Afghanistan Has 3.8 Million Girls Out of School
A quarter of a million more are excluded from secondary education each year, in what UN officials have described as the creation of a…
Category: Asia
Afghanistan Reaches Five Years of Taliban Rule
Restrictions on women and girls have been written into law and 21.9 million people need aid, as the fifth anniversary of the takeover approaches…
Toxic Trailer Divides Opinion Over Animal Comparisons
Online reaction to the Yash gangster film has centred on tonal parallels with Animal, a comparison complicated by the fact a woman directed and…
Ramayana Set for 6 November Worldwide Release
Nitesh Tiwari two-part epic opens two days before Diwali, with Ranbir Kapoor as Rama and Yash as Ravana, and an English trailer released alongside…
Yash Gangster Film Toxic Sets 26 August Release
The trailer launched in Bengaluru on Saturday, confirming a worldwide release on 26 August after the Kannada gangster film missed two earlier release dates.
Air Force Officer Charged Over Alleged Pakistan Leak
Delhi Police say a serving Wing Commander passed defence documents to a Pakistani operative after contact on social media. The allegations are untested in…
India Makes Insulting National Song an Offence
Parliament passed a bill bringing Vande Mataram under the law protecting the national flag, with the DMK opposing it in the Rajya Sabha as…
India Tightens Paper Leak Law After NEET Cancellation
Parliament passed the Public Examinations Amendment Bill after the NEET entrance test was cancelled and re-run over an alleged leak, prompting student protests.
Sri Lanka XI Post 363 Against India in Colombo
The hosts closed day one on 363 for eight in the three-day warm-up, with India's spinners sharing the wickets a week before the first…
Five Bills Pass Without Debate in Deadlocked Lok Sabha
No Question Hour has been completed since the monsoon session opened on 20 July, with the government now weighing a special sitting to move…
Samsung Unveils Memory Stacked Above AI Chips
The zHBM concept places high-bandwidth memory directly above AI accelerators, while a new 400-layer NAND design lifts storage density by about 58 per cent.
Colombo Kaps Win Lanka Premier League Eliminator
A total of 203 for seven proved beyond Kandy Royals, who were bowled out for 135 as Colombo advanced and the Royals exited the…
Pakistan Level Series With Win in Port of Spain
An eight-wicket win at Queen's Park Oval squared the series 1-1 and ended a run of eight straight away defeats, with Abdullah Shafique unbeaten…