Category: Asia

Sun 26 January 2020: Last year marked the start of a new era in bilateral relations between India and Saudi Arabia, with two very successful high level visits. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited India in February, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Saudi Arabia in October. As a result, the relationship between […]

Sat 25 January 2020: Limited mobile data services and internet will be temporarily restored in Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday, ending nearly a six month communications lockdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy. Access will be limited to about 300 “whitelisted” websites and internet speed would remain low, the local […]

Fri 24 January 2020: Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu has started his official visit to Indonesia today in an effort to further strengthen the defence cooperation between the two countries. While in the republic, Mohamad called on his Indonesian counterpart, Prabowo Subianto, at the Indonesian Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of Defence (Mindef), in a statement, […]

Wed 22 January 2020: Bangladesh entered e-Passport era as the first country in South Asia with the formal opening of the electronic passport services on Wednesday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the e-Passport services and automated border control management at a programme at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. At the […]

Tue 21 January 2020: Malaysia is too small a nation to respond to India’s boycott of palm oil with trade retaliation, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. “We are too small to take retaliatory action. We have to find ways and means to overcome that,” Mahathir said in Langkawi, a resort island off the […]

Mon 20 January 2020: Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minster warning on Monday that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin of the world can “dream on.” Shipments of unwanted rubbish have been rerouted […]

Sun 19 January 2019: Hamid Ansari said that good laws are made when parliament and assemblies are not called to endorse the views of the ruler of the day. New Delhi:  When parliament makes bad laws, they end up in courts where judges do what the lawmakers should be doing, former Vice President Hamid Ansari […]

Sat 18 January 2020: Pakistan’s foreign minister, who has shuttled between Washington and Tehran in the course of a week, voiced confidence Friday that Iran was seeking to lower tensions. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi discussed Iran and Afghanistan’s peace process Friday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, five days after seeing Iranian President […]

Raveesh Kumar, spokesman for the Indian Foreign Ministry Thu 16 January 2020: India said Thursday that Pakistan’s prime minister will be invited to the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar told reporters: “All eight members of SCO as well as four observer states and other international dialogue […]