Samaan Lateef

Mumbai: The family of Dawa Sherpa were told that he had died while descending Everest, and that they should start preparing his funeral.

When India's top judge compared the country's unemployed youth to "cockroaches" and "parasites" last month, he could not have dreamt of the consequences.

The Taliban is smashing smartphones after banning civil servants and soldiers from using them.

Credit: X/@indiannavy Standing on a podium at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata, Narendra Modi was bursting with pride.

Villagers are abandoning their homes and heading into the Himalayas in search of "Himalayan Viagra" , one of the world's most lucrative fungi.

Hospitals around Mount Everest are scrambling to secure antivenom after a spate of snake attacks at higher altitudes.

Sri Lanka has deployed drones and mobilised the military to help contain a growing dengue outbreak that has overwhelmed hospitals and infected more than 55 000 people this year.Around 1000 patients are now being admitted to hospitals with dengue each day, with the latest outbreak claiming 32 lives and placing unprecedented pressure on the South Asian country’s health service.Hospitals in Colombo, the epicentre of the outbreak, have exhausted their capacity, forcing staff to treat two patients in a single bed while others receive care on the floor, experts said. Doctors treating patients with dengue have compared the current situation to the surges seen during the covid pandemic.“There was a massive surge in the number of patients with covid-19, which led to an overwhelming of hospital systems. This is exactly what we are seeing now,” said Neelika Malavige, a …

Delhi will ban new petrol-powered scooters, motorcycles and auto-rickshaws by 2028 in a drive to meet net zero targets.

At least 78 children contracted the virus at a government-run hospital accused of re-using contaminated syringes

A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft carrying five crew members has crashed into the Arabian Sea.