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The arrest of Shah Rukh Khan’s son highlights India's social anxieties

The questionable “drug bust” involving Aryan Khan has reinforced fears that no one — particularly critics — is safe in an environment where majoritarianism reigns.

G20: EU vows $1.2B in Afghanistan aid, ties more funding to Taliban actions

European Commission chief von der Leyen announces short-term aid deal to prevent basic services in Afghanistan from collapsing and food from running out as G20 leaders gather to discuss the Afghan crisis and how to engage with its new rulers.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation backs Iran's future membership

Leaders of the eight-member bloc attending a summit in Tajikistan did not announce a timeline for Tehran's membership of the multilateral alliance.

Geelani leaves a legacy of unflinching commitment to the Kashmir cause

Until his last breath, he refused to compromise on the 72-year-old UN-sanctioned plebiscite, which was never held in Kashmir. And for that, he spent the last decade under house arrest.

Tracing the roots of modern-day Islamophobia

Islam was thrust into the Western public imagination nearly fifty years ago starting with the OPEC oil embargo, and Islamophobia has grown since in three distinct phases.

With eyes on China, US and India agree to expand multilateral security ties

Top diplomats Antony Blinken and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar pledge to stretch their multilateral security partnership, underscoring deepening of ties between both countries concerned over China's growing influence in the region.

Lightning strikes in India leave dozens dead across several states

More than 50 people have been killed, 42 of them in different districts of Uttar Pradesh after lightning struck several states across the south Asian country.

France court freezes India assets in tax dispute with Cairn Energy

Cairn Energy wins petition to freeze 20 Indian state properties in Paris worth $24 million as part of a guarantee of the amount owed to the Scottish oil producer by New Delhi in a protracted tax dispute.

Modi’s Kashmir meeting: Whither statehood?

The “right time” to restore statehood will likely be when India’s ruling BJP has irreversibly altered Kashmir.

Indian ministers quit before Cabinet rejig as Modi faces heat over Covid

At least 12 ministers have resigned ahead of an expected reshuffle. PM Narendra Modi is seeking to reinvigorate an administration heavily criticised for how it handled the coronavirus pandemic.

UN 'disturbed' by death in jail of Indian priest

Father Stan Swamy, who campaigned for marginalised tribal communities and was detained for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terror laws, died a day ahead of a bail hearing.

What do India’s new laws mean for the ‘world’s biggest democracy’?

The government’s alleged attempts to curtail misinformation is a thinly veiled assault on the privacy and free speech of average citizens.