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  New Delhi (AFP) May 6, 2025 India's space agency said Tuesday it planned to launch an uncrewed orbital mission later this year before its first human spaceflight in early 2027. "It represents India's rise as a global space power", Jitendra Singh, the country's science and technology minister, said in a statement. The world's most populous country has flexed its spacefaring ambitions in the last decade with its space programme growing considerably in size and momentum. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced plans to ... read more |
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Axiom advances space health tech and cancer studies with Ax 4 missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 05, 2025 Axiom Space is redefining research in orbit through its fourth mission to the International Space Station, known as Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). This milestone mission carries the highest number of scien ... more  
Dozens killed as India, Pakistan clash in worst violence in decadesMuzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) May 7, 2025 India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier on Wednesday after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch-rival, in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades. ... more 
Turkey warns of 'all-out war' risk in India-Pakistan clashIstanbul (AFP) May 7, 2025 Turkey on Wednesday warned of a risk of "all-out war" between India and Pakistan, after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades. ... more  
PM Sharif: Pakistan has right to retaliate against India's 'act of war'Washington DC (UPI) May 7, 2025 Pakistan has the right to retaliate against India's "act of war," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday, after New Delhi launched strikes against alleged terrorists within Pakistan's borders. ... more |
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Pakistan accuses India of altering Chenab River flow as tensions riseLahore, Pakistan (AFP) May 6, 2025 Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of altering the flow of the Chenab River, one of three rivers placed under Pakistan's control according to the now suspended Indus Waters Treaty. ... more |
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India and Pakistan: a history of armed conflictNew Delhi (AFP) May 7, 2025 India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier in Kashmir on Wednesday in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more  
Pakistan conducts second missile test since renewed India standoffIslamabad (AFP) May 5, 2025 The Pakistan military said on Monday it had conducted a missile test with a range of 120 kilometres (75 miles), the second launch in two days as tensions with India have soared over disputed Kashmir. ... more
India-Pakistan gunfire triggers terror of past conflictBalkote, India (AFP) May 4, 2025 For 10 nights straight, gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers has echoed from the mountains and deep valleys that form the heavily defended de facto border between the nuclear-armed rivals. ... more 
Indian PM vows to stop waters key to rival PakistanNew Delhi (AFP) May 6, 2025 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that water from India that once flowed across borders will be stopped, days after suspending a key water treaty with arch-rival Pakistan. ... more |
 
Crisis-hit Maldives secures $8.8bn Qatar investmentColombo (AFP) May 5, 2025 Cash-strapped Maldives has signed a deal with a Dubai-based company to establish an $8.8 billion investment zone aimed at diversifying the tourism hotspot into a "financial freezone", the government said Monday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Airlines cancel, reroute flights after India-Pakistan clashesBangkok (AFP) May 7, 2025 Clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan on Wednesday sent airlines scrambling to cancel, divert or reroute flights. ... more  
Sri Lanka vows closer ties with China and India's leftColombo (AFP) May 1, 2025 Sri Lanka's government pledged closer ties on Thursday with Communist parties in China and India, two regional powers competing for influence in the small but strategically important nation. ... more  
Apple expects $900 mn tariff hit, US iPhone supply shifts to IndiaSan Francisco (AFP) May 2, 2025 Apple on Thursday reported first-quarter profit above expectations but warned that US tariffs could cost the company and were disrupting its supply chain. ... more 
India launches strikes on Pakistan, Islamabad vows to 'settle the score'Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) May 7, 2025 India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday, after New Delhi launched missile strikes on its arch-rival in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more |
India and Pakistan: vast nuclear-armed military forcesNew Delhi (AFP) April 30, 2025 Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have exchanged gunfire across their heavily militarised de facto border in contested Kashmir since an April 22 attack that New Delhi blames on Islamabad, claims it rejects. ... more
India closes airspace to Pakistan airplanesNew Delhi (AFP) April 30, 2025 New Delhi closed its airspace to Pakistani airplanes on Wednesday after Islamabad banned Indian planes from overflying, the latest tit-for-tat measure as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals spiral into a tailspin. ... more  
India defence minister to attend Russia's Victory Day paradeNew Delhi (AFP) April 30, 2025 India said Wednesday that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would attend Russia's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, taking up an invitation that had been also extended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ... more
Threat of India-Pakistan conflict after Kashmir attackParis (AFP) April 30, 2025 A deadly attack in the contested Kashmir region has prompted fears of spiralling conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. ... more |
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Pakistan says it shot down Indian drone along Kashmir borderIslamabad (AFP) April 29, 2025 Pakistan's military shot down an Indian drone along the de facto Kashmir border, state radio in Islamabad reported on Tuesday, a week after the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested region in years. ... more
India says signs deal with France for 26 Rafale fighter jetsNew Delhi (AFP) April 28, 2025 India has signed a contract to purchase 26 Rafale fighter jets from France, New Delhi's defence ministry said Monday, with the multi-billion-dollar deal to include both single and twin-seat planes. ... more 
India Kashmir crackdown sparks anger as Pakistan tensions escalateSrinagar, India (AFP) April 28, 2025 Anger in Indian-run Kashmir escalated on Monday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly attack last week that New Delhi blames on arch-rival Pakistan. ... more
Villagers on India's border with Pakistan fear warAmritsar, India (AFP) April 28, 2025 India's Daoke village is fenced from Pakistan on three sides and 65-year-old resident Hardev Singh, who has lived through multiple wars between the arch-rivals, knows the drill if another erupts. ... more |
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India, Pakistan and threats of a water war: what we knowSrinagar, India (AFP) April 26, 2025 India, furious after a deadly attack, has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, with Islamabad warning any attempt to stop water flows would be considered an "act of war". ... more |
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India and Pakistan troops exchange fire in contested Kashmir Srinagar, India (AFP) April 28, 2025 Indian and Pakistan soldiers exchanged gunfire in disputed Kashmir for a fourth night in a row, New Delhi's army said Monday, the latest violence as relations between the rival nuclear-armed powers fray. ... more
India and Pakistan: A history of division and warNew Delhi (AFP) April 24, 2025 Nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan have long accused each other of backing forces to destabilise them, especially in the contested Himalayan region of Kashmir that each controls parts of. ... more  
Nepal marks 10 years since devastating 2015 quakeKathmandu (AFP) April 25, 2025 Nepal marked on Friday the 10th anniversary of a massive earthquake that killed almost 9,000 people and left millions more homeless. ... more
Nepal's long road to quake resilienceKathmandu (AFP) April 25, 2025 A decade has passed since a massive earthquake ripped through Nepal, but in Ram Bahadur Nakarmi's home the damage is still visible - and so is the fear another might strike. ... more |
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