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    Mt Everest's snow cover receded by 150 mtr this winter

    Analysing NASA satellite images from October 2023 till early January 2025, trends illustrated "a rise in snow line through January in both 2024 and 2025", glaciologist Mauri Pelto, a professor of environmental science

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    'We missed you a lot': Trump showers praises on PM Modi

    PM Modi is among the first few world leaders to visit the US following Trump's re-election and was invited to visit within just three weeks of the new administration taking office.

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    PM Modi, President Trump launch ASIA initiative

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (February 13, 2025) kick-started a new initiative named Autonomous Systems Industry Alliance (ASIA) to scale industry partnerships and production

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    Jaishankar slams 'double standards' on India’s neighbors

    While delivering the keynote address at the IIC-Bruegel Annual Seminar in Delhi, the Minister emphasised that the agenda can no longer be set by some only to be observed by the rest.

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    Pakistan's new cyber law sparks free speech concerns

    According to Patricia Gossman of Human Rights Watch, Pakistan's amended Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act "neither respects fundamental human rights nor protects the public from legitimate online security threats."

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    Bangladesh removes Mujib from banknotes, bans Hasina’s speeches

    Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered a ban on disseminating deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s hate speeches in the mainstream media and social media networks as the tribunal is set to try

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    Freight train to link Pakistan with Russia; trial in March

    Russia and Pakistan are set to be linked by freight train line that will pass through Iran and Azerbaijan with the first trial run likely to take place in March next year, a Pakistan minister has said in an interview...

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    Fear grips Pakistan’s Kurram district as 50 killed in cold blood

    Fear gripped Pakistan’s northwestern Kurram district on Friday as the death toll from two terror attacks rose to 50, with authorities imposing a curfew and suspending mobile phone services in the remote region

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    Air emergency in Delhi: smog halts life, schools closed

    India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes on Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organisation’s recommended daily maximum.

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    Sri Lanka’s leftist ruling coalition wins election in landslide

    Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition has achieved a landslide victory in snap elections, delivering the Marxist-leaning leader a powerful mandate to ease punishing austerity measures

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    Suicide Bomber Kills 26 At Pakistan Railway Station 

    Saturday’s assault came a little over a week after a powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in the province

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    India & Canada expel envoys in Sikh separatist killing row

    India on Monday asked Canadian diplomats in Delhi to leave country by Saturday after Ottawa said it was investigating its Indian ambassador and other diplomats as "persons of interest", after killing of a Sikh leader

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    New Pakistan PM Shahid Abbasi's cabinet sworn in

    The Cabinet of Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in on Friday with media reports saying that Khawaja Asif has been appointed the country's first full-time foreign minister since 2013.

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    Doklam standoff: India, China dig their heels further in

    The Doklam standoff between the armies of India and China doesn't seem to be finding a resolution anytime soon. China's ministry of foreign affairs has released a document called 'The facts and China's.

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    India-China border spat casts shadow ahead of BRICS summit

    China is taking an increasingly tough line on a border row with India amid a rising crescendo of nationalism in state media, and President Xi Jinping looks set for an awkward encounter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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    India allowed to construct Kishanganga, ratle Hydroelectric Projects:WB

    The World Bank has said that India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power plants on the Jhelum and Chenab Rivers after secretary-level discussions between India and Pakistan on the technical issues.

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    Over 100 Indian military veterans lambaste Modi for attacks on Minorities

    100 military veterans in India have penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the targeting of Muslims and Dalits, the lowest caste in Hindu tradition, in the country, Arab News reported.

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    Due time for justice

    Last year, Pakistan lost one of its most distinct voices, Amjad Sabri. Sabri was the victim of targeted killing. He was on his way to a Ramazan evening show when assailants fired at his vehicle, critically injuring him.

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    Shehbaz Sharif to Replace Brother as Pak PM

    Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was picked as the next nominee for the top constitutional post by the ruling PML-N, reports claimed. The decision.

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    Pakistan’s Sharif steps down after court disqualification

    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will have to step down immediately as the result of a corruption case, the country's Supreme Court ruled today as five judges unanimously disqualified him as an MP.

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    Kashmir militant leader announced as head of new al-Qaida-linked cell

    An al-Qaida-affiliated propaganda channel has announced one of Kashmir’s most popular militant leaders as the head of a newly created cell in the disputed Himalayan territory.

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    Jai Shri Ram chants at President Kovind’s oath ceremony expose BJP again

    Watching the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected President of India Ram Nath Kovind, images from memory reminded me about another Dalit face of the BJP, Bangaru Laxman, who was expelled over.

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    Pakistani defense industrial base better than ours: Indian Army Vice Chief

    Pakistan's military industrial base is "better" than India's, said India's Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lieutenant General Sarath Chand, as he "slammed" the performance of ordnance factories at home.

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    Sri Lanka Cabinet approves long-delayed port deal with China

    Sri Lanka’s cabinet cleared a revised agreement for its Chinese-built southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, the government said, after terms of the first pact sparked widespread anger in the island nation.

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