Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan re-arrested days after release | Media News

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan re-arrested days after release | Media News

Aasif Sultan, a former editor of Kashmir Narrator magazine, has been re-arrested under ‘anti-terror’ law days, two days after his release following five years in jail. A Kashmiri journalist, who was released after spending more than five years in jail earlier this week, has been re-arrested by police in another…

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped snake called a common krait slithers on the stomach of one of the main characters. The…

‘Reminds us of home’: An Indian kitchen serves love against bias, violence | Food

‘Reminds us of home’: An Indian kitchen serves love against bias, violence | Food

New Delhi, India – Bidotama, 26, is in the kitchen stirring peanuts in a pan. Every few minutes, she turns to her best friend, Mardza, 25, who is busy chopping tomatoes and slicing U-morok, a hot chilli variety, that will go into the special chicken curry bubbling on a two-burner…

At least eight people injured in blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru | Police News

At least eight people injured in blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru | Police News

Investigators suspect the bomb was an improvised device. The reason for the blast is yet to be determined. At least eight people have been injured in India’s tech capital when a suspected home-made bomb went off inside a popular cafe, officials say. The blast at Rameshwaram Cafe in eastern Bengaluru…

India’s Urban Company revolutionised gig work for women. Then it bled them | Business and Economy

India’s Urban Company revolutionised gig work for women. Then it bled them | Business and Economy

Bengaluru, India — After years of working at a salon in Bengaluru, Shakeela Banu made a major life change in 2018 and joined Urban Company (UC), an app-based home services platform that has more than 52,000 workers across Indian cities, one-third of whom are women. At first, Banu was happy…

Why has the EU sanctioned Indian, Chinese companies for Russia links? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Why has the EU sanctioned Indian, Chinese companies for Russia links? | Russia-Ukraine war News

A day before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union released an exhaustive new list of companies, entities or people in countries including Russia, India, Iran, China and Syria, that it said it was sanctioning over allegations that they were connected to Russia’s defence and security…

Reliance, Disney announce .5bn merger to create Indian media powerhouse | Media News

Reliance, Disney announce $8.5bn merger to create Indian media powerhouse | Media News

India’s entertainment market is already one of the world’s biggest, with the merger expected to further shake up the multibillion-dollar industry. India’s Reliance Industries and Walt Disney of the United States have announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5bn entertainment powerhouse far ahead…

As Pakistan’s newly elected parliament meets, a look at the PM candidates | Politics News

As Pakistan’s newly elected parliament meets, a look at the PM candidates | Politics News

Islamabad, Pakistan – Who will be the next prime minister of Pakistan? That will be the big question as the country’s parliament convenes on Thursday for the first time after the controversial February 8 national elections, marred by large-scale allegations of rigging and manipulation of results. The tense election threw…