Mon 14 April 2025: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeals for calm, saying Waqf Amendment Act will not be ‘applicable’ in state – home to 25 million Muslims. Indian authorities have deployed troops to crack down on deadly protests in the eastern state of West Bengal over a recently passed controversial bill that critics […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: China has said the US should completely cancel the “wrong practice” of “reciprocal tariffs,” Xinhua News reported. On Sunday, China’s Commerce Ministry called on Washington to resume the proper course of resolving disagreements through mutual respect, as well as balanced and constructive dialogue. The development came after the US issued a […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: A new legal document submitted in a United States court has revealed that at least 100 individuals in India were targeted by the Pegasus spyware during a WhatsApp hacking operation in 2019. This figure places India as the second-most affected country globally, as per a report by Medianama published on Thursday. […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: Indonesia has been developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based malaria detection system that will use data from various places around the country to recognize distinct malaria parasite species, according to the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). “This technology utilizes morpho-geometric feature extraction to identify the size and shape of infected blood […]
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Fri 11 April 2025: India’s Hindutva government has taken a controversial step by passing amendments to the waqf (Islamic endowment) law, which appears to be a blatant attempt to seize control of waqf properties, including mosques and other religious sites. The new Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, passed by both Houses of Parliament on 2 and […]
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Thu 10 April 2025: US tariffs on Chinese imports now total 145% after President Donald Trump dramatically increased import duties this week, a White House official confirmed Thursday, Anadolu reports. Trump said Wednesday that Chinese imports would now be subject to a 125% reciprocal tariff, but that did not include a 20% tariff related to fentanyl that […]
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Thu 10 April 2025: China on Wednesday said that any deal for TikTok had to comply with Chinese law, reiterating an earlier stance when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to extend the deadline for the TikTok sale by 75 days. Trump extended the deadline last week after sources said a deal to spin off the U.S. assets […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: Japan saw corporate bankruptcies climb to a record high in fiscal 2024, exceeding 10,000 cases for the first time in 11 years, according to a survey cited by the Mainichi Shimbun on Tuesday. Tokyo Shoko Research, a credit investigation firm, noted that small and medium-sized firms were hit hardest, struggling with […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: China on Wednesday raised additional tariffs on all US imports to 84%, further escalating the trade war with Washington, after US President Donald Trump launched a flurry of tariffs on allies, as well as rivals. The US has raised reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports to 104%, effective today. “The US escalation […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: The US will take back the Panama Canal from China’s influence, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. “Together we will take back the Panama Canal from China’s influence, and we will do this along with other capable, like-minded allies and partners,” Hegseth told a news conference with Panamanian President Jose Raul […]
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