Thu 28 March 2024: With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: Indonesia is looking for proof that the supposedly extinct Javan tiger may not be completely extinct. An official from the country’s environment ministry revealed the search for evidence of the big cat’s survival on Tuesday. The search will involve the use of camera traps and comprehensive DNA sweeps. It is thought […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: India remains the world’s top arms importer, accounting for 9.8% of the global arms sales, states the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an European think tank which tracks arms sales globally. Quoting the SIPRI report, Deccan Herald wrote, Russia continues to be India’s main weapons supplier — accounting […]
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Rohingya men and women at a shelter in New Delhi [Handout via Al Jazeera] Wed 27 March 2024: Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees. On that day, the state’s Chief […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – Five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani driver have been killed after a suicide attacker rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy near Besham city in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident happened on Tuesday when the convoy was on its way from Islamabad to Dasu, the site of […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: Like the US and the UK, New Zealand has accused Beijing of malicious cyberactivity by claiming that state-sponsored hackers from China attacked parliament. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Tuesday that the cyberattack was “unacceptable” and that his country’s concerns had been conveyed directly to Beijing. “Foreign interference of this […]
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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have cracked down on poppy cultivationImage: Oriane Zerah/picture alliance/abaca. Mon 25 March 2024: The Afghan caretaker government has demolished 1,250 drug processing laboratories across the country since assuming power in August 2021, Afghanistan’s TV channel TOLOnews has reported. “About 1,250 alcohol and drug processing factories in various provinces of the country have […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: On Monday, March 25, medical professors in South Korea declared that they will cut back on their practice hours in support of medical students who have been on strike for more than a month. The government’s plan to boost medical school admissions has been met with protests from the trainee doctors. […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: McDonald’s stores across Sri Lanka shut Sunday after the US fast-food giant launched a legal battle with its local franchise holder over allegations of poor hygiene, court officials said. The Commercial High Court of Colombo ordered the closures until April 4, after the parent company accused the local franchise holder of […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: Nearly 80 per cent of Afghanistan’s population lacks access to potable water, according to a report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Afghanistan. The report pointed out that the severe drought conditions, economic instability, and the devastating effects of prolonged conflicts have significantly reduced Afghanistan’s water infrastructure, Xinhua news agency […]
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