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The proposal will not be effective on its own, parents and experts say, calling for more comprehensive measures.
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India
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India
India-Europe trade corridor gets Trump’s backing, but can it survive war?
29 Sep 2026 - 8:47PM
India
‘Law enforcement failure’: India’s top court urges accountability over rapes
Over 80 rapes are reported across the nation each day. Last month, a teenager said she was gang-raped in a bus by the driver and conductor.
28 Sep 2026 - 5:36PM
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Medical professionals and students hold placards during a protest in New Delhi in 2024 against the rape and murder of a doctor in West Bengal. Legal reforms and tougher punishments have failed to curb sexual violence. Photo: AFP
Nepal
Nepal rescuers search for 12 missing workers after Himlung avalanche kills 4
The victims were all at a base camp preparing for foreign climbers to arrive.
29 Sep 2026 - 11:17AM
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan says 28 dead fighters came from Pakistan as Islamabad denies ties
Pakistan’s information ministry rejected all allegations that its security forces or intelligence agencies are involved in Afghanistan at all.
27 Sep 2026 - 10:37PM
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Pakistan
Suicide bombing at police checkpoint in Pakistan kills at least 11
About 30 others were wounded in the attack, for which the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility.
26 Sep 2026 - 9:18PM
Volunteers transport an injured victim of a suicide attack on a roadside police checkpoint upon his arrival at a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Pakistan
Why Pakistan’s endless war on militants fails to break the cycle
Tactical wins and retaliatory strikes have not delivered peace, even as two separate insurgencies appear to be converging.
26 Sep 2026 - 1:00PM
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India’s ‘cockroach’ movement targets election chief in political pivot
The Gen Z group that forced out an education minister is demanding the election chief’s resignation over alleged voter roll irregularities.
25 Sep 2026 - 8:43PM
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Nepal
‘Glaciers don’t travel with stamps’: Nepal seeks climate deal with India, China
PM Shah’s proposal aims to address gaps in data-sharing that left mountain communities with virtually no early warning before the disaster hit.
25 Sep 2026 - 3:02PM
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India
‘Stooping low’: furore over UK university professorship for tycoon Ambani’s son
The university awarded a sustainability role to tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s son, who is linked to the controversial wildlife centre in India.
25 Sep 2026 - 9:20AM
Anant Ambani (right) at the Vantara wildlife centre in India. Photo: Handout
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s opposition protests against contentious judicial reforms
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says the legislation proposed will ‘annihilate’ judicial independence.
24 Sep 2026 - 7:15PM
India
What can Asia, Global South learn from India’s new digital payment fee?
The roll-out is a good test of whether the system can generate enough revenue to pay for its own maintenance and expansion, experts say.
24 Sep 2026 - 6:02PM
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Indian sailor killed in attack on vessel in Hormuz: India and Oman authorities
A strike on the cargo ship Cape Dao led to a fire in the engine room, and 27 crew members had to be evacuated by the Omani navy.
24 Sep 2026 - 3:20AM
India
India backs new P4M forum, but can middle powers fix the UN?
Without early wins on climate or UN reform, analysts say the Partners for Multilateralism risks becoming a talking shop.
23 Sep 2026 - 5:30PM
India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaking at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in September 2025. Photo: EPA
Canada
Canada seeks to wrap up India trade talks soon, as US ties fray
PM Carney says his Indian counterpart Modi will visit Canada around the time of the G20 summit in Miami this December.
23 Sep 2026 - 7:52AM
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over 2019 Easter bombings
Suicide bombers targeted three hotels and three churches, killing 279 people and wounding about 500. The trial has gone on for five years.
22 Sep 2026 - 9:15PM
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Pakistan
Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says
The purported arrests, ahead of a protest planned for September 27, involved Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Khan.
22 Sep 2026 - 1:00AM
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore, Pakistan in March 2023. On Monday, three of Khan’s sisters were arrested in Lahore. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia
Anwar was on song in India. Will Malaysia reap the rewards?
The Malaysian PM’s rendition of a Bollywood ballad went viral, but his India trip was about more than just the music.
20 Sep 2026 - 10:00AM
Nepal
Young Nepalis battle climate dread in wake of flood disaster
After August’s glacier collapse killed more than 1,400 people, young Nepalis are demanding justice, not just sympathy.
19 Sep 2026 - 1:00PM
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Pakistan
31 dead in Pakistan after suicide bomber, gunmen attack police complex
An attacker rammed an explosives-laden car into the Old Police Lines complex as officers and their families were praying in a mosque.
19 Sep 2026 - 1:45PM
India
India’s Modi caught between Russian oil needs and US trade threats
Cutting Russian oil imports could avoid price rises ahead of key polls but keeping such purchases could cripple access to its largest market.
19 Sep 2026 - 12:15PM
MT Desert Kite oil tanker carrying Russian oil sails past Narara Marine National Park in Gujarat, India, on March 11. Photo: Reuters
Nepal
Singaporean dies on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, first foreign casualty of season
The 50-year-old felt unwell as he was descending from around 6,000 metres after an acclimatisation rotation.
18 Sep 2026 - 9:12AM
India
India and Vietnam aim to turn ‘China plus one’ rivalry into trade gains
New Delhi and Hanoi are looking to join market scale with manufacturing capacity to build new trade links, analysts say.
17 Sep 2026 - 7:30PM
India
Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments
The amendment introduced penalties for forcing someone to assume a transgender identity through surgical, chemical or hormonal procedures.
17 Sep 2026 - 11:33AM
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