Pakistan bets on a cannabis high as its economy struggles | Business and Economy News
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Aamir Dhedhi took his mother to India in 2014 to get treatment for Parkinson’s disease, the doctors there advised him to…
Sikh leaders welcome arrests in Canada activist killing, but questions loom | Politics News
Montreal, Canada – Sikh leaders in North America have welcomed recent arrests in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but allegations that…
Modi votes in home state as mammoth India election hits half-way mark | India Election 2024 News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among millions of voters across 93 constituencies that went to polls in the third phase of India’s mammoth general election.…
‘Serious job’: How a collective in election-bound India fights hate speech | India Election 2024 News
Bengaluru, India – As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a grand Hindu temple in the northern Uttar Pradesh state on January 22, a crowd…
India Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 3: Who votes and what’s at stake? | India Election 2024 News
Millions of Indians will cast their ballots on May 7 in the third phase of a seven-phase election, which will feature India’s powerful interior minister,…
India calls Canada arrests over Sikh activist murder ‘political compulsion’ | Politics News
Reacting to Indian nationals’ arrest, Trudeau acknowledges fear in Canada’s Sikh community but underscores ‘rule of law’. Canada’s investigation into alleged Indian involvement in the…
India elections turn spotlight on informal jobs for youth | India Election 2024
Ever since he can remember, Rohit Kumar Sahu knew he wanted to go to college and get a well-paying, white-collar job. His father delivered courier…
India, Japan dismiss Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ comment | Migration News
Japan calls US president’s remarks ‘unfortunate’, while India says it’s open to immigrants. India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US…
Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years | Climate News
At least 144 people died due to the heavy rainfall in April. Pakistan has experienced its “wettest April since 1961”, receiving more than twice as…
‘No choice’: India’s Manipuris cannot go back a year after fleeing violence | Indigenous Rights News
Lingneifel Vaiphei collapsed to the ground in agony after she saw the lifeless body of her infant child laid out on a cold steel stretcher…
US congressman Cuellar indicted for alleged Azerbaijan influence scheme | News
Henry Cueller, a Democrat, accused of accepting bribes in exchange for advancing interests of Azerbaijan in Congress. A member of the United States House of…
World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists | Freedom of the Press News
Every year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day. It is being marked today at a particularly perilous time for journalists globally, with Israel’s war…
Pakistan T20 squad: Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali back for England and Ireland tour | Cricket News
Pakistan have recalled formerly out-of-favour injured fast bowler Haris Rauf and medium-pacer Hasan Ali for their Twenty20 series against Ireland and England later this month,…
Missing in action: How two key parties in India’s largest state collapsed | India Election 2024 News
Lucknow, India – Ensconced in a bustling part of northern India’s sprawling Lucknow city is Lal Kuan, a predominantly Dalit neighbourhood. The Dalits – who…
Photos: May Day rallies across Asia demand improved labour rights | Workers’ Rights News
Workers and activists have taken to the streets across Asia as the world marks May Day. Rallies took place in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and…
Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
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In India’s election, a flash drive, sex abuse videos — and a missing MP | India Election 2024 News
Bengaluru, India – Standing behind former Indian Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, the country’s current leader Narendra Modi smiled into the cameras. Next to Modi…
‘Country is doing well’: Why jobless young Indians are still backing Modi | India Election 2024 News
Patna, Bihar – Sanjeev Kumar is 27 and jobless – a desperate situation compounded by his car salesman father’s imminent retirement in a few years.…
IMF promises Pakistan ‘immediate’ release of $1.1bn loan after key meet | Business and Economy
Islamabad, Pakistan – Cash-strapped Pakistan is poised to receive a $1.1bn loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after a key meeting of the…
Is Modi’s India more unequal than under British rule? | India Election 2024
New Delhi, India — In 2014, Narendra Modi swept to power in India with his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pitching him as an economic reformer…