Category: Asia

Mon 17 June 2019: NEW DELHI/KOLKATA (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of doctors across India went on strike on Monday demanding better working conditions, the country’s top medical body said, as the outrage over lax security conditions at hospitals escalated. The nationwide protests, affecting hundreds of hospitals, started after an attack at a medical college […]

Sun 16 June 2019: DHAKA (Reuters) – Garment manufacturers in Bangladesh on Sunday demanded higher export subsidies from the government, saying proposals in the latest national budget, unveiled last week, were not enough to compensate for higher production costs and low prices. Bangladesh textile industry earns about $30 billion annually by exporting ready made garments, […]

Containers supposed to contain paper were loaded with plastic waste and nappies Indonesia has returned five containers of rubbish to the United States and will not become a “dumping ground”, officials said Saturday, the latest Southeast Asian country to return imported waste. The containers were supposed to contain only paper scrap, according to the customs […]

Fri 14 June 2019: A plan for Indian train passengers to be offered massage services during their journeys has been described as immodest and “un-Indian” by a conservative politician. Indian Railways, the state rail operator, announced last week that massages will be available for purchase on a number of routes, with a range of options involving creams and […]

Sat 15 June 2019: The Indian government has floated the idea of establishing two new villages inhabited exclusively by Sanskrit speakers. The push to promote the ancient sacred language – spoken by some 25,000 – has ignited a national debate. India’s minister for Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal, proposed the idea this week, saying that […]

Fri 14 June 2019: KOLKATA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of doctors across India went on strike on Friday to demand better security at hospitals days after junior doctors in the city of Kolkata were attacked, leaving services in many government-run health facilities paralyzed. The state of West Bengal, of which Kolkata is capital, has been […]

Fri 14 June 2019: SHAH ALAM: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday (Jun 12) described the spreading of sex videos allegedly linked to a minister as politically motivated. He said that the authenticity of the clips are questionable, as many are good in editing and producing similar pictures and videos. “I don’t think (the videos and […]

Thu 13 June 2019: JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing at least nine people, including civilians, local officials said. Atahullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province’s governor, said the attacker set off his explosives as a police vehicle was passing […]

Wed 12 June 2019: Some $46.6 billion budget announced for 2019-2020 fiscal year, targeting economic stabilization Pakistan’s government Tuesday unveiled its first fiscal budget for the 2019-2020 period, with a focus on tax revenue for economic stabilization. State Minister for Revenue Hammaz Azhar announced the budget of Rs 7,022 billion (some $46.64 billion) in the […]

Tue 11 June 2019: India’s top court on Monday ordered the release of a journalist arrested for a social media post about a Hindu nationalist state chief minister, in a case that highlighted growing concerns over free speech and media freedom. Prashant Kanojia, 26, was detained by plainclothes police last week after a tweet about […]