Congress victory in Shimla elections
The recent Shimla local body elections in Himachal Pradesh marked a ‘hat-trick’ of wins in this northern state for the Indian National Congress. Did this […]
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Journalists suffer under Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Sapan News While women have often been at the receiving end of gender-based discrimination and violence in patriarchal and repressive societies like Afghanistan, their situation […]
King Charles’ coronation invokes mixed feelings among South Asians
Photo courtesy NBC News / Tim Graham Photo Library Sapan News As Britain welcomed its 40th monarch on Saturday in an event that was supposedly […]
Pakistan to release 600 Indian fishermen
Sapan News The Government of Pakistan has signed the release of 200 Indian fishermen from its prisons on Thursday, May 4 as a ‘goodwill gesture,’ […]
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s rich legacy remembered in Bangladesh
SAPAN News Renowned physician, freedom fighter and founder of Bangladesh’s first health centre Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, breathed his last on April 11, age 82. His selflessness and […]
Why Sania Mirza is a South Asian Icon
Celebrating one of South Asia’s finest this Women’s History Month. Photo courtesy: BBC News Sapan News Tennis champion Sania Mirza is renowned across Southasia not […]
Football Frenzy in Karachi
Photo courtesy: Open Magazine Sapan News The working-class settlement of Lyari in Karachi is a hub for football and clubs in an otherwise cricket-crazy Pakistan. […]