to win a third term as Delhi’s chief minister despite corruption allegations.

14 Jan 2025 - 3:13PMvideocam

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during an even in Amritsar in 2023. Photo: AFP

India opens tunnel to China border, won’t reduce troops amid thaw in boundary row

The newly inaugurated Himalayan road tunnel gives India all-weather access to highly contested border zones with China and Pakistan.

13 Jan 2025 - 6:18PMvideocam

An Indian paramilitary soldier patrols near an electronic display in Srinagar welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate a strategic tunnel project that connects Kashmir with Ladakh on Monday. Photo: AP

Update | First of 400 million pilgrims take dip in holy waters at Hindu festival

India’s Maha Kumbh Mela gets under way, with 15 million Hindu devotees lining up to bathe in the waters of river they regard as sacred.

14 Jan 2025 - 7:10PMvideocam

Sri Lanka’s children suffer amid climate change-fuelled floods and disease

Turbocharged monsoon floods are intensifying the spread of waterborne diseases in the Indian Ocean island nation.

13 Jan 2025 - 3:06PM

Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders not to ‘legitimise’ Taliban

The Nobel laureate urged Muslim leaders to oppose the Afghan Taliban government’s curbs on women and girls’ education.

12 Jan 2025 - 6:59PM

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai. Photo: AFP

Indian Hindus gather for Kumbh Mela, 400 million take a plunge for salvation

On the banks of the Ganges River, the largest gathering of people in the world began in India’s Prayagraj, in northern Uttar Pradesh state.

12 Jan 2025 - 4:46PM

Members of Taponidhi Shri Anand Akhara Panchayati pray ahead of the royal bath near the Sangam, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

India’s growing rift with Bangladesh echoes its Pakistan tensions

As New Delhi voices concerns for Hindu rights in Bangladesh while sheltering the ousted Sheikh Hasina, accusations of meddling run rife.

12 Jan 2025 - 3:30PM

Malala goes home while Taliban avoids Muslim girls’ education conference

The Nobel laureate said she was ‘overwhelmed’ to be back in her native Pakistan for a global summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world.

11 Jan 2025 - 4:40PM

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India prepares for Kumbh Mela Hindu festival, world’s largest gathering

Over 6 weeks from January 13, 350-400 million Hindu pilgrims will converge on the Ganges. Many will bathe in its waters to achieve salvation.

11 Jan 2025 - 8:21AM

The Kumbh Mela, which begins on January 13 in Prayagarj, India, will see millions of Hindu holy men walk to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where they will bathe in the waters for their salvation. Photo: AFP

Indian nurse’s death sentence in Yemen spotlights migrant workers’ woes

Nimisha Priya’s claims of passport confiscation among ‘problematic practices’ experienced by migrant workers in the Middle East, analysts say.

10 Jan 2025 - 8:43PMvideocam

India and European nations push for faster FTA launch ahead of Trump’s return

New Delhi aims to seal an FTA with the four-nation EFTA soon, in a move that may give impetus for a similar deal with the larger EU.

9 Jan 2025 - 5:30PM

Grief and nostalgia in India’s ‘Jimmy Carter village’

The village, once home to Carter’s mother, a Peace Corps volunteer, now holds a small memorial to the late US president, reflecting the enduring impact of his 1978 visit.

9 Jan 2025 - 6:00AM

Resident Rajiv Kumar shows a photograph of late former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Eleanor Rosalynn Carter during their visit in 1978. Photo: AFP

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