Navjot Singh Sidhu: India’s cricketer-turned-politician jailed for road rage death
India’s top court has sentenced cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to one year in prison in a decades-old road rage case.…
US warns over risk of hiring North Korea IT workers
By Annabelle Liang Business reporter The US has warned that IT workers from North Korea are trying to get remote…
Delhi suffers at 49C as heatwave sweeps India
By Sharanya Hrishikesh & Meryl Sebastian BBC News, Delhi Climate change An intense heatwave is sweeping through northern India…
Why Urdu language draws ire of India’s right-wing
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Who does Urdu belong to? India’s right-wing seems to think it’s a foreign import,…
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka’s new prime minister faces uphill battle
By George Wright BBC News News that Ranil Wickremesinghe is the new prime minister has been largely met with dismay…
Sedition law: India’s Supreme Court puts controversial law on hold
India’s Supreme Court has put a controversial colonial-era sedition law on hold that critics say is used to stifle dissent.…
Sri Lanka crisis: Ex-PM flees to naval base as arson attacks spread
By Aparna Alluri & Simon Fraser BBC News Security forces are deployed across Sri Lanka with orders to shoot looters…
IndiGo: Anger after India airline removes disabled teenager
India’s aviation minister has said he is investigating a domestic airline after it allegedly refused to let a disabled teenager…
Rodrigo Duterte profile: The provocative but popular Philippines strongman
When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took the stage in October last year in Manila, he was expected to announce his…
Why India’s real Covid toll may never be known
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic More than 4.7 million people in India – nearly 10 times higher than…