INDO DAILY
NEWS FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
 September 18, 2026
ENVIRONMENT Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a "massive" exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say. Read more →
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Modi pitches India as global chipmaking hub Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
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'No doubt' of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood: scientists Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
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Nepal floods among 'most challenging' disasters: WFP Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
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Nepal raises flood missing toll by nearly 1,000 people to 6,150 Sep 16, 2026 (AFP)
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In hydropowered Bhutan, solar starts to rise Sep 16, 2026 (AFP)
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India, Pakistan trade blame and protests over navy collision Sep 16, 2026 (AFP)
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Millions affected as floods strike India's Bihar Sep 15, 2026 (AFP)
ENVIRONMENT Sri Lanka's famed beach shack battles demolition Sep 15, 2026 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's famed seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but now faces demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. more
CHINA India approves electricity exports to flood-hit Nepal Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
India approved the export of electricity to Nepal on Monday to help its neighbour overcome shortages caused by extensive damage to its hydropower projects from catastrophic floods last month. more
CHINA 'Second life': Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. more
CHINA China's Xi proposes BRICS 'open-source AI zone' Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
China will lead the creation of an "open-source zone for artificial intelligence" for BRICS countries, President Xi Jinping said Sunday at a summit of the 11-nation group in New Delhi. more
CHINA China, Russia, India seek economic cooperation at BRICS Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
BRICS leaders including China, Russia and India entered a second day of talks in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing "inclusive global growth", after reaching rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East. more
CHINA Children in flood-hit Nepal grapple with loss, cling to hope Sep 12, 2026 (AFP)
At 12, Nepali schoolgirl Ritu Maya Tamang has already learned how a close-knit family can be torn apart in a matter of minutes. more
CHINA CORRECTED: BRICS nations call for 'maximum restraint' in Middle East Sep 12, 2026 (AFP)
Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East, in a joint statement issued Saturday at a summit in New Delhi. more
MILITARY Iran president says Middle East has no need for US 'policeman' Sep 12, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a "regional policeman", with the two countries at war and vying for control of the Strait of Hormuz. more
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