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• Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers free 41 trapped workers

  The workers were stuck for two weeks after a part of a tunnel they were working in collapsed.

• Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Moment Indian workers freed after weeks

  Fourty-one Indian workers are finally rescued from a tunnel that partially caved in after a landslide.

• Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: How the 17-day India rescue unfolded

  Forty-one construction workers were freed after over two weeks trapped in a tunnel.

• Pakistan: Woman killed after being seen with man in viral photo

  Tribal elders allegedly ordered the killing after the woman appeared in a photo that was doctored.

• Japan begins trial sales of prescription-free morning-after pills

  Access to emergency contraception is normally available only with a prescription in Japan.

• Rashmika Mandanna: India actress urges women to speak up on deepfake videos

  Rashmika Mandanna made the remark weeks after her deepfake video went viral.

• Vaping: Australia to ban disposable vape imports from January

  The move is part of a crackdown aimed at protecting children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

• Imran Khan's former adviser suffers acid attack in UK

  Mirza Shahzad Akbar said the chemical missed his eyes but caused injuries on his body.

• TikTok owner ByteDance cuts gaming division jobs

  The Chinese firm entered the sector in 2019 to compete with Tencent but failed to grab market share.

• New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government's shock reversal

  Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts.

• Lightning and hailstorms kill 24 in western India

  Heavy storms are unusual for Gujarat in winter, and the ferocious downpour caught many off guard.

• South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem

  In the piece titled Means of Unification, the man hailed Pyongyang's socialist system.

• Thai groom kills four at wedding, including bride

  Police say the shooter, who killed himself, was "quite intoxicated at the time".

• Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers explore new ways to reach trapped Indians

  The workers have been stuck for two weeks after a part of a tunnel they were working in collapsed.

• Climate protest: More than 100 arrested at world's largest coal port

  Protesters say the 30-hour blockade stopped over half a million tonnes of coal from leaving Australia.