A visit to the scenic North Bay, famed for its crystal-clear waters and adventurous water sports like snorkeling and scuba diving, turned tragic on Tuesday as a 74- year-old tourist lost his life during a snorkeling session.
Terrorists opened fire at a renowned meadow near Kashmir’s Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.
The context is telling. India and Saudi Arabia, once loosely tethered by oil flows and labour migration, are now fast evolving into strategic partners. Their bilateral ties—once transactional—are now underpinned by shared economic and security goals and common diplomatic alignments