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Indian opposition leader brandishes Guardian article on alleged financial violations by Adani familyRahul Gandhi has said India’s “global reputation is on the line” and demanded that the prime minister, Narendra Modi, opens a parliamentary investigatio…
Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance aloneSeven new leaf insect species, known as “walking leaves” have been discovered.The insects exhibit a sophisticated “twigs and leaf-like” camouflage all…
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bnA billionaire Indian family with close ties to the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, secretly invested hundreds of …
Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by…
Episode reported by CNN required emergency memo to senior officials and suggests agency does not know migrants’ locationFederal agents are reportedly trailing a group of more than a dozen Uzbek nationals who entered the US as asylum seekers aided by a …
Uncertainty over whether ex-PM will be released from jail due to other court orders allowing for his arrestA Pakistani court has suspended the former prime minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer has said, though it is…
Unofficial figures point to a mental health crisis amid severe restrictions on Afghan women’s livesFirst, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban’s ban on education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin ad…
In today’s newsletter: The country’s lunar landing was a triumph. This is how it quietly built a successful mission• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Last week India became the fourth ever country to land a spacecraft on…
Minister says women visiting the lakes of Band-e-Amir have not been wearing their hijabs properlyThe Taliban have banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks, adding to a long list of restrictions aimed at shrinking wome…
Railway says smuggled-in gas cylinder caused blaze that burned for two hours at Madurai station in Tamil NaduNine people have died after a fire broke out in a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India, officials said.The blaze…