Indian Army patrol team trapped

A Himalayan avalanche trapped a patrol team of seven Indian Army personnel in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh near China on Sunday and they
7 February 2022

Rakhine rebels clash again with junta troops

A Myanmar rebel group said yesterday that junta troops attacked its fighters in breach of a ceasefire, accusing the military of trying to destabilise the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown.
7 February 2022

Indians call for boycotting Hyundai over its Pakistani partner's tweets on Kashmir

South Korea's Hyundai Motor faced calls on Monday for a boycott of its cars from Indians incensed over a tweet from the account of its Pakistan partner that expressed solidarity for the people of the disputed territory of Kashmir.
7 February 2022

Avalanche kills 19 at mountain pass along Pak-Afghan border

At least 19 people were killed by an avalanche on Monday while crossing a remote mountain pass from Afghanistan to Pakistan, a Taliban official said.
7 February 2022

Myanmar parents disown dissident children in fear of junta

Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country's state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling military junta.
7 February 2022

Mahathir Mohamad discharged from hospital

Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged and will receive his follow-up treatment as and when required in the future, says the National Heart Institute (IJN).
6 February 2022

Diplomatic blitz: Xi hosts banquet for world leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a banquet yesterday for heads of state and international organisations attending the Winter Olympics, part of a diplomatic blitz following nearly two years without face-to-face meetings due to the pandemic.
5 February 2022

‘Anti-national’ posts: India arrests Kashmir journo

A prominent journalist in Indian-administered Kashmir has been arrested by police and accused of “glorifying terrorism” and “spreading fake news” in the disputed territory, where a running press crackdown has intensified.
5 February 2022

Everest’s highest glacier rapidly losing ice: study

Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.
5 February 2022

Covid deaths cross 5 lakh in India

India’s official Covid-19 death toll crossed 500,000 yesterday, a level some data analysts said was breached last year but was obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease.
4 February 2022

Lanka president calls for diaspora investment

Sri Lanka marked its independence day yesterday with an appeal to its diaspora to send money home to overcome the island’s worsening economic
4 February 2022

Missing women activists: UN demands info from Taliban

The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained by the group this week from Kabul
4 February 2022

Suu Kyi back in court

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to a junta court yesterday after skipping a previous hearing because she felt unwell, a source with
4 February 2022

ANN webinar on Myanmar coup anniversary: Crisis shows no sign of easing

As the military consolidates its power amid widespread dissent and armed rebellion is spreading across the country, turmoil in Myanmar is likely to accelerate in 2022, experts said.
4 February 2022

Indian scientists claim to have developed 'self-disinfecting' anti-Covid mask

A team of Indian scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have developed what is said to be a self-disinfecting “copper-based nanoparticle-coated” antiviral facemask to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the government said today.
4 February 2022

Suu Kyi’s health: Myanmar court postpones hearings at doctor’s request

A court in military-run Myanmar postponed two hearings this week in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a source with knowledge of proceedings said on Friday, after media reported the ousted leader had not been feeling well.
4 February 2022

UN unable to use about $ 135m in Afghan bank

The United Nations has about $135 million in the bank in Afghanistan but is unable to use it because the Taliban-run central bank cannot convert it to the afghani currency, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.
4 February 2022

India’s total Covid death toll surpasses 5-lakh

India’s Covid-19 death toll today crossed the grim milestone of five lakh with the addition of 1,072 fresh fatalities,
4 February 2022

10 killed in Afghan coal mine collapse

At least 10 miners died in Afghanistan after being trapped underground when a coal mine collapsed in the northern province of Baghlan, an official said yesterday.
3 February 2022

7 soldiers, 13 insurgents killed

Insurgents in the Pakistani province of Balochistan attacked two military bases overnight, killing seven soldiers while losing 13 of their own men, the army said
3 February 2022