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South and central Asia

October 2024

  • An Indian man with a fishing net by the sea, with a power plant in the distance behind him

    The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant

    Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on their lives
  • Aerial night shot of buildings with homes and offices with more skyscrapers in the distance in Gurgaon

    ‘Life is pretty brutal’: concerns in India over high-pressure corporate jobs

    The death of a young chartered accountant has highlighted a work culture of overworked employees and bullying bosses
  • Chris Martin on stage at Glastonbury

    Indian police investigate ticket resales for Coldplay Mumbai gigs

    After tickets quickly sold out, some began to reappear on unauthorised third-party websites for more than £750

September 2024

  • River and mountains around the peak of Everest

    Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers

  • A woman walks through muddy water

    More than 200 dead in Nepal floods, as parts of Kathmandu left under water

  • Tanu Bai, left, and Maha Devi, at the Satya Jeevan Leprosy Society in New Delhi

    ‘Our new doctors have no clue about leprosy’: experts sceptical of India’s target to eliminate the disease by 2027

  • Violent clashes between protesters and police take place in Karachi over Hezbollah leader's death

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    Violent clashes in Pakistan after Hezbollah leader's assassination – video

  • Flooding and landslides caused by non-stop rain kill 148 in Nepal – video

  • More than 100 killed and 64 missing as flooding and landslides hit Nepal

  • Snatched from their beds, taken on the streets - the young men in Myanmar forced to fight the junta’s losing war

  • Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west

    Ahilan Kadirgamar
  • Dozens of children drown in India during Hindu festival

  • Pakistan says police orchestrated killing of doctor accused of blasphemy

  • Taliban to be taken to international court over gender discrimination

  • ‘Drug-resistant typhoid is the final warning sign’: disease spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail

  • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: who is Sri Lanka’s new leftist president?

  • The Fisherman and the Banker review – a coastal community’s astonishing fight for justice

  • Sri Lankan leftist candidate Dissanayake claims presidential election

  • ‘The hardship is still there’: Sri Lanka prepares to vote as hopes of revolution falter

  • Police in southern Pakistan shoot dead blasphemy suspect

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