Category: Asia

Sun 29 December 2019: The General Assembly passed a resolution denouncing human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) approved a resolution on Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. The 193-member body voted […]

Fri 27 December 2019: Janne-Mette Johansson, a Norwegian citizen, was interrogated for taking part in the People’s Long March, a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Kochi on December 23. This was the 71-year-old’s fifth visit to India.   The Long March was organised in Kochi and saw scores participate, with people belonging to all […]

Thu 26 December 2019: At six, a boy from South Korea makes solving complex math problems such as gamma functions and Euler’s functions appear as easy as playing a game of tic-tac-toe. Meanwhile, this writer struggled to remember if the word “sentence” was spelt with an “a” or an “e” when she was of the […]

Wed 25 December 2019: India’s much vaunted goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025 is likely to remain an unrealistic target given the dismal economic data of the past few quarters and the doubts and concerns voiced by ratings agencies and economists on the medium-term outlook. International Monetary Fund’s chief economist Gita Gopinath […]

Tue 24 December 2019: Former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has seemingly pulled back his support for Uyghur Muslims after he deleted a tweet imploring Prime Minister Imran Khan to speak up against China’s persecution of the minority. “Hearing of atrocities dedicated up against the #UighurMuslims is heartbreaking. We request @ImranKhanPTI to speak up against […]

Mon 23 December 2019: Explosions have rocked two towns and a city in the southern Philippines, wounding at least 17 people including soldiers, a military official said. A hand grenade was thrown into a military truck patrolling Cotabato City in the southern island of Mindanao, with eight soldiers and four civilians sustaining injuries from the […]

Fri 20 December 2019: (AFP) India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths followed by China and Nigeria, according to a report published Wednesday that estimated the global impact of contaminants in the air, water, and workplace. The report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) found pollution to be the largest environmental cause […]

Tue 17 December 2019: Ten members of the same family, including three children, were killed Tuesday when their car detonated a roadside bomb as they were traveling to a funeral in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, as the U.N. released statistics saying an average of nine children have been killed or wounded per day in the […]

Sun 15 December 2019: The Turkish president is set to attend a summit in Malaysia where participants will discuss the problems plaguing the Islamic world, officials said Sunday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit slated for Dec. 16 and 17 upon the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The summit will […]

Sat 14 December 2019: (AFP) Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured. Many in the far-flung, resource-rich region fear the new legislation will grant citizenship to large numbers […]