Sun 15 March 2020: (Reuters) – Malaysia reported 41 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, most linked to a religious event on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur that was attended by about 10,000 people from several countries. The new cases bring the total number of infected people in the Southeast Asian country to 238, the health […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Officials in Pakistan have blamed coronavirus cases on returnees from Syria, despite Damascus not reporting a single infection. Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Sindh province, Syed Murad Ali Shah, alleged that nationals returning from the Middle East had imported the disease. A World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the COVID-19 virus published […]
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Fri 13 March 2020: India and Pakistan continued to receive new coronavirus cases, prompting authorities to take emergency measures to contain the further spread of the coronavirus. Declared coronavirus an epidemic, India on Thursday closed all schools, colleges and cinema theaters until March 31. Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a travel ban on his Cabinet […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: Pakistan’s first national child abuse law will introduce a penalty of life imprisonment for child abuse (REUTERS) Pakistan’s parliament passed a new law against child abuse on Wednesday, two years after the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl that shocked the country. Pakistan’s first national child abuse law will introduce […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: Pakistan on Monday confirmed eight new novel coronavirus cases, prompting authorities to further tighten the screening at the airports and borders. All new cases were reported from the southern city of Karachi, raising the total number of patients across the country to 16, according to a statement from the health department […]
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FILE PHOTO Mon 09 March 2020: Indian officials confirmed Monday that a 3-year-old child has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the southern state of Kerala, making it the first such case in the country. Two more cases of coronavirus were confirmed in India, taking the total infections in the country to 41. This […]
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Sun 08 March 2020: (AFP) The founder of India’s Yes Bank was arrested on allegations of money laundering Sunday, amid efforts to formulate a rescue plan for the country’s fourth-largest private lender. In a late-night move Friday, the Central Bank seized control and imposed withdrawal limits on Yes Bank, which has been struggling with bad […]
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KAPLAN MT tanks are jointly developed by Turkey’s FNSS Defense Industries Company and Indonesian PT Pindad. Sat 07 March 2020: Turkey and Indonesia are working on several defense projects, including an armored personnel carrier and remotely steered weapons systems, an official from Indonesia’s state-owned defense manufacturer PT Pindad has said. PT Pindad innovation and product […]
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Fri 06 March 2020: (AFP) Shares in India’s Yes Bank plunged more than 70 percent on Friday after the central bank seized control and imposed withdrawal limits to prevent the collapse of the country’s fourth-largest lender. Queues formed outside Yes Bank branches after the announcement late Thursday that customers could only withdraw 50,000 rupees ($678) […]
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Wed 04 March 2020: The Taliban killed at least 20 Afghan soldiers and police officers in a string of overnight attacks, government officials told AFP Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had a “very good” chat with the insurgents’ political chief. The US conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according […]
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