AFGHANISTAN USED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS ON PAKISTAN: DEFENCE MINISTER

Tue 03 January 2023: Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s defence minister has alleged that Afghanistan’s soil is being used by armed groups to launch attacks on his country, prompting a sharp response from Taliban government in Kabul […]

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JAPAN: 7.75M BIRDS CULLED AS BIRD FLU CASES RISE TO RECORD HIGH

Tue 03 January 2023: Japan has reported a record number of cases of bird flu across 23 provinces, with authorities culling approximately 7.75 million birds until Tuesday this season, according to officials. The number of bird flu cases across the nation has increased to 54, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, after […]

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THESE COUNTRIES HAVE IMPOSED FRESH COVID CURBS ON FLYERS FROM CHINA

Mon 02 January 2023: Around a dozen countries have slapped fresh travel regulations on travellers from China, as the world’s most populous nation faces a surge in Covid cases following its decision to relax strict virus restrictions. Here is a run-down of the countries that have imposed mandatory Covid tests and other rules on arrivals […]

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NOTES BAN ORDER “UNLAWFUL”, “VITIATED”: INDIA’S SUPREME COURT JUDGE

Mon 02 January 2023: The government notification on demonetisation was “unlawful” and the process of banning all currency notes of ₹ 1,000 and ₹ 500 could not have been initiated by the Centre, justice BV Nagarathna said today in her strong dissent after a Supreme Court Constitution bench, with 4:1 majority, upheld the demonetisation decision by the Narendra Modi-led […]

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CHINA’S ‘UNEASE’ OVER TÜRKIYE’S SUPPORT FOR UIGHURS HAS HURT TIES: ANKARA

Sun 01 January 2023: The ebb in ties between Türkiye and China comes from Beijing’s “unease” over Ankara’s support for the Uighurs of Xinjiang, northwestern China, Türkiye’s top diplomat has said. Turkish-Chinese ties have suffered over Beijing being disturbed by Ankara’s “attitude toward Turkic Uighurs. They have extradition requests for people who are our citizens, […]

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CHINA’S XI SAYS “EPIDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL IS ENTERING A NEW PHASE”

Sun 01 January 2023: As China enters a “new phase” in its efforts to combatting the pandemic, President Xi Jinping has called for increased effort and unity. “At present, the epidemic prevention and control is entering a new phase,” he said on Saturday in his first public comments on COVID-19 since his government changed course […]

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DEATHS DUE TO COVID ’16 TIMES’ HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEAR IN JAPAN, SAYS REPORT

Sat 31 December 2022: A report has said that the number of people dying due to Covid in Japan over the last three months is around 16 times higher than during the same period last year. According to the report by the Mainichi Daily on Friday (December 30), there were 11,835 virus-related deaths from October […]

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WHO NEEDS MORE INFORMATION ON CHINA COVID SITUATION: TEDROS

Fri 30 December 2022: The World Health Organization needs more information to assess the latest surge in infections in China, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. COVID infections have risen across China this month after Beijing dismantled its zero-COVID policies including regular PCR testing on its population. The United States, South Korea, India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan have all imposed COVID tests for travellers from China in response. […]

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