Bollywood's longest-running film celebrates its 30th anniversary
Pacific Asia • Oct 20, 2025, 4:41 PM
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After it first aired in October 1995, 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' is still shown daily in a cinema in Mumbai thirty years later. Part of the appeal is the film's depiction of liberal second-generation Indians who defy their parents' conservative values.
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Hazardous smog blankets New Delhi after Diwali fireworks
Pacific Asia • 9:56 AM
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Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on October 20, 2025, as the country marked the Hindu festival symbolising the victory of light over darkness. People ate festive meals, exchanged gifts and set off colourful fireworks across the country. But in a cou
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Japan gets its first female prime minister, ending three-month political vacuum
Pacific Asia • 8:50 AM
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Japan's parliament has voted to elect the country's first woman prime minister. Ultraconservative San-eye Taka-ichi is among Japanese politicians who have stonewalled measures for women’s advancement. She supports the imperial family’s male-only successi
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Japan's hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi elected first female prime minister
Pacific Asia • 6:27 AM
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Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.
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