Category: Asia

Wed 09 October 2019: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for an informal summit later this week, the Indian foreign ministry said on Wednesday, at a time when ties have become strained over the disputed region of Kashmir. The two leaders held talks in the Chinese city of Wuhan last […]

Mon 07 October 2019: Assam government has told Centre it wants to build 10 more camps for illegal immigrants If the terror and disruption caused by the original National Register of Citizens (NRC) was already not bad enough, Indian citizens in Assam and other parts should brace themselves — the Narendra Modi government has taken […]

Sat 05 October 2019: The United Nations (UN) has hailed the government’s efforts to promote unity and interfaith harmony, particularly the proposal to establish a National Harmony and Reconciliation Commission. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said there were strong aspirations for positive change in Malaysia which is a diverse, multi-ethnic and multi-religious […]

Fri 04 October 2019: The police said the FIR was lodged under sections of the Indian Penal Code — including those relating to sedition, public nuisance, hurting religious feelings and insulting with an intent to provoke breach of peace, according to the report. The celebrities in July had highlighted that ‘Jai Shri Ram’ (hail Lord […]

Thu 03 October 2019: Three countries have verbally agreed to take 89 containers of waste material back without any cost to Malaysia, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin on Thursday (Oct 3). “It will take at least six weeks for the documentation of these 89 containers to be completed,” […]

Wed 02 October 2019: Singapore is about to introduce a law against “fake news” which rights groups have warned may stifle free speech and opposition politicians have said could give the government too much power as elections loom. The law gives government ministers powers to order social media sites to put warnings next to posts […]

Tue 01 October 2019: Thousands of people staged a demonstration in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against new legislations that they say would weaken the country’s anti-corruption body. The demonstration was held by students, laborers and civil society organizations near the parliament as authorities blocked streets leading to the parliament building. Puri Kencana Putri, one of […]

Mon 30 September 2019: More than 100 people have been killed over the last four days after a heavy spell of retreating monsoon rains flooded wide areas in the northeastern India‘s Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar states. At least 73 people died in UP, according to state disaster management department data. At least 29 were killed […]

Sat 28 September 2019: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad took the United Nations to task for failing to prevent wars and criticised the countries of the Security Council for giving themselves the “the right practically to rule the world”. He painted a picture at the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday of a world […]