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Troops pull-back allows India, China to consider 'other aspects' of ties, says Indian foreign minister

Jaishankar made this statement in Parliament on India-China bilateral ties

Afghan training centres say women to be barred from health studies

Afghanistan has around 10 public and 150 private health institutes offering two-year diplomas in 18 subjects, with a total of 35,000 women students

Indian police to quiz Starlink on device used by drug smugglers

Smugglers used the Starlink Mini device to navigate and reach Indian waters bringing meth worth $4.25 billion, say police

Clean-up begins in Malaysia towns hit by six months of rain in five days

Six people have died in Malaysia and more than 150,000 were evacuated during the height of the floods, shows government data

India's IndiGo sues Mahindra in fight over use of '6E' branding

While trademark infringement cases are common in India, legal disputes between big publicly-traded companies have been rare

Cambodian court jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates

Seven other Filipino and four Vietnamese women, who were not pregnant, have been deported

Relief as Delhi schools reopen but smog crisis persists

Indian capital city and the surrounding metropolitan area is home to more than 30 million people and is blanketed by a thick and acrid haze each winter

Death toll in Thailand flooding jumps to 25

More than 22,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to flooding in Pattani, Narathiwat, Songkhla and Yala provinces, say officials

Vietnam court upholds death sentence for property tycoon

The court said on Tuesday that if she returns three quarters of the stolen assets, her sentence could be reduced to life imprisonment

Indian police arrest seven for breaking into Bangladesh consulate

Disciplinary action taken against four police officers in charge of consulate security, say police