Tue 14 February 2023: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is expected to arrive in Türkiye late Tuesday for a one-day visit to show support and solidarity with people affected by the powerful twin earthquakes, local media said. Premier Ibrahim will be accompanied by his Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir and other officials. “I believe that […]
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Police officers stand outside the BBC’s office in New Delhi, India on February 14, 2023. Tue 14 February 2023: Just a few weeks after the release of a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was subsequently banned by the government, India’s tax department authorities stormed the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai. More […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: Govt efforts to ban the BBC documentary drew more attention to it and showed the inefficacy of such measures. If one were to rank the top incident that has marred Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political career, it would be the Gujarat riots of 2002. And a year before India goes to […]
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Mon 13 February 2023: The United States is the world’s biggest spy power with the widest intelligence network, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Monday. “It is the United States that is the world’s biggest spy power with the world’s widest intelligence network,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, TASS […]
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Mon 13 February 2023: The ongoing ‘anti-encroachment’ drive in J&K against alleged ‘illegal occupation’ of state land looks like an unveiled attempt to create a land bank for ‘outsiders’ What’s wrong with the administration seeking to remove ‘encroachments’ from public land or ‘state land’? Plenty, people say in Jammu and Kashmir, where tehsildars have been […]
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Sun 12 February 2023: People who are converting their religion voluntarily and without any force too are being arrested, Maulana Mahmood Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said in New Delhi Saturday. “We are against religious conversion by force, fraud, and greed. But, today people who are converting their religion voluntarily are also being sent to […]
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Fri 10 February 2023: Moody’s downgraded on Friday the ratings outlook for some Adani Group companies, while MSCI said it would cut the weightings of some in its stock indexes, the latest blows for the Indian conglomerate plunged into crisis by a short-seller’s report. New York-based short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the Adani Group in a […]
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Fri 10 February 2023: International human rights organisation Amnesty International on Tuesday published a press release which highlights the role of UK construction equipment giant JCB in the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir. JCB is India’s top manufacturer & supplier of heavy construction machines – their bulldozers are being used in demolishing the […]
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Thu 09 February 2023: As India undertakes a vast digitisation push across the country, the government is now planning to roll out new digital IDs in Indian-administered Kashmir. While authorities say the new database would improve access to social welfare benefits, many Muslim Kashmiris see it as an attempt to exert further control over their […]
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Thu 09 February 2023: The entire world is aware of the Japanese and their talent for making life simple. This time, they have created a wearable beanbag, which is a really strange creation. You don’t need to make the effort of bringing out a chair and covering yourself with a blanket if you just want […]
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