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Nine killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir clashes

FILE PHOTO: People chant slogans as they walk during a protest and shutter-down strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil society groups, in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir, June 21, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Naseer ud Din/File Photo

India to ban import of goods made using forced labour amid US probe

India’s foreign trade body will investigate whether imported goods were made using forced labour.

India protests to Iran over killing of seafarer in Hormuz

The Indian national was among 46 crew members, including 30 Indians, on board two vessels that were attacked while transiting the shipping lane.

Indian activist urged to give up hunger strike over exam leaks

Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian education reformer, who has been on hunger strike, rests on stage during a sit-in protest called by CJP demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on July 14.

India antitrust body finds HP guilty of rigging bids on government procurement platform

The Competition Commission of India found HP India dictated bid prices to its resellers and selectively withheld authorisation documents.

Egg-free school meals scramble politics in India

The lunch scheme is widely acknowledged to have improved enrolment rates across the country.

Garbage heap collapse kills 9 at India waste plant

The accident occurred on July 8 at the Antony waste plant on the outskirts of Pune.

Gone in 48 hours: Satluj, an insurgency film the Indian government doesn’t want you to watch

Satluj, a film based on the life of Punjabi human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, was taken down on orders from the Indian government. The film stars Diljit Dosanjh (centre).

West Afghanistan female dress-code crackdown hits businesses

Women in Herat said they no longer go out unless absolutely necessary, fearing they could be stopped by the authorities over alleged dress-code violations.

Bhutan battles ‘existential’ population crisis with birth drive

Annual births have dropped by more than a quarter over the past decade, compounding the country’s loss of youngsters to migration.

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