Pakistan said yesterday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.

The 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand’s prime minister yesterday, the third member of the influential but divisive clan to lead the country.

India will hold provincial elections in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir from September 18, the Election Commission said yesterday, the first regional polls there in a decade and five years after New Delhi scrapped the region’s special autonomy.

Indian doctors stepped up nationwide protests and strikes yesterday after the rape and murder of a colleague, a brutal killing that has focused outrage on the chronic issue of violence against women.

Pakistan health officials announced on Friday their first case of the deadly mpox virus this year, after the World Health Organization declared an international emergency over its spread

India today successfully put into orbit an earth observation satellite and completed the launch of its third and final developmental rocket, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3

Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job

The incident in Uttarakhand took place on July 30 when the nurse was returning home and came to light only two days ago

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday he wanted to press ahead with a national common civil code of law, a proposal bitterly opposed by Muslim activists as an attack on their faith.

Thousands took to the streets of Kolkata early yesterday morning to condemn the rape and murder of a medic that has triggered protests across India demanding better safety for women.

India’s Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud today said the recent events in Bangladesh were a reminder of the value of freedom and liberty

Amid growing concerns from the business community in Pakistan, the internet service providers on Wednesday alleged that the government’s heightened efforts to monitor internet traffic had resulted in a significant nationwide slowdown of services

Hundreds of women joined the protests in Kolkata and other cities in Bengal, demanding accountability for the brutal crime. The protests, which began at 11:55pm under the slogan “For women’s independence on the midnight of independence,” have been spearheaded by activists and ordinary citizens alike, reflecting a shared determination to reclaim safety and justice for women.

Just before the stroke of midnight, thousands of people, holding candles, poured onto the streets across West Bengal seeking justice and speedy investigation into the rape and murder of a female doctor at a state-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata

In his first public comments on the developments in Bangladesh, Modi expresses hope that the situation in the country normalises soon.

At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now "in jeopardy", the United Nations' cultural agency said Thursday

West Bengal Chief Ninister Mamata Banerjee yesterday accused BJP and CPI (M) of trying to hold Bangladesh-like protests and topple her government after the opposition leaders demanded her resignation in the wake of rape and murder of a medical student in Kolkata

India is keen on working with the interim government of Bangladesh led by Prof Muhammad Yunus “to fulfil the shared aspirations of peoples of both countries”, said Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma yesterday.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for “grossly” violating ethics by appointing a minister who had served jail time, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance.

India’s Supreme Court today refused to grant interim bail to jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding an alleged excise policy scam