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  New Delhi (AFP) May 6, 2025 The excited little girl who first touched a plane two decades ago is now flying high as the face of India's fast-modernising military and its only woman Rafale fighter pilot. "This is where my adventure began," Shivangi Singh, 29, told AFP at the Air Force Museum in New Delhi, recalling her first visit as a child when she "gawked" and "immediately knew that I wanted to become a pilot". Women were first inducted into the fighter pilot ranks in 2015, two decades after they were allowed to join the ... read more |
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India plans manned space flight by 2027New 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. ... more 
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  
Pakistan says India has brought neighbours 'closer to major conflict'Islamabad (AFP) May 9, 2025 Pakistan charged India Friday with bringing the nuclear-armed neighbours "closer to a major conflict", as the death toll from three days of missile, artillery and drone attacks passed 50. ... more  
Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacksNew Delhi (AFP) May 8, 2025 India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed foes drew global calls for calm. ... more |
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Pakistan shoots down 25 Indian drones near military installationsRawalpindi, Pakistan (AFP) May 8, 2025 Pakistan's army said Thursday it shot down 25 Indian drones, a day after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in two decades. ... more |
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India warns Pakistan attacks will get 'firm response' after trading fire for another dayNew Delhi (AFP) May 8, 2025 India warned Thursday any Pakistan military action would be met with "a very, very firm response", a day after New Delhi launched missile strikes in retaliation for an attack it blames on Islamabad. ... more  
Trump tells India and Pakistan to 'stop' clashesWashington (AFP) May 7, 2025 US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for India and Pakistan to immediately halt their fighting, and offered to help end the worst violence between the nuclear-armed countries in two decades. ... more  
Pakistan conducts second missile test, India readies civil defence drillsIslamabad (AFP) May 5, 2025 Pakistan conducted a second missile test and India ordered civil defence drills in an escalating stand-off over contested Kashmir that the UN said on Monday has brought the two nations to the brink of war. ... more 
Pakistan warns will 'avenge' deaths from Indian strikesMuzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) May 7, 2025 Pakistan has warned it will "avenge" those killed by Indian air strikes that New Delhi said were in response to an attack in Kashmir, signalling an imminent escalation in the worst violence in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more |
 
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  Available on Amazon Books |
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India says strikes on Pakistan were 'right to respond' as Pakistan warns to 'avenge'New Delhi (AFP) May 7, 2025 India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday that missile strikes against Pakistan were a "carefully planned" operation that exercised New Delhi's "right to respond". ... 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
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 |
Sotheby's postpones historical gems auction after India backlashHong Kong (AFP) May 7, 2025 Sotheby's in Hong Kong postponed an auction of gems with ties to early Buddhism on Wednesday after opposition from India, which said the jewels were the country's religious and cultural heritage. ... 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  
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 |
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Dozens killed as India, Pakistan clash in worst violence in decades Muzaffarabad, 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 
Meta blocks access to Muslim news page in IndiaWashington (AFP) May 7, 2025 Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government's request, the account's founder said Wednesday, denouncing the move as "censorship" as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan. ... 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 |
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UN chief urges 'maximum restraint' in India, Pakistan standoffUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 5, 2025 Nuclear-armed foes Pakistan and India must exert "maximum restraint" and step back from the brink of war, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged Monday, as tensions between the South Asian neighbors soared. ... more |
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India-Pakistan gunfire triggers terror of past conflict Balkote, 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  
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  
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
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 |
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