Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

New Delhi

Reporter, Asia- @Independent, Ex- Sputnik, @NewIndianXpress Observes Parliament for entertainment. Mostly - [email protected] @ACJIndia

Articles

American man arrested for smuggling 23kg cannabis into Sri Lanka

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Customs officials estimate street value of seized narcotics at about £582,000A 31-year-old American citizen was arrested for allegedly smuggling a suitcase full of “kush" cannabis into Sri Lanka from Thailand. The suspect, employed by a land trading company in the US, was held at the Bandaranaike airport in Colombo on Tuesday morning after he arrived on a Sri Lankan Airlines flight. He has not been named.
British man missing for a month found ‘perfectly fine’ on Thai holiday island

1 week ago | msn.com | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

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British man missing for a month found ‘perfectly fine’ on Thai holiday island

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

A missing persons report in Wales triggered an international search operationA 26-year-old British man whose family said he had been missing for over a month in Thailand was found “perfectly fine” on a popular holiday island. The family of Daniel Davies, from Llanelli in Wales, said he had last made contact with them on 13 March when he was on the Koh Phi Phi Don island in the southern province of Krabi.
Hamas blames Israeli strike after ‘losing contact’ with American hostage Edan Alexander

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Hamas said it had lost contact with an Israeli-American hostage in Gaza following an Israeli missile strike on the Palestinian territory. Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli soldier from New Jersey, US, was captured during the October 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel. He appeared in a video released by the militant group over the weekend.
Hamas blames Israeli strike after ‘losing contact’ with American hostage Edan Alexander

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Palestinian group claims Israel is ‘deliberately trying to kill’ captive soldierFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Hamas blames Israeli strike after ‘losing contact’ with American hostage Edan Alexander

1 week ago | msn.com | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Supreme court in India hits out at judge’s ‘invited trouble’ comments on rape

1 week ago | msn.com | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

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Supreme court in India hits out judge’s ‘invited trouble’ comments on rape

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Court says ‘one has to be very careful with these cases which are so sensitive’India's Supreme Court has warned lower court judges against using derogatory language and making insensitive comments in cases about sexual violence against women. The warning comes after the Allahabad High Court claimed last month that groping a minor and breaking her pyjama string did not amount to attempted rape.
China jails researcher for taking germplasm out of country

1 week ago | msn.com | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

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China jails researcher for taking germplasm out of country

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

State security ministry calls germplasm ‘chips’ of agricultureFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.