Canada accuses India’s Amit Shah over campaign targeting Sikh separatists | News

Canada accuses India’s Amit Shah over campaign targeting Sikh separatists | News

Ottawa says the close ally of India’s PM is involved in an intimidation campaign against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. Indian sources call the allegations ‘flimsy’. Canada has accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah of being behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh activists, in a…

Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News

Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News

Climate change is raising temperatures to dangerous levels, causing more deaths and the spread of infectious diseases, while worsening drought and food security, a new report by health experts has warned. In 2023 – the hottest year on record – the average person experienced 50 more days of dangerous temperatures…

Azam, Shaheen back in Pakistan squad for Australia tour in November | Cricket News

Azam, Shaheen back in Pakistan squad for Australia tour in November | Cricket News

Former skipper Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi were named in Pakistan’s squad for the November limited-overs series in Australia after being dropped from the last two Tests against England. However, selectors said the duo will be rested for the limited-overs matches in the Zimbabwe tour later next month. A…

Bangladesh’s new outcasts: Students from ex-PM Hasina’s party now in hiding | Sheikh Hasina News

Bangladesh’s new outcasts: Students from ex-PM Hasina’s party now in hiding | Sheikh Hasina News

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Since early August, Fahmi*, 24, who used to be a dominant figure on the sprawling campus of Dhaka University in Bangladesh’s capital, has been in hiding. Fahmi was a member of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League…

Pakistan thrash England to win Test series after Noman, Sajid heroics | Cricket News

Pakistan thrash England to win Test series after Noman, Sajid heroics | Cricket News

Pakistan beat England by nine wickets inside three days in the third Test to seal a 2-1 series win in Rawalpindi. Spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan suppressed England’s batting attack inside three days to earn Pakistan a long-awaited series-clinching nine-wicket win in the third and final Test in Rawalpindi…

‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in India | Women

‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in India | Women

Muzaffarpur, India – As protesters took to the streets of Kolkata to demand justice for a trainee doctor who was raped and murdered on August 9, 55-year-old Nirali Kumari* gasped for breath in her small wooden hut 480km (300 miles) away. She hadn’t left her home – or even her…

Flood risk as Cyclone Dana hits India, uprooting power lines and trees | Weather News

Flood risk as Cyclone Dana hits India, uprooting power lines and trees | Weather News

No casualties reported after thousands evacuated; authorities warn of strong winds and torrential rains. Cyclone Dana uprooted trees and power lines after making landfall on India’s eastern coast, the authorities said, warning of heavy rainfall and intense winds. At least 1.1 million people in the states of Odisha and West…

Chikungunya surge in Pakistan: What we know about the mosquito-borne virus | Health News

Chikungunya surge in Pakistan: What we know about the mosquito-borne virus | Health News

Hospitals in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, are brimming with chikungunya virus patients. Major government hospitals throughout the city are reporting 500 to 750 suspected cases of the mosquito-borne disease every day, as noted by local media earlier this month, further straining an already struggling public health system. But what is…