Fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi had been arrested in London on behalf of the Indian authorities, British police said on Wednesday. India had asked Britain in August to extradite Modi, one of the main suspects charged in the $2bn loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), India’s biggest banking fraud. Police said Modi, 48, […]
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Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa, commander of Pakistan army’s southern command, says fencing to start from next week Pakistan is going to fence its border with neighboring Iran in an attempt to stop militants’ cross-border movement, and smuggling, a Pakistani army general said. Speaking at a seminar in Quetta city, Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa, […]
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Protests flared in parts of Indian Kashmir on Tuesday after police said a man being questioned in connection with a security investigation had died in custody, the latest disturbances in one of the world’s most militarised regions. The dead man, Rizwan Asad Pandit, a chemistry graduate who taught at a private school, according to his […]
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Government says it needs extra land around main island of Lantau for housing Hong Kong plans to build one of the world’s largest artificial islands, city officials have announced. The government’s HK$624bn (£60bn) proposal to reclaim 1,000ha of land around the territory’s largest island, Lantau, has been touted as a solution to the pressing housing shortage […]
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Dozens of posts containing disinformation spread, with fears people may not trust results of a legitimate election The spread of fake news and disinformation has spiked in Indonesia in recent months, weeks before millions are scheduled to vote in the country’s elections. Data released in a new report from Mafindo, an organisation focused on combating fake news […]
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Female Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh formed a support group and moved to the ICC urging them to investigate the ongoing genocide against Rohingyas. Female Rohingya refugees have created a support group called Shanti Mohila (peace women) in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district. None of these women knew each other before fleeing Myanmar more than a year ago but grief and trauma brought them together leading them to meet frequently in […]
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The Biggest Festival of a democracy is about to begin. Who are you going to vote for? Modi Wave I started my life of political cognizance with being a Modi fan, like millions of others of my generation. Such was the wave of our prime minister Modi, that social media was applauding his every move. I […]
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das met more than a dozen economists to get their views on the economy ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision due on April 4. Most economists expect the six-member MPC to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points for the second time in a row next […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: Primary school children will be able to enjoy free and healthy breakfast programmes starting next year from the revenue collected through the soon-to-be implemented Sugar Tax. In his keynote address at the 15th edition of Invest Malaysia (IMKL2019) today, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said there will be no new taxes this […]
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Singapore shipbuilding and marine service firm Global Radiance Group has announced plans to invest around $2 billion in the Pakistani shipbuilding industry, the group chairman and managing director Abdul Lateef Siddiqui said. The step is set to create about 4,000 jobs, according to the executive, as quoted by the News International, Pakistan’s largest English-language newspaper. […]
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