With two more persons losing their lives, the death count in Punjab due to devastating floods went up to 48 while crops on 1.76 lakh hectares have been damaged, said officials on Sunday.

A new field study has challenged the long-standing “mass grave” narrative in north Kashmir, concluding that more than 90 per cent of the 4,056 unmarked graves investigated belong to foreign and local terrorists.

The Taliban’s response to women affected by the earthquake has been hindered by strict gender rules and cultural restrictions, New York Times reported.