At Olympics, India’s top women wrestlers have more at stake than medals | Paris Olympics 2024

At Olympics, India’s top women wrestlers have more at stake than medals | Paris Olympics 2024

Rohtak, India – On a hot summer afternoon, a strapping, fit man in his 30s drove his SUV to the outskirts of the crowded city of Rohtak in the northern Indian state of Haryana. Peeling off the main road, he braked at a large white metal gate of a sports…

Kerala landslides death toll hits 151, many missing as rain hampers rescue | Weather News

Kerala landslides death toll hits 151, many missing as rain hampers rescue | Weather News

Hundreds of rescue workers are searching through mud and debris from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India’s Kerala state, police said. Officials on Wednesday said nearly 1,000 people have been rescued and 187 are still missing after landslides, caused by relentless monsoon rains, hit…

Why protest by ethnic Baloch has put Pakistan’s key port of Gwadar on edge | Protests News

Why protest by ethnic Baloch has put Pakistan’s key port of Gwadar on edge | Protests News

Islamabad, Pakistan — Tensions are high in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the southwestern Balochistan province where an ethnic Baloch group has been protesting for days, following the arrests of some of their members and deadly clashes with security forces. Gwadar is Pakistan’s only deep-sea port on the Arabian…

At least 19 killed, hundreds trapped, after landslides hit India’s Kerala | Weather News

At least 19 killed, hundreds trapped, after landslides hit India’s Kerala | Weather News

Heavy rain hinders rescue efforts after landslides struck the hilly Wayanad district while people were sleeping. At least 19 people have been killed with hundreds feared trapped after a series of landslides triggered by relentless rain struck a hilly region of India’s southern state of Kerala. Indian media outlets said…

Bangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout to quell protests | Protests News

Bangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout to quell protests | Protests News

Meanwhile, the home minister says at least 147 people were killed during the violence over government job quotas. Bangladesh has restored mobile internet, 11 days after a nationwide blackout was imposed to contain deadly protests over quotas in government jobs. The South Asian nation’s 4G mobile internet services resumed on…

Bangladesh authorities detain student protest leaders in hospital | Protests News

Bangladesh authorities detain student protest leaders in hospital | Protests News

Home minister says three student leaders taken into custody ‘for their own security’ and were being questioned. Bangladeshi authorities have taken three student leaders, who helped coordinate rallies against government job quotas, from a hospital following days of deadly nationwide protests and state-imposed curfews and communication blocks. Officers reportedly forced…

Where are the world’s millionaires and how is wealth divided globally? | Business and Economy News

Where are the world’s millionaires and how is wealth divided globally? | Business and Economy News

The world has at least 58 million US dollar millionaires, accounting for 1.5 percent of the global adult population, according to the 2024 UBS Global Wealth Report (PDF), which sampled 56 markets that account for 92 percent of global wealth. The United States has the highest number of millionaires, with…

Bangladesh minister on government’s response to deadly anti-quota protests | Protests

Bangladesh minister on government’s response to deadly anti-quota protests | Protests

Bangladesh Information Minister Mohammad Arafat talks to Al Jazeera about deadly anti-quota protests and unrest. Bangladesh has recently seen some of its worst violence in decades – violence sparked by student protests against a government-job quota system that demonstrators say favoured supporters of the ruling Awami League party. The Country’s…