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June 26, 2025: Waiting for treatment at AIIMS, many exposed to toxic air

Every day, thousands of patients come to AIIMS in Delhi seeking treatment. For many of them, clean air is crucial. But they are often exposed to toxic air as they wait along the road or under the underpass.

Newslaundry · Jun 26, 2025

Negotiating realities in frosty India-Bangladesh relations

The manipulation of historical memory is often inseparable from the pursuit of political power. In Bangladesh, successive governments have used state machinery to revise official narratives about the 1971 Liberation War and post-independence politics. However, the current interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus appears to be undertaking the most far-reaching transformation yet. 

Newslaundry · Jun 24, 2025

Traffic, crowds and construction: India’s hill stations swamped by tourists escaping Delhi heat

In 2024, more than 2 million visitors went to the small towns of Landour and Mussoorie in the Himalayan foothills, prompting authorities to introduce daily limits

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025

India and Canada restore ambassadors as Modi and Carney look to turn page on assassination row

Relations between Ottawa and New Delhi hit rock bottom in 2023 after former leader Trudeau accused India of being behind an assassination plot

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

India and Canada restore diplomatic services nearly two years after killing of Sikh separatist

India and Canada have agreed to restore diplomatic services nearly two years after Ottawa accused New Delhi of alleged involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, which turned into a row straining relations between the two countries

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Multiple Air India flights delayed or grounded in just 24 hours amid heightened checks after Ahmedabad crash

Air India, one of Boeing’s largest customers, has 33 Dreamliners in its fleet and over 200 new aircraft on order, including 20 additional 787s

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

‘Tough test…Delhi can’t be isolated from Global South sentiment’: Editorials on Israel-Iran conflict

A dangerous new phase of hostilities has erupted between Iran and Israel, drawing international concern amid fears of a wider regional war. Beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also sparked global alarm over its potential to destabilise critical energy corridors. 

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2025

Why India refused to join SCO condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Iran

India broke with the rest of the group, led by Russia and China, in a balancing act. What were New Delhi’s compulsions?

Al Jazeera · Jun 16, 2025

Indian PM Modi's visit to Cyprus - upgrade of Indo-European relations?

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit marks a shift in New Delhi's relations with both Nicosia and Brussels, as Cyprus takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January.

Euronews · Jun 15, 2025

Israel-Iran conflict and India’s strategic dilemma

The latest escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran is arguably the most significant among a slew of flare ups, involving both state and non-state actors, in West Asia in the last two years. Even if these conflicts have been seen as the spillover of the Gaza conflict, each one…

Newslaundry · Jun 14, 2025