MYANMAR’S DEPOSED LEADER SUU KYI GETS FOUR-YEAR JAIL TERM IN TRIAL: REPORTS

Mon 06 December 2021: According to media reports, a Myanmar court sentenced the country’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison. A spokesman for Myanmar’s military told AFP that Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of incitement and violating COVID-19 rules on Monday. Zaw Min Tun stated that she was […]

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NEPAL UNVEILS PLAN TO REGULATE INTERNET OF THINGS, MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATION

Sun 05 December 2021: The Nepali authorities have come up with a plan to regulate internet of Things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) communication by prioritizing data security. The draft regulatory framework unveiled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) on Friday covers the issuance of licenses to IoT and M2M service providers, spectrum distribution […]

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INDIA REPORTS THE HIGHEST COVID-19 FATALITIES SINCE JULY, AS STATES UPDATE TALLIES

Sun 05 December 2021: After two states amended their fatality numbers, India reported the most single-day COVID-19 deaths since July on Sunday. On Sunday, the eastern state of Bihar had 2,426 unrecorded deaths, while the southern state of Kerala recorded 263 deaths, according to a federal health ministry official. According to a Reuters tally, single-day […]

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EU COUNTRIES PLANNING TO OPEN JOINT DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN: MACRON

Sun 05 December 2021: Several European Union countries are considering re-establishing a combined diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, according to French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. He was keen to remind out, however, that it “is a different approach than political recognition or political dialogue with the Taliban.” A number of issues had to be resolved, […]

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13 CIVILIANS SHOT DEAD BY INDIAN ARMY IN STATE OF NAGALAND

Sun 05 December 2021: Protesters set fire to army trucks after more than a dozen villagers in India’s Nagaland state were shot and killed by soldiers who misidentified them for “militants.” According to local media, Indian security personnel opened fire on civilians late Saturday in India’s rural northeast area, which borders Myanmar. “The situation in […]

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US HOUSE TO VOTE ON BILL BANNING IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS FROM CHINA’S XINJIANG

Sat 04 December 2021: Representative Jim McGovern, the bill’s sponsor, said on Thursday that the US House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill that would prohibit imports from China’s Xinjiang region due to concerns about forced labor. If the Uyghur measures are implemented, they could lead to a “rebuttable presumption” […]

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