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India
India-EU trade pact nears finish line despite carbon tax dispute and Russia
Brussels is looking past India’s ties with Moscow to secure a vital economic win, with analysts predicting a deal within months.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
India
IndiGo flight chaos exposes risks of India’s aviation duopoly
10 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM
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Nepal
Nepal charges Chinese contractor with corruption over airport deal
9 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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India
Owners flee to Thailand after Indian nightclub fire killed 25
Authorities have appealed to Interpol for help to find brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, who escaped to Phuket.
9 Dec 2025 - 3:33PM
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The charred interiors of a nightclub that caught fire in Goa, India, on Sunday. Photo: AP
Bangladesh
Why a leading party in Bangladesh is facing uncertainty as election looms
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s leadership crisis threatens to undermine its advantage ahead of the February election, analysts say.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:01PM
Nepal
‘Like a market’: Chinese marriage brokers hunt for brides in Nepal
China’s bachelor crisis meets Nepal’s poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion.
9 Dec 2025 - 2:36PM
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India
India to pause coal power expansion beyond 2035 amid grid stress
Several Indian utilities are signing contracts with coal-fired power generators to meet a projected surge in demand for cooling.
8 Dec 2025 - 2:50AM
An Indian farmer sprinkles pesticide on a field as smoke rises from the chimneys of a coal power plant. The demand for coal-based power plants has risen due to prolonged heatwaves. File photo: Reuters
Bangladesh
Bangladesh mass grave from 2024 uprising exhumed with UN support
The UN says up to 1,400 people were killed in the crackdowns, forming the basis for the former prime minister’s conviction for crimes against humanity.
7 Dec 2025 - 10:54PM
India
India regulator faults airline CEO amid severe disruption
IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has been ordered to explain the cancellations that affected almost half of its flights.
7 Dec 2025 - 7:28PM
Sri Lanka
627 dead in Sri Lanka landslides as rains batter South, Southeast Asia
At least 1,812 people have been killed in the natural disasters rolling across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
7 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM
India
Tourists among 25 killed in India’s Goa nightclub fire
A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident at the Birch nightclub in Arpora.
8 Dec 2025 - 1:17PM
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The burned nightclub where a fire broke out in Goa, India, on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Pakistan
5 killed in latest clash at Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing
Each side has accused the other of launching ‘unprovoked’ attacks at the crossing between Chaman and Spin Boldak, in southern Afghanistan.
6 Dec 2025 - 7:52PM
India
India caps airfares as IndiGo crisis hits 5th day, stranding hundreds
IndiGo’s spate of cancellations has prompted fare increases on flights operated by other airlines on popular routes.
6 Dec 2025 - 6:25PM
Indonesia
Indonesia’s flood death toll hits 908, hundreds still missing
The governor of hard-hit Aceh warns starvation has become the gravest threat to survivors in remote villages cut off by the devastation.
6 Dec 2025 - 7:23PM
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India
India and Russia agree to boost trade to US$100 billion by 2030
India’s Modi greeted Putin with a bear hug before announcing free electronic visas for Russian tourists.
6 Dec 2025 - 1:15PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace at the Palam Air Base in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Sputnik/Kremlin/AP
India
Can India still rely on Russia as a ‘time-tested’ defence partner?
India has to balance meeting its defence needs from Russia and managing its trade ties with the US as tariffs continue to loom.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:31PM
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Travel chaos in India after over 1,200 flights cancelled
IndiGo attributed the chaos to a combination of operational and weather-related challenges.
5 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
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India
New Delhi’s smog surge linked to 200,000 respiratory cases
Acrid smog chokes Delhi’s skyline each winter, when cool air traps a deadly mix of pollutants from crop burning, factories, and traffic.
5 Dec 2025 - 4:55AM
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Buildings are shrouded in smog, in New Delhi, India, on November 29. Photo: Reuters
India
Cyber scams threaten confidence in India’s outsourcing industry
Fraudsters leveraging India’s cost advantages and skilled workforce create a systemic risk for legitimate businesses, analysts warn.
4 Dec 2025 - 7:37PM
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India
‘Complete mayhem’: chaos after India’s largest airline cancels 1,200 flights
IndiGo blamed the disruption on ‘unforeseen operational challenges’ including technical glitches, adverse weather and new rules for workers.
4 Dec 2025 - 7:24PM
India
Trump’s second term ‘harmful’ for Quad nations, poll finds
Respondents in Australia, Japan, India view Trump 2.0 negatively, as US helpfulness in Asia declines amid China concerns; Aukus support varies.
4 Dec 2025 - 3:13AM
Extreme weather
Asia’s floods kill over 1,000, lay bare human cost of climate inaction
From Indonesia’s deadliest disaster since 2018 to a state of emergency in Sri Lanka, Asia reels from a week of climate-fuelled destruction.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:45PM
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People walk past the ruins of houses in a village affected by heavy flooding in Batang Toru, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
India
India scraps mandatory cybersecurity app on new phones after backlash
The Indian government confidentially ordered companies like Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi to install the Sanchar Saathi app on their new phones.
3 Dec 2025 - 7:03PM
India
Air India probed for flying plane without valid safety certificate
India’s aviation regulator said it was investigating the carrier after it operated eight flights without a valid airworthiness certificate.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:58PM
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India
India’s strong economic growth impresses amid doubts on ‘overstated’ data
Questions about India’s latest 8.2 per cent GDP quarterly growth have been raised by ANZ Bank and analysts.
2 Dec 2025 - 6:45PM
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