Thu 26 June 2025: The order to restrict cannabis use for medical purposes only must pass another hurdle before becoming law. The Thai government is moving to tighten rules around the sale of cannabis, just three years after the kingdom decriminalised recreational use of the popular substance. Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday night ordered […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: China on Wednesday criticized the “once renowned” US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for “violating the most basic tenets of spycraft” while hiring foreign citizens to engage in espionage activities, according to state-run media. In a statement, the Chinese Ministry of State Security accused the CIA of attempting to contain China by […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences in Vietnamese law and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders. Vietnam will end capital punishment for eight categories of serious crime – including embezzlement, attempts to overthrow the government and sabotaging state infrastructure, state media has reported. The state-run Vietnam News Agency reported […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: China on Tuesday said it will hold a major military parade in September to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, state news agency Xinhua reported. The parade to be held in Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square on Sep. 3, will not only showcase traditional main battle forces, but […]
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Mon 23 June 2025: The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is being implemented gradually. Apart from other things, it has focused on Indian Knowledge system and Indian traditions. The changes that pertain to history have deleted Delhi Sultanate and Mughal rule from the books. A good seven centuries of history stands relegated into absentia. This […]
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Mon 23 June 2025: China has developed mosquito-sized drones for covert military operations, reported local media on Friday. National University of Defense Technology in central China’s Hunan province has revealed the tiny drone, alongside humanoid machines, in a report on China Central Television’s military channel CCTV 7 last weekend, reported South China Morning Post on Friday. […]
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Sun 22 June 2025: The Indus Water Treaty “will never be restored” with Pakistan, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said. “International treaties can’t be annulled unilaterally, but we had the right to put it in abeyance, which we have done. The treaty preamble mentions that it was for the peace and progress of the two […]
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Sat 21 June 2025: A coalition of Malaysian civil society organisations has announced an ambitious campaign to launch a “Thousand Ship Flotilla” to break Israel’s 17-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, in what is being described as the largest maritime mobilisation of its kind. The initiative, led by the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations […]
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Sat 21 June 2025: The Indian government must immediately halt all deportations of Rohingya men, women and children, recognise them as refugees and treat them with the dignity and protection they deserve under international human rights law, Amnesty International said ahead of World Refugee Day. In just the last month, the Indian authorities allegedly deported […]
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Sat 21 June 2025: Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant for plant studies, Xinhua News reported on Tuesday, citing China Science Daily. PlantGPT is the first large language model AI assistant that can answer any related question with precise responses and deliver specialized analyses in the field of plant functional genomics, the […]
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