India shuts airspace for all Pakistan-operated flights till May 23

IANS | April 30, 2025 11:21 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) In a significant development, India on Wednesday announced to shut its airspace for Pakistan-owned and operated flights till May 23 (estimated), days after Islamabad decided to shut its airspace to all flights owned and operated by the Indian carriers.

People count losses as gas crisis grips Bangladesh

IANS | April 30, 2025 2:57 PM

Dhaka, April 30 (IANS) The disruption of gas supplies around Bangladesh has affected commercial and industrial customers, including CNG-powered auto rickshaws and private cars, as drivers complained of less-than-half-filled tanks even after waiting in long tailbacks for refills, local media reported on Wednesday.

Pak’s terror trail: Not just Kashmir, Islamic nations and Europe too faced brunt of terrorism

IANS | April 30, 2025 2:21 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s admission on country’s role in harbouring terrorists and sponsoring terror factories on its soil recently, came not just as a shocker but also exposed its brazen terror designs as well as terror trail, that remains not just limited to Kashmir but goes beyond many frontiers, even to the Islamic nations, Middle-East and Europe.

Blood and water cannot flow together: India's deft use of lawfare in suspending Indus Waters Treaty

Abhinand Siddharth Srinivas | April 30, 2025 1:47 PM

New Delhi: In the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India has deftly used international law as a tool to achieve its longstanding objective of ending Pakistan's support for terrorism. A nuanced understanding of the logic behind putting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance exemplifies New Delhi's use of lawfare – a euphemism to describe the use of law to gain political objectives – to end Pakistan's support for cross-border terrorism. Contrary to Pakistan's assertion, New Delhi's actions are firmly grounded in the customary international law of clausula rebus sic stantibus and countermeasures.