Indian farmers called off a year-long protest yesterday after the government conceded a clutch of demands, including assurances to consider guaranteed prices for all produce, instead of just rice and wheat, union leaders said.

Indian farmers today called off their 15-month-long agitation after the government repealed the three controversial farm sector reform laws and accepted most of their other demands, including giving a legal cover to minimum support price for crops.

Indian defence officials today retrieved the flight data recorder, popularly known as “black box”, of the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter that crashed yesterday leaving the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others dead.

Outrage spread on social media in Myanmar on Wednesday over images and accounts of the alleged killing and burning of 11 villagers captured by government troops in the country’s northwest.

Indian Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin C Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris hills of Tamil Nadu state yesterday, was one of the most outstanding military commanders with a vision to thread together the three defence services and implement the organisational reforms in the military establishment.

Ford Motor Co. is investing $900 million to upgrade factories in Thailand that build its Ranger pickup truck and Everest SUV, its largest-ever investment in the country.

India’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin C Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 other people were killed yesterday when an Air Force helicopter carrying them crashed on a forested hill enveloped in dense fog in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.

Facebook parent Meta will ban all pages and accounts belonging to Myanmar military-backed businesses, it said, expanding its restraints on the country’s armed forces.

The Indian cabinet today approved the funding and implementation of the country’s first project interlinking rivers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh and India can be benefited by generating hydropower in Nepal and Bhutan as it will be clean energy.

India’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin C Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other people were killed today when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed on a forested hill enveloped in dense fog in Nilgiris district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Tens of thousands were unable to access help from the United Kingdom amid the Taliban-takeover of Kabul due to turmoil and confusion in the Foreign Office, according to a whistleblower’s account.

India said yesterday it was deeply concerned by Myanmar’s conviction of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and called for the rule of law and democratic processes

India and Russia signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, including one that will see India produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Researchers in Singapore have developed a smart bandage to enable patients to have chronic wounds monitored remotely via an app on a mobile device, potentially saving them visits to the doctor.

Myanmar’s junta chief yesterday reduced the jail sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years, after initially doling out four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules.

Pakistan yesterday repatriated the remains of a Sri Lankan factory manager who was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob after they accused him of blasphemy.

The liberation of Bangladesh changed the political as well as ideological map of South Asia, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami today.

Myanmar's junta chief reduced the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years on Monday, after she was jailed for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to make a three-day state visit to Bangladesh, from December 15 to 17, on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day, as per an official announcement by the Indian External Affairs Ministry.