Tourists returning to the jail on Tuesday were met with freshly cleaned galleries, upgraded electrical fixtures, and improved pathways. Officials from the Department of Art and Culture told The Wave Andaman that the work was “routine but necessary,” citing the need to maintain structural integrity and visitor safety.
The strongest diplomatic response among the announced measures is the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. Brokered by the World Bank, the agreement had until now survived three wars between India and Pakistan.
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