A US-based Indian couple has raised concerns over an alleged irregularity at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, claiming that duty-free staff scanned the passports of their entire family, including their young children, even though only one member had made a...

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Nepal’s forensic laboratories are racing against time, 15 days after the devastating Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, as thousands of DNA samples pour into facilities accustomed to processing fewer than 900 tests a year. With visual identification becoming increasingly...

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You do not have to light a cigarette to suffer its consequences. Smoke released by another person can enter the lungs of those nearby, exposing children, women and non-smokers to harmful chemicals they never chose to inhale. A new 2023 Global Burden of Disease study...

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Saima Wazed, daughter of ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned as regional director of the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Region, a day after the WHO regional committee recommended that her appointment be terminated. Wazed stepped...

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A group of Pakistani Sikh pilgrims bound for Sri Hemkund Sahib in India was stopped at Faisalabad International Airport on Friday, in another setback for devotees hoping to undertake the pilgrimage. The pilgrims were prevented from boarding their scheduled flight...

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Iranian-supplied weapons, drones and alleged direct guidance from commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) helped the Iran-backed Houthis seize Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha in a rapid offensive, according to Reuters. The lightning...

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