UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned India on Wednesday that its divisive policies could undermine economic growth, saying that narrow political agendas were marginalising vulnerable people in an already unequal society.

 UN chief Antonio Guterres has not spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, but discussed with officials from India and Pakistan the heightened tensions arising after the Pulwama terror attack, a top official has said.

An Indian-origin former employee of Cisco Systems has been arrested and charged with a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded a technology major of more than USD 9.3 million.

Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab province government on Tuesday sacked its Information and Culture Minister Fayyaz Ul Hassan Chohan over his anti-Hindu remarks that invited intense criticism from senior party leaders and the minority community.

London: A UK-based male patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant in only the second case of its kind in the world, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher reported Tuesday in a study published in the journal Nature.

Islamabad: Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar's brother was among 44 members of the banned militant outfits arrested by authorities in Pakistan, amid mounting pressure from the global community on Islamabad to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil.

US President Donald Trump has said he intends to end the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey, asserting that New Delhi has failed to assure America of "equitable and reasonable" access to its markets, an announcement that could be seen as a major setback to bilateral trade ties.