Category: Asia

Thu 09 April 2020: A 22-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in Delhi’s Bawana after he was suspected of a conspiracy to spread COVID-19, police said on Wednesday, 8 April. The victim has been identified as Mehboob Ali, a resident of Harewali village in Bawana, they said. Police said Ali had gone to Bhopal […]

Wed 08 April 2020: Boxer Amir Khan has announced aid for 10,000 Pakistani families amid the coronavirus lockdown saying that ration bags will be distributed on Thursday. The former world champion took to Instagram sharing his photo and wrote, “I’m giving out food Tomorrow to the people of Pakistan. 10,000 families will receive aid.”.   […]

Tue 07 April 2020: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan on Monday flayed the BJP-led government at the Centre for its handling of the situation arising out of COVID-19 pandemic, saying the “same mistake of demonetisation is being repeated, albeit at a much bigger scale.” In an open letter to the prime minister, the […]

Sat 04 April 2020: The death toll from coronavirus in India has risen to 68, authorities said Saturday. The tally of confirmed cases has risen to 2,902, with the most cases reported from the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. As part of measures to curb the spread of the virus, […]

Fri 03 April 2020: The Commission has highlighted posts on social media in which the teachers have asked for Muslims to be put into gas chambers. The Delhi Minorities Commission has taken strong offence to the use of hate speech against the Muslim community by a number of Delhi University teachers following the detection of […]

Thu 02 April 2020: Tablighi Jamaat headquarters in Indian capital Delhi sealed for arranging congregation amid lockdown Indian Muslim organizations and leaders on Tuesday took strong exception to the attempts being made by certain sections to squarely blame the Tablighi Jamaat and its members for accentuating the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic crises in the country. […]

Wed 01 April 2020: Indonesia confirmed 149 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 1,677, a health ministry official said. Achmad Yurianto reported 21 new deaths from the virus, taking the total to 157, while 103 had recovered. 08:56 GMT – Philippines reports 227 new coronavirus cases, eight more deaths […]

Tue 31 March 2020: In phone call, Erdogan, Widodo also address bilateral relations The Turkish and Indonesian leaders discussed the coronavirus pandemic infecting more people every day over the phone on Tuesday, according to an official statement. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo discussed cooperation in fight against the coronavirus and […]

Mon 30 March 2020: (AFP) China’s central bank on Monday cut an interest rate on loans to banks by the largest margin in five years and injected 50 billion yuan ($7 billion) into the financial system to help the world’s second-largest economy weather the coronavirus impact. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said it launched […]