Climate impacts: Kashmir’s snow shortage leaves ski resort facing bleak winter
As snowfall decreases due to climate change and El Niño, workers in India’s winter tourism industry in Gulmarg count the cost. MEHRAN FIRDOUS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
At least 10 dead, 55 injured as bus of Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Srinagar, IndiaAP A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said. The bus was on the way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the […]
India leads world in cutting internet access for fifth year in a row – watchdog
Reuters India imposed by far the highest number of internet shutdowns in the world in 2022, internet advocacy watchdog Access Now said on Tuesday, as the country topped the list for the fifth successive year. Out of 187 internet shutdowns globally recorded by Access Now, 84 took place in India, including 49 in Indian-administered Kashmir, […]
Mounting losses: Floods and early snow risk killing off Kashmir’s nomadic culture
MEHRAN BHAT and SHAFQAT KHURSHEED, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the challenges facing tribal nomads of Jammu and Kashmir amid more extreme weather conditions…
Thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir moved to secure locations, hundreds flee
Srinagar, India Reuters Indian authorities have moved thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir to safer locations, while hundreds have fled the Himalayan valley after a wave of targeted killings, two security officials said on Monday. Suspected militants have killed 11 civilians, including five migrant workers, in Kashmir since early October despite a widespread security crackdown […]
Wow!: Homestays open doors to financial freedom for women in South Asia
ANNIE BANERJI and ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how homestay schemes are broadening the horizons of women…
Postcards: “Fashion is resistance” – The Afghan designers championing traditional dress
SONIA ELKS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Afghan expats are using fashion to make a statement…
Building bridges: The Jesuit priest linking Indians and Pakistanis as unlikely pen pals
PRIYADARSHINI SEN, in an article published on Religion Unplugged, reports on the efforts of 80-year-old Jesuit priest Joseph Kalathil to build bridges between India and Pakistan…
India sets up holding centre for Rohingya in Kashmir
Srinagar, IndiaAP Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding centre, police said Sunday, in a process that they say is for the deportation of thousands of the refugees living in the region. The move began Saturday following a directive from the region’s home department to identify Rohingya living […]
Pakistani PM urges Kashmir referendum, talks with India
Islamabad, PakistanAP Pakistan will allow people in the Pakistan-administered section of divided Kashmir to decide whether they wanted to join Pakistan or prefer to remain independent in a future referendum on the disputed Himalayan region, the Prime Minister said Friday. Imran Khan spoke at a rally in the town of Kotli in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir […]