カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
New Amazon and Netflix dramas take in themes that India’s established cinema rarely touches, with millions of potential subscribers available ‘The three big ‘no’s in Indian cinema are sexuality, religion and politics,” says Anurag Kashyap. “And in Sacr…
Teeth sized between 0.1mm to 3mm discovered in lower jaw of boy during surgery in Chennai A seven-year-old boy who had suffered occasional toothache was found to have 526 teeth inside his jaw, according to surgeons in India.The hundreds of teeth were f…
The illustrated city: Gleaming skyscrapers are springing up, but a wander through this Indian city’s labyrinthine by-lanes still reveals glimpses of the pastUrbanisation and globalisation have swept sleepy Pune off its feet. This city in Maharashtra, w…
BJP’s Kuldeep Singh Sengar sacked days after car crash left alleged victim critically injuredIndia’s ruling party has expelled an official accused of rape, days after a deadly car crash left his alleged victim in critical condition.Investigators are ex…
Record temperatures in Europe and the US have reinforced the danger of global heating for many inhabitants. But others are and will be far worse hitWe tend to learn better from experience than from what we have simply been told. So for many in Europe, …
Punjab residents must plant 10 trees to get a firearms licence – and send photos to prove itResidents in a district of the Indian state of Punjab who want to buy a gun face an unlikely new hurdle: to secure a firearm licence, they must plant at least 1…
High walls around the neighbourhoods of the country’s embattled Hazara community in the south-western city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants. However, they also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face from gro…
Passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in attack officials blame on TalibanDozens of civilian passengers, mainly women and children, have been killed in Afghanistan when the bus they were travelling in ran over a roadside bomb, officials ha…
Minister says women now have justice but Muslim groups accuse Hindu-led government of community interferenceIndia’s parliament has approved a bill outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife, drawing accusations of g…
The government and its foreign allies have taken more civilian lives than the Taliban and others this year. A deal is needed to end America’s longest-running conflict – but not a botch jobAfter four decades of war, Afghan civilians have experienced man…
VG Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day chain, had warned of financial troublesOne of India’s most prominent businessmen, credited with bringing coffee shop culture to the country, has been found dead after he had warned of financial troubles.VG Sidd…
Seventeen people have been killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential suburb of Rawalpindi in Pakistan. The crash caused a fireball that lit up the night sky and terrified residents of the garrison city that is home to the army’s he…
UN figures for first half of 2019 blame 717 deaths on pro-Kabul forces and 531 on militantsAfghan forces and their international allies killed more civilians in the first half of 2019 than the Taliban and other militant groups, UN figures show, extendi…
From heaving traffic and dense crowds to car-free and tranquil: that’s the vision for Chandni Chowk. But is it achievable?The Champs Élysées is one of the most famous streets in the world, but you could say the French were beaten to it by the Mughals. …
Plane came down in poor district creating ‘huge explosion’ and fireball in the middle of the nightSeventeen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, officials have said.The cras…