Rahman told CNN on Sunday that at least two people had died due to flooding in Bangladesh. News agency reports suggest the toll is much higher, with Reuters reporting 25 deaths over the weekend, citing local officials. A lack of telecommunication services has made it...
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Violent protests erupt in India against new military recruitment scheme 💥💥💥
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government this week announced an overhaul of recruitment for India’s 1.38 million-strong armed forces, looking to bring down the average age of personnel and reduce pension expenditure. But potential recruits, military veterans, opposition leaders and even some members of Modi’s ruling...
Why India is in damage-control mode with Arab nations 💥💥💥
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday suspended a spokesperson and expelled another official after derogatory comments they made about Islam’s prophet led to an outcry in Arab countries. “India was taken aback by the response,” said Kabeer Taneja, a fellow with the Observer...
Indian court sentences top Kashmiri separatist to life in prison 💥💥💥
Malik, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), had pleaded guilty to the charges but on Wednesday told the special court where his trial was held that he had been practising non-violent politics in Kashmir after giving up arms in the 1990s. Mainly...
Biden’s Taiwan comment hangs over summit with leaders of Japan, India and Australia on final day of Asia trip 💥💥💥
Speaking to a high-level summit here of Indo-Pacific leaders, Biden underscored the grave consequences of a war that continues to grind forward, despite withering sanctions from a mostly-united West. The message, delivered in a region watching closely for signals of how the US may respond...
5 Asian military hotspots and how they play into Biden’s visit | CNN 💥💥💥
Seoul, South Korea CNN — United States President Joe Biden arrives in Asia this week, visiting South Korea and Japan, with the region facing its most volatile security environment in decades. Hot spots including Taiwan, North Korea, the South China Sea, the India-China border and...
India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar 💥💥💥
The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and to countries that request supplies “to meet their food security needs.” The move to ban overseas shipments was not in perpetuity and could be revised, senior government officials told...
India and Pakistan heatwave is ‘testing the limits of human survivability,’ expert says | CNN 💥💥💥
Correction: This story has been updated to correct a conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Delhi CNN — Temperatures in parts of India and Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives of millions at risk as the effects of the climate crisis are felt across...
India has seen months of extreme heat and this week it will only get hotter 💥💥💥
The worst of the heat wave is expected late this week into this weekend with high temperatures approaching 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit (5-8 degrees Celsius) above normal across northern and northwestern India as well as parts of Pakistan. Over one billion people will be subjected to...
Why India can buy Russian oil, and still be friends with the US 💥💥💥
Not only was the South Asian country refusing to condemn Moscow’s brutal assault on Ukraine, but its purchases of discounted Russian oil — said critics — were flying in the face of sanctions aimed at crippling the Kremlin’s finances. And the White House was making...