Top news of the day: March 08, 2023

India slams Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate India tore into Pakistan after its Foreign Minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj on March 7 termed his statement as “baseless and politically motivated”. AAP alleges Manish Sisodia being kept with other criminals in Tihar Jail, authorities deny charge The Aam Aadmi Party on March 8 expressed concerns over former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s “safety” inside the jail and alleged that he is being kept with other criminals, a charge denied by the prison authorities. “They have suffered big losses, but at the same time, we cannot rule out that Bakhmut may eventually fall in the coming days.” Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claimed on March 8 to have captured the eastern part of Bakhmut, the industrial town where fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has raged for months. In a statement released on International Women’s Day, the U.N. mission said that Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown an almost “singular focus on imposing rules that leave most women and girls effectively trapped in their homes.” Despite initial promises of a more moderate stance, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing power in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces were in the final weeks of their pullout from Afghanistan after two decades of war.