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India
Canada’s spy report hints at India reset despite meddling claims
A Canadian spy report validates New Delhi’s concerns about Sikh extremism, even as it accuses India of foreign interference and espionage.
11 May 2026 - 5:00PM
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India
Heat-triggered insurance offers cold cash cushion for India’s outdoor workers
11 May 2026 - 1:02PM
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Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban splinter group claims suicide attack, 14 police dead
10 May 2026 - 6:57PM
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India
Vietnam joins rush for India’s battle-tested ‘strong, non-Western’ BrahMos
As a joint Indo-Russian venture, BrahMos offers a supersonic, non-Western alternative to US hardware with no Nato-linked conditions.
10 May 2026 - 1:35PM
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A man waves India’s national flag in front of a replica of the BrahMos missile system in Ahmedabad last year. Photo: AFP
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk arrested over alleged sex abuse of girl, 11
Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, is the most senior monk in the country to be accused of such a crime. The child’s mother has also been arrested.
9 May 2026 - 11:27PM
India
Can India’s rice farmers reap from US$30 million Amazon carbon credit deal?
The pact promises green farming and methane emission cuts, but raises questions over payouts and corporate climate accountability.
8 May 2026 - 7:16PM
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India-Pakistan tensions
Chinese J-35 stealth jets set to give Pakistan a strategic edge over India
India has a much larger fleet of 4.5-generation fighters but is lagging behind Pakistan in the acquisition of stealth warplanes.
8 May 2026 - 5:26PM
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The J-35A fighter jet appears during a CCTV report on Shenyang Aircraft Corporation on May 1. Photo: CCTV
India
India’s military turns to green energy options as Iran war prompts new strategy
The Indian army is looking to green sources for its cooking, vehicles and installations due to surging oil prices.
7 May 2026 - 7:53PM
India
BJP aide shot dead in India’s West Bengal days after historic election win
Chandranath Rath was a close aide to Suvendu Adhikari, the West Bengal BJP chief tipped to become the next state chief minister.
7 May 2026 - 1:47PM
India
Vietnam, India seek closer ties to hedge against dependence on superpowers
President To Lam’s agenda during his visit to New Delhi is expected to include a deal for Vietnam to buy India’s BrahMos missiles.
7 May 2026 - 4:35PM
India
What the BJP’s historic West Bengal victory means for Modi’s India
Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition now controls roughly 70 per cent of India’s state legislatures, giving him a historic grip on power.
6 May 2026 - 7:00PM
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday to celebrate that day’s election results. Photo: Reuters
India
Cash cow: biogas from dung solves India’s cooking fuel shortages
It is easy to find biogas supporters in a Hindu-majority nation where cows are revered and dung and urine have many uses.
7 May 2026 - 8:02PM
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India PM Modi’s party takes control of West Bengal in key state election
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has never governed the state of West Bengal, an opposition stronghold.
5 May 2026 - 1:15AM
Bangladesh
Hero or reckless? Bangladeshi man saving baby on train tracks divides opinion
Some social media users question how the man could have dropped his son just as they were getting off the moving train.
4 May 2026 - 6:22PM
Thailand
The cost of cute: how ‘petfluencers’ are driving Asia’s wildlife crime
Thailand is a key pipeline in a lucrative global trade that animal activists warn risks spreading zoonotic diseases and erasing biodiversity.
3 May 2026 - 12:00PM
Indian star tortoises confiscated from a woman attempting to travel with them at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on Wednesday. Photo: Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation / AFP
India
Why India’s logistics pact with Russia signals its Arctic ‘footprint’ ambition
The pact allows up to ‘five warships, 10 aircraft and 3,000 troops’ to be stationed in each other’s territory for five years.
2 May 2026 - 1:00PM
Pakistan
Pakistan’s IMF-backed recovery under pressure as Iran-US mediation stalls
While Islamabad continues to push for peace, the war threatens to erode its foreign exchange reserves and make financing harder to secure.
30 Apr 2026 - 8:28PM
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Brics
Iran war tests India’s Brics leadership as ‘political relevance’ questions mount
With Brics members Iran and the UAE as belligerents, the bloc has failed to reach a common position on the Middle East conflict.
30 Apr 2026 - 7:49PM
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi chats with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the 2025 Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro last July. Photo: AP
Sri Lanka
Elephant in room: can Sri Lanka’s ‘world’s emptiest airport’ attract investors?
Since opening in 2013, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport has failed to generate enough revenue to cover even its electricity bills.
30 Apr 2026 - 4:50PM
Japan
What’s behind Japan’s novel move to share Mogami warship design with India?
Tokyo has offered to give Delhi the plans to its US$500-million Mogami-class ship so that it can be built in India using Japanese materials.
30 Apr 2026 - 7:07PM
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Australia
India overtakes England to become Australia’s largest migrant group
The third-largest cohort comprises those born in China, at 732,000, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand.
30 Apr 2026 - 9:09AM
India
India’s major airlines on ‘verge of closing down’ as high fuel costs sting
A group representing carriers seeks a return to Covid-era cost caps on aviation fuel and a reduction in taxes to survive the crisis.
29 Apr 2026 - 12:03PM
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The Federation of Indian Airlines has urged the government to implement a pandemic-era price cap on aviation turbine fuel. Photo: Reuters
India
India, New Zealand boost trade diversification with ‘forward-looking’ pact
The deal, part of a move to reduce reliance on major powers, will also strengthen India’s hand in trade negotiations with the US, analysts say.
28 Apr 2026 - 7:31PM
Bangladesh
Child, newlywed among 14 killed by lightning in Bangladesh
Lightning kills hundreds of people every year in Bangladesh, which declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016.
27 Apr 2026 - 3:39PM
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka arrests 22 monks with US$3.5 million worth of cannabis in record haul
Each monk was found with 5kg of kush concealed within false walls in his luggage at Colombo airport.
27 Apr 2026 - 2:46PM
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