Nepal flash flood exposes cascading risks to Himalayan communities, infrastructure
A suspected landslide-dam breach sent a destructive surge down the Budhi Gandaki River, washing away homes and damaging bridges and…
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India detains thousands as ‘Cockroach’ youth protests challenge Modi
Security lockdown disrupts New Delhi as demonstrators demand election chief’s resignation; allegations of voter exclusion intensify…
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Delhi locked down as police detain protest leaders over voter-roll dispute
Security restrictions disrupt transport and communications as youth-led demonstrators demand the election chief’s resignation over disputed…
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Delhi deploys up to 35,000 security personnel as India’s youth protest
Conflicting deployment estimates, transport curbs and competing accounts of detentions have intensified scrutiny of the government’s…
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Delhi lockdown, arrests overshadow youth protest over India’s voter-list revisions
Thousands of security personnel were deployed, metro stations shut and mobile internet suspended as the ‘Cockroach’ movement demanded the…
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India’s Gen-Z ‘Cockroach Party’ returns to streets, national protest
A youth movement born from an internet joke is mobilising against electoral roll revisions, raising questions about voter access,…
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Hundreds of thousands in Nepal face continuing threat from floods
Hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal remain exposed to potentially catastrophic floods originating in the country’s high mountain…
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India protests intensify, opposition demands election chief’s resignation
Protests against India’s chief election commissioner intensified on Thursday as opposition parties, student groups and youth activists…
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“I am waiting to see if I can find any remains of my son”
For 53-year-old Rajesh Ram, a photograph of his missing son is now more than a family memory. It is a symbol of the answer he has been…
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Pakistan’s media tells four different stories: Security, diplomacy and political power
By HAFSA QADRI The same event can look remarkably different depending on where a reader encounters it. In Pakistan’s recent news…
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