カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Kanchha Sherpa was part of expedition that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary atop world’s highest peak in 1953Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, has died at the age of…
Indian-American Ashley Tellis allegedly obtained US military data and passed envelopes to Chinese officialsA prominent Indian-American academic and former US government adviser has been arrested and charged with the unlawful detention of national secur…
Two sides declare ceasefire after Islamabad carries out retaliatory strikes on Kabul and Kandahar provinceDozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed after fresh clashes broke out along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and Islamabad carried out re…
Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breachesIt is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every India…
Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breachesIt is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every India…
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest internet service providerA powerful bipartisan committee in the US Congress says it has begun an investigation into the involvement of Elon Mu…
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest internet service providerA powerful bipartisan committee in the US Congress says it has begun an investigation into the involvement of Elon Mu…
A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat othersA Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’…
Surge in militancy in region bordering Afghanistan is now one of greatest security threats facing IslamabadTariq Ahmed never lets his pistol out of his sight these days. Sitting cross-legged on a woven charpai, his face concealed with a scarf, the 26-y…
A tourism initiative in India’s first dark sky reserve has brought new hope to a community as employment means they can stay close to their roots and cultureThe snow-flecked peaks surrounding the village of Hanle are bathed in golden light as the sun s…
Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military postsIntense clashes erupted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday night, after an attack by the Afghan Taliban on Pakistani military pos…
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with herI am at the shed where Nobel laureate Malala Y…
Promised crackdown on corruption is not happening fast enough for many who saw government toppled within a day of protestsPrakash Bohora was one of the first of Nepal’s gen Z protesters to feel the sting of a police bullet. Like thousands of other youn…
Prime minister hopes to learn from success of scheme rolled out to most of country’s 1.4bn citizensKeir Starmer is to examine India’s digital ID system on his visit to Mumbai as a potential model for the UK, praising the system as a “massive success”.S…
Dozens more injured by night strike on anti-government demonstration held during national holidayA Myanmar military operation that used a motorised paraglider to drop bombs on a village this week killed at least 20 people including children and injured…