Fri 13 January 2023: Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon has stated that it is expected to downsize the existing Sri Lanka Army cadre of 200,783 to 135,000 by next year. Taking to Twitter, Tennakoon stated that military expenditure is a state-born expense which indirectly, both, stimulates and opens avenues for economic […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: A Pakistani official denies British media reports after a package containing the radioactive metal was discovered last month. Islamabad has denied reports in the British media that a package containing uranium, which arrived at London’s Heathrow airport in December, originated from Pakistan. Newspapers including The Sun, a tabloid, and the Guardian […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: The existing loan of $2bn will be topped with an additional loan of $1bn, a statement by the Pakistani prime minister’s office says. The United Arab Emirates is pledging a $1bn loan to cash-strapped Pakistan and also agreed to roll over an existing loan of $2bn in a boost to the […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated in its latest report, released on Thursday, that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face “impossible conditions” for safe and voluntary return to their homeland of Rakhine State in Myanmar. “Rohingya suffer threats, extortion, and ill-treatment by Bangladeshi security forces and other authorities,” the rights organization stated in its World Report 2023. […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) intends to send a mission to Afghanistan to discuss women’s rights on employment and education with the Taliban-led government, Anadolu Agency reported. Following an extraordinary meeting initiated by Türkiye, the Jeddah-based organization voiced concern over restrictions imposed by the Taliban-led government on Afghan women. “We […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: Chinese troops have slightly increased in number along the border close to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, according to Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande, although the forces are closely monitoring the situation. At a press conference ahead of Army Day, Gen Pande also said the Indian troops deployed along […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: On Thursday, a Japanese astronaut issued an apology for falsifying and altering data in a research study he oversaw more than ten years ago. Xinhua reported. “I keenly feel the responsibility for undermining trust. I sincerely apologize,” Satoshi Furukawa, the 58-year-old astronaut, told a press conference. Furukawa was responsible for an […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: The production license of India’s Noida-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, allegedly linked with the deaths of children in Uzbekistan, has been suspended while the results of its controversial cough syrup are awaited, an Uttar Pradesh drug official said Thursday. A team of central agencies and the Uttar Pradesh drug department had […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: South China Morning Post said that cities across China are planning incentives to encourage couples to have more children as China approaches experiencing its first population decrease in decades (SCMP). A paper published by the Shenzhen health commission in China was quoted in the news report. According to the paper, which […]
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Wed 11 January 2023: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan Wednesday celebrated the unveiling of first sports car designed by Muhammed Reza Ahmadi, an Afghan automobile engineer. “Unveiling ceremony of a car made by an Afghan Engineer M. Raza Mohammadi”, Suhail Shaheen, IEA Permanent Rep-designate to the United Nations wrote on Twitter. Shaheen also tagged a […]
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