India’s Urban Company revolutionised gig work for women. Then it bled them | Business and Economy
Bengaluru, India — After years of working at a salon in Bengaluru, Shakeela Banu made a major life change in 2018 and joined Urban Company…
Why has the EU sanctioned Indian, Chinese companies for Russia links? | Russia-Ukraine war News
A day before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union released an exhaustive new list of companies, entities or people in…
As Pakistan’s newly elected parliament meets, a look at the PM candidates | Politics News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Who will be the next prime minister of Pakistan? That will be the big question as the country’s parliament convenes on Thursday…
Ahead of election, tension brews in Kashmir over tribal caste quotas | Indigenous Rights
Tral, Indian-administered Kashmir – Like many people from his nomadic tribal community, Bashir Ahmed Gujjar, a 70-year-old shepherd, never went to school. Poor and often…
Arabic calligraphy on dress design causes chaos in Pakistan | Religion
NewsFeedA Pakistani police officer is being hailed as a hero for negotiating the safe escort of a woman accused of blasphemy by a mob in…
India beat England by five wickets to bag Test series in Ranchi | Cricket News
Gill and Jurel guide the hosts home in a tense chase to win the fourth Test after England set India a target of 192. India…
Hamas to halal: How anti-Muslim hate speech is spreading in India | Islamophobia News
New Delhi, India – India averaged nearly two anti-Muslim hate speech events per day in 2023 and three in every four of those events –…
India’s Assam state repeals British-era Muslim marriage law | Islamophobia News
The BJP government says the law allowed child marriages, but Muslim leaders allege the move is aimed at polarising voters ahead of election. The Indian…
What’s in an Indian lion’s name? A roaring dispute | Religion
The Calcutta High Court this week told the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal to consider renaming two lions in a zoo-cum-animal…
Where ‘love transcends language’: Kashmir’s silent village | Health
Dadkhai, Jammu and Kashmir, India - Dressed in their finest shalwar-kameez and sporting well-trimmed moustaches, a group of men deliberate over the terms of a…
Pakistan’s election chaos casts shadow on next IMF deal | Politics News
Islamabad, Pakistan — As Pakistan grapples with the aftermath of controversial elections, political chaos is threatening to cloud its $3bn deal with the International Monetary…
Ameen Sayani: India’s ‘king of radio’ signs off | Media
New Delhi, India — For three generations of Indians, Bollywood and radio meant one name: Ameen Sayani. On Tuesday, the voice that entered the homes of…
Police fire tear gas at protesting Indian farmers marching to New Delhi | Protests News
Police have fired tear gas at thousands of Indian farmers who resumed their protest march to the capital, New Delhi, after talks with the government…
‘We want dignity’: Indian farmers defy pellets, drones to demand new deal | Politics
Shambhu border, India — Balvinder Singh lies on his side, writhing in pain, on a hospital bed in the northern Indian state of Punjab. When…
Pakistan government deal agreed despite opposition from Imran Khan’s PTI | Elections News
Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to form a coalition with Shehbaz Sharif selected as candidate for PM. Two of Pakistan’s leading political parties…
Deepfake democracy: Behind the AI trickery shaping India’s 2024 election | Elections News
New Delhi, India — As voters queued up early morning on November 30 last year to vote in legislative elections to choose the next government…
Taliban’s conditions to attend UN meeting ‘unacceptable’, Guterres says | United Nations News
The Taliban has set unacceptable conditions for attending a United Nations-sponsored meeting about Afghanistan in the Qatari capital, Doha, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says. “I…
Corporate Japan deals an unwitting blow to US East Asia policy | Israel War on Gaza
Japanese trading giant Itochu’s surprise announcement on February 5 that it was terminating its agreement with the Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems has sent shockwaves throughout corporate…
X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging | Censorship News
Islamabad, Pakistan: Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to remain inaccessible to users in Pakistan after internet watchdog groups started to report…
How RSS textbooks are reshaping Indian history and science under Modi | Education News
Kolkata, India – At the three-storey building of Sarada Shishu Vidya Mandir, a school for grades five to 10 in Uluberia town in the eastern…