Fresh scrutiny on Adani group, Afghan refugees in Pakistan face deportation, earthquakes in Herat and more

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In this episode, we talk about fresh scrutiny on the Adani group in the wake of recent reporting, Pakistan's deportation order impacting Afghan refugees, the release of two rights activists in Bangladesh on bail, China replacing the name 'Tibet' with the Chinese romanised name 'Xizang' on official documents, India's Supreme Court declining to legalise same-sex marriage, Southasian deaths and repatriation efforts in Israel and Gaza, an air strike on a camp for the internally displaced in Myanmar's Kachin state, and the reopening of an old sea route between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in the Jaffna peninsula.

For this episode, we also interview Najibullah Sadid, an expert on water resources and the environment, to discuss the devastating recent earthquakes in Herat as well as the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.