India

1.  4.7 million Covid deaths in India in 2020-21, says WHO; Centre terms validity of models, methodology of data collection ‘questionable’
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/covid-19-india-highlights-new-cases-deaths-7902243/
2. 800 Pakistani Hindus left India after failing to get citizenship, says advocacy group
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/800-pakistani-hindus-left-india-after-failing-to-get-citizenship-says-advocacy-group/article65394201.ece
3. Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1117272
4. ‘Science doesn’t lie, Modi does’: Rahul Gandhi on WHO excess deaths report
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rahul-gandhi-pm-modi-who-excess-deaths-report-7903733/
5. PM Modi to chair meeting on heatwave, monsoon season today
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-modi-chair-meeting-heatwave-monsoon-season-7902394/
6. Bulldozer reaches Shaheen Bagh, but retreats in face of protests
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bulldozer-reaches-shaheen-bagh-but-retreats-in-face-of-protests/articleshow/91455912.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
7. India, Australia discuss ways to combat terrorism
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-australia-discuss-ways-to-combat-terrorism-7902964/
8. Singapore bans ‘the Kashmir files’
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/91459262.cms?utm_
source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
9. Pro-Khalistan outfit Sikh for Justice claims attack on Punjab Police Intel HQ
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/91462544.cms?utm_source=
contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
10. Hope various communities will work together: UN spokesperson on Jodhpur communal tensions
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/hope-various-communities-will-work-together-un-spokesperson-on-jodhpur-communal-tensions-7900384/
11. Can’t ask citizens to get booked and approach us: SC on sedition law; govt says reconsidering it
https://www.indiatoday.in/law/story/sedition-law-reconsideration-process-centre-supreme-court-case-1947686-2022-05-10
12. Amit Shah: ‘Confident that AFSPA will soon be revoked from whole of Assam’
https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/confident-afspa-will-soon-be-revoked-from-entire-assam-shah-7909536/
13. Khalistan flags hung at entrance of Himachal Assembly gate in Dharamsala
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/khalistan-banners-come-up-outside-vidhan-sabha-complex-in-himachals-dharamsala-392942
14. India repatriates Pakistani national via LoC
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/india-repatriates-pak-man-via-loc-101651675316375.html
15. Punjab Police arrest BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga from Delhi
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/punjab-police-arrest-bjp-leader-tajinder-pal-singh-bagga-from-delhi/articleshow/91363734.cms

South Asia

1. Sri Lanka is the first domino to fall in the face of a global debt crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/09/sri-lanka-is-the-first-domino-to-fall-in-the-face-of-a-global-debt-crisis
2. Sri Lanka tense after protesters torch leaders’ homes in night of unrest
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61389189
3. Military rescues Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister in pre-dawn operation as violent clashes leave seven dead
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/10/asia/sri-lanka-protest-deaths-economic-crisis-intl-hnk/index.html
4. Over 150 hospitalized following clashes
https://dailynews.lk/2022/05/10/local/278620/over-150-hospitalised-following-clashes
5. Mahanayake Theras condemn brutal attack on peaceful protestors
https://dailynews.lk/2022/05/10/local/278617/mahanayake-theras-condemn-brutal-attack-peaceful-protestors
6. PM Hasina urges US companies to boost investment in Bangladesh
https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/05/10/pm-hasina-urges-us-companies-to-boost-investment-in-bangladesh
7. Bangladesh economy grows 7.25% in FY22: BBS
https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/bangladesh-economy-grows-725-fy22-bbs-3020436
8. Bangladeshi children leaving school to work due to climate crisis
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/bangladeshi-children-leaving-school-to-work-due-to-climate-crisis
9. Cyclone Asani to intensify in next 24 hours, Bangladesh issues alert
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/cyclone-asani-to-intensify-in-next-24-hours-bangladesh-issues-alert20220508230220/
10. Bangladesh extends currency swap option to boost Lanka’s depleting reserves
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/bangladesh-extends-currency-swap-option-to-boost-lanka-s-depleting-reserves-122050900458_1.html