India’s media – captured and censored | TV Shows
Across almost every form of media in India – social, broadcast and print – Narendra Modi and the BJP hold sway. With India amid a…
At JNU, student ‘flame flickers’ against India’s Modi before national vote | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – A Bollywood film called JNU will be released across India next week. The tagline on its publicity posters asks: “Can one…
Oil Giants Plan to Bury Massive Amounts of CO2 in Southeast Asia
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAfter decades of burning carbon, Exxon, Shell and others are looking to lock down the rare places that can absorb it.Author of…
India rejects remarks by US, Germany on opposition leader Kejriwal’s arrest | India Election 2024 News
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest a month before national election comes under increasing global scrutiny. India has strongly objected to remarks made by the…
Rohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law | Rohingya News
Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur…
‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in Ukraine for both sides | Russia-Ukraine war News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Badly wounded from a Ukrainian attack on a Russian bunker in the Donetsk region, Sri Lankan fighter Senaka Bandara* tried to…
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths to step down due to health reasons | United Nations News
Griffiths has worked as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs for three years. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who has played a key role in…
Pakistan cricketer Amir named among T20 probables after retirement U-turn | Cricket News
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been included in Pakistan’s group of 29 cricketers who will undergo training at the country’s military base ahead of the…
Pakistan cricketer Imad Wasim comes out of retirement for ICC T20 World Cup | Cricket News
The all-rounder has made himself availble for Pakistan’s squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in June after a successful stint with Islamabad United in…
Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to ISS, days after glitch | Space News
The successful take off to the International Space Station follows an aborted launch on Thursday after a voltage drop in a power source. A Russian…
Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia? | ISIL/ISIS News
More than 133 people have been killed and more than 100 others were injured following a brazen attack on concertgoers at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall…
Captured Somali pirates arrive in India to face trial over ship hijacking | Crime News
The 35 men are to be prosecuted for the hijacking of cargo vessel MV Ruen in December when they took the crew hostage. India has…
Goals not guns: How a girls football team in India’s Manipur beats violence | Football
Andro, India – Smart in her neon blue jacket and bright red sneakers, Hemarani slips out of the large thatched-roof mud hut and stands squinting…
‘Maximally pragmatic’: How Central Asia navigates Russia’s war on Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News
Tashkent, Uzbekistan – A separatist warlord turned Russian lawmaker said he wasn’t “kidding around” when calling for Moscow to annex Uzbekistan and other Central Asian…
India’s Bengaluru fast running out of water – and it’s not summer yet | Water News
Bengaluru, the city of lavish headquarters of multiple global software companies in southern India, is drying up. Residents say they are facing the worst water…
‘Dead democracy’: Will Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest unite India’s opposition? | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by India’s financial crime investigation agency on Thursday night has triggered near-unanimous condemnation…
Economic conditions in debt-stricken Sri Lanka improving, IMF says | Debt
IMF says inflation has dropped from 70 percent, economy expanded in the second half of 2023. The economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka has started…
At least three killed in suicide bombing in Afghan city of Kandahar | ISIL/ISIS News
At least 12 others wounded in blast that targeted a group of people waiting outside a bank in city centre. At least three people have…
Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal arrested over corruption claims | Elections News
Kejriwal is a key leader in an opposition alliance challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in elections next month. Delhi Chief Minister and prominent opposition…
India top court stays government move to form fact check unit under IT laws | India Election 2024 News
Supreme Court says ‘serious constitutional questions’ have been raised by the petitioners challenging the IT ministry’s notification. India’s top court has ordered a stay on…