Malaysia’s former king has divorced a Russian ex-beauty queen just months after news of their wedding emerged and he abdicated in a first for the country, his lawyer said. The former Miss Moscow, however, says she is still married to Sultan Muhammad V, and has continued to post pictures of the couple on social […]
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Wed 24 July 2019: The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan is one of the longest-running conflicts in modern history, and the fact that both rivals possess nuclear weapons aggravates every escalation of tensions. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his country would be ready to eliminate nuclear weapons if India did as well. When asked […]
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Tue 23 July 2019: Outgoing deputy RBI governor Viral Acharya suggests India’s economy could benefit from more private-sector involvement. An increase in government borrowing runs the risk of flooding the debt market, while making it expensive for companies to borrow, according to the outgoing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya. In a […]
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Tue 23 July 2019: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India denied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked U.S. President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir, saying there could be no talks until Pakistan ended cross-border terrorism. Trump said on Monday that Modi had asked him to help resolve […]
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Wed 17 July 2019: Authorities in Pakistan have arrested Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a four-day attack on Mumbai in 2008, Geo Television said on Wednesday. A spokesman for Jammaat ud-Dawa (JuD), a charity run by Saeed, said […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has signed a bill into law penalizing a range of acts of sexual harassment including catcalling, wolf-whistling and persistent telling of sexual jokes, which pro-women’s groups have accused him of committing. Philippine officials released on Monday a copy of Republic Act 11313, known as […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: Pakistan has reopened its skies for civilian flights, which had been forced to make detours after the fighting between New Delhi and Islamabad over Kashmir earlier this year. India has reportedly done the same. On Tuesday morning, the Pakistani Civil Aviation Authority released a statement, saying it had issued a notice […]
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Mon 15 July 2019: Dozens of people protesting against the Bangladeshi government’s sudden decision to hike gas prices by a third clashed on Sunday with police outside the energy ministry in Dhaka, protest leaders and police said. Last month the state-run Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission announced it would raise natural gas prices by 32.8% on […]
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Sun 14 July 2019: In many parts of India, Hindus often invoke the popular god Ram’s name as a greeting. But in recent years, Hindu lynch mobs have turned Ram’s name into a murder cry, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi. Last month, a video that went viral on social media showed a terrified […]
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Sat 13 July 2019: Bollywood rapper Aditya Singh Sisodia popularly known as “Badshah” has become the toast of the Twitterati, after breaking the world record with his new song Paagal, crossing 75 million-plus views within just 24 hours of its release. In the process, the Punjabi and Hindi language rapper has also surpassed records held by music […]
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