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Energy minister says outage was caused by voltage surge in south of gridPakistan’s national grid suffered a major breakdown, leaving millions of people without electricity for the second time in three months and highlighting the infrastructural weaknes…
Government accused of ‘censorship’ over ban on film about PM’s role in violence during 2002 Gujarat riots The Indian government has invoked emergency laws to block a BBC documentary examining the role of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, during riots …
Trip to examine country’s rights record derailed as meetings with government officials also cancelledA high-profile trip by two senior UK parliamentarians to Kazakhstan to examine its human rights record has almost immediately run into trouble as they …
Wrestlers including Olympic medallists stage sit-in demanding federation is disbandedTwo Olympic medal-winning wrestlers in India have accused the head of their sport’s governing body and its coaches of sexually harassing female players and have vowed …
Victims reportedly bled to death when glass-coated strings were entangled around their necksSix people, including three children, have died after their throats were cut by glass-coated kite strings during an annual kite-flying festival in India.Hundred…
Eight-year-old daughter of wealthy gem dealer follows family’s Jain faith to enter strict religious orderAn eight-year-old girl in India who was due to inherit a multimillion-dollar diamond fortune has instead been admitted as a nun to a strict religio…
UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022The number of Rohingya refugees taking dangerous sea journeys in the hope of reaching Malaysia or Indonesia has …
Exclusive: Charities and activists call on PM to follow through on pledge to allow families to resettle in UK More than 100 charities and activists are calling on the prime minister to facilitate the resettlement of family members of thousands of Afgha…
Anju Khatiwada joined Yeti Airlines in 2010, four years after her husband died while piloting a plane for the same airlineThe co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday in Nepal was the widow of a pilot who flew for the same airline, a…
Ruan Calum Crighton was onboard the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed on Sunday with at least 68 fatalitiesA British man was among dozens of people killed in Nepal’s deadliest air crash in decades.Ruan Calum Crighton was among 72 people onboard the Ye…