Wed 17 Apr 2019: The right-wing party’s offer of citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants has drawn widespread protests in the state. Guwahati, Assam – Three months ago, Jadav Das was among the men from the northeastern state of Assam who staged a naked protest in front of the parliament building in New Delhi. They stood, holding a […]
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Wed 17 Apr 2019: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has won a second five-year term, preliminary election results showed Wednesday, in a victory for moderation over the nationalistic rhetoric of his rival, Prabowo Subianto. Vote counts from five independent survey groups showed Widodo with a clear lead over Subianto, a general during […]
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Wed 17 Apr 2019: JAKARTA – Unofficial quick count tallies of votes cast in the Indonesian presidential election on Wednesday (April 17) have placed the incumbent Joko Widodo ahead of his rival Prabowo Subianto by between eight and 10 percentage points, according to five pollsters. Quick counts by Jakarta-based Poltracking Indonesia gave Mr Joko – […]
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Wed 17 Apr 2019: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Chinese video app TikTok is no longer available in Google and Apple app stores in India after a state court prohibited its downloads, a setback for developer Bytedance Technology’s efforts to tap users in a key market. TikTok, which allows users to create and share short […]
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Wed 17 Apr 2019: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly 193 million Indonesians are eligible to vote in presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday. President Joko Widodo, the first Indonesian president from outside the Jakarta elite, is competing against Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces general from the era of authoritarian rule under military dictator Suharto. […]
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Tue 16 Apr 2019: DIY construction can save a lot of money in the short term but cost you dearly in other ways, as one unfortunate home improvement enthusiast in India discovered recently, after having his brain skewered by a metal rod. Indian worker, 21, survived iron rod piercing through his entire head https://t.co/oMTTn9Ee82 pic.twitter.com/grX43zVf2T — […]
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Tue 16 Apr 2019: A Pakistani comedy show host has created a firestorm for implying marriage would cure a woman’s mental health problems, and for saying such illnesses happen because women “obsess” over their careers. Aftab Iqbal said that a woman who was acting like she was experiencing “hysteria” was in fact suffering from not being married […]
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Tue 16 Apr 2019: JAKARTA (Reuters) – At a recent election rally, former Indonesian general Prabowo Subianto repeatedly banged his hand on a podium while urging the boisterous crowd to defend the country against foreign interests. Such fiery rhetoric, a strongman image, and strong ties with hardline Islamist groups have bolstered support for Prabowo, 67, […]
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Mon 15 Apr 2019: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s election commission on Monday banned firebrand Hindu nationalist Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning for three days to stop him stoking hatred between religious communities in a divisive election that will end next month. The saffron-clad Adityanath, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, […]
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Mon 15 Apr 2019: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A mission team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will travel to Pakistan this month, the IMF said on Monday, amid growing expectation that talks on a long-delayed bailout are due to be wrapped up soon. Pakistan was last year expected to sign up for its 13th IMF […]
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