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In this episode, we talk about two key members pulling out of the opposition-led India National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) months before elections, fisticuffs in Maldives’ Parliament, Pakistan accusing India of targeted assassinations, Nepal’s National Assembly poll results, the Taliban detaining an Afghan poet, Sri Lanka’s passage of the Online Safety Bill, India’s plans to fence the Myanmar border and Hindus being given leave to pray in the Gyanvapi Mosque.