Category: Asia

Fri 04 October 2019: The police said the FIR was lodged under sections of the Indian Penal Code — including those relating to sedition, public nuisance, hurting religious feelings and insulting with an intent to provoke breach of peace, according to the report. The celebrities in July had highlighted that ‘Jai Shri Ram’ (hail Lord […]

Thu 03 October 2019: Three countries have verbally agreed to take 89 containers of waste material back without any cost to Malaysia, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin on Thursday (Oct 3). “It will take at least six weeks for the documentation of these 89 containers to be completed,” […]

Wed 02 October 2019: Singapore is about to introduce a law against “fake news” which rights groups have warned may stifle free speech and opposition politicians have said could give the government too much power as elections loom. The law gives government ministers powers to order social media sites to put warnings next to posts […]

Tue 01 October 2019: Thousands of people staged a demonstration in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against new legislations that they say would weaken the country’s anti-corruption body. The demonstration was held by students, laborers and civil society organizations near the parliament as authorities blocked streets leading to the parliament building. Puri Kencana Putri, one of […]

Mon 30 September 2019: More than 100 people have been killed over the last four days after a heavy spell of retreating monsoon rains flooded wide areas in the northeastern India‘s Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar states. At least 73 people died in UP, according to state disaster management department data. At least 29 were killed […]

Sat 28 September 2019: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad took the United Nations to task for failing to prevent wars and criticised the countries of the Security Council for giving themselves the “the right practically to rule the world”. He painted a picture at the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday of a world […]

Fri 27 September 2019: The UN Peacekeeping Department has decided to ban the deployment of non-essential Sri Lankan Army troops in UN peacekeeping missions citing the appointment of the new army commander who is alleged to have committed war crimes, a UN spokesperson has told the Foreign Policy News. It said Lt. General Shavendra Silva’s […]

Wed 25 September 2019: Indian government takes number of measures to revive growth, but experts predict slow growth for next fiscal year The Indian economy has run into a rough patch, with growth dipping to the 5% level in the year’s second quarter — the lowest over the last six years. With a 3% year-on-year […]

Tue 24 September 2019: Around 160 cases of mob violence against Christian community recorded in 2019, says report Three Christians were attacked by a mob in northeastern India on suspicion of slaughtering a cow, police said on Monday.  Local residents of Khunti district of Jharkhand State saw Kanantus Barla, Fagu Kaccap and Philip Horo with […]

Mon 23 September 2019: At least 35 civilians were killed and 13 people were injured during an attack conducted by the Afghan government forces in southern Helmand province, two provincial officials said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday night when Afghan forces raided a house that the officals said was being used by the […]