Days after placing the Indus Waters Treaty into abeyance to punish Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, India has curtailed the flow of water through the Baglihar dam on the Chenab river and is planning similar measures at the Kishanganga dam on the Jhelum River, PTI reported, citing a source.
Pakistan yesterday conducted a second missile test and India ordered civil defence drills in an escalating stand-off over contested Kashmir that the UN said has brought the two nations to the brink of war.
Nine people have died and 70 were hospitalised after strong winds caused boats carrying tourists to capsize at a scenic spot in southwestern China, state media said Monday
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for nearly 15 hours, his office said yesterday, claiming it broke a previous record held by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
For 10 nights straight, gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers has echoed from the border
Wong's People's Action Party took all but 10 seats in the 97-seat unicameral legislature
Pakistan’s military said it carried out a “training launch” of a surface-to-surface missile weapons system yesterday, further heightening tensions with India after last month’s deadly attack in disputed Kashmir.
Singaporeans yesterday cast their votes in an election where Prime Minister Lawrence Wong faces his first major test against a rejuvenated opposition in uncertain economic times for the trade-centred nation.
Six people were crushed to death at a Hindu temple in India’s coastal state of Goa, officials said yesterday, after thousands gathered for a popular fire-walking ritual.
The ban applies to all products in transit from Pakistan
Monitors from the Britain-based Centre for Information Resilience logged 65 air attacks by the military during the proclaimed ceasefire
Pakistan yesterday said it had “credible intelligence” that India was planning an imminent military strike and vowed to retaliate, as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir.
Of single parents with jobs, just under half — 42.1% — belonged to the bottom 20 percent of income earners.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the country's military "operational freedom" to respond to a deadly attack in Kashmir last week, a senior government source told AFP yesterday, after New Delhi blamed it on arch-rival Pakistan.
Pakistan's military shot down an Indian drone along the de facto Kashmir border, state radio in Islamabad reported
A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, Beijing's state broadcaster said
Government officials and experts on both sides say India cannot stop water flows immediately
After South Korea battled the worst wildfire in its history in March, another wildfire in the southeastern city of Daegu spread fast Monday, forcing some 1,200 residents to evacuate
Kremlin spokesperson says Russia will aid North Korea militarily if needed under treaty obligations
The deal comes as India's relations with arch-rival Pakistan plummet to fresh lows
However, the foundation for the country's sustained economic recovery needs to be further consolidated.
