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Bollywood under siege as rightwing social media boycotts start to bite

October 1, 2022 TAUQEER RIAZ

Laal Singh Chaddha is the latest film to face targeted attacks from anti-Muslim, Hindu-nationalist trolls who some claim are beginning…

Asia hit hardest by climate, weather disasters in 2023: UN

Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the UN’s weather and climate agency said Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace. The World Meteorological Organisation said the impact of heatwaves in Asia was becoming more severe, with melting glaciers threatening the region’s future water security. The WMO said Asia was warming faster than the global…

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

Cop booked for murder of woman train passenger

BAHAWALPUR: Police have booked on murder charge the railways police constable, Mir Hassan, involved in manhandling of a young woman passenger travelling by Millat Express on April 7, who was later found dead. As per sources, section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code has been added to the FIR earlier registered against Mir Hassan for torture…

April 18, 2024

Tel Aviv under pressure to defuse tensions with Iran

• Tehran claims it is ready to confront any Israeli attack; Raisi says countries who sought normalisation with Israel ‘stand humiliated’• Western bloc discusses ramping up sanctions at G7 meeting TEHRAN / JERUSALEM / BRUSSELS: Amid a diplomatic flurry aiming to calm a region already on the edge, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on…