India bans 54 Chinese apps on security concerns
Al Jazeera :India has banned 54 Chinese apps in a new order citing security concerns, according to a local newspaper report, in the latest instance of tensions between the two neighbors locked in a...
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Vietnam to lift corona curbs
BSS :Vietnam will lift corona virus restrictions on international flights for fully vaccinated passengers from Tuesday, the country’s aviation authority said in a statement.The communist nation has virtually closed itself to the world since...
Kashmir journos say local media erasing their work
Al Jazeera :For decades, local media has documented the conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir, but recently, stories critical of the Indian government have seemingly disappeared from digital archives.Several Kashmiri journalists have told Al Jazeera their...
Japan finds body of missing F-15 crewman
BSS :Japan’s airforce said Sunday that it had recovered the body of one of two crewmen of a fighter jet that went missing two weeks ago.The F-15 fighter jet was on a training mission...
High waves kill 10 during Indonesia beach ritual
BSS :At least 10 Indonesians died after tidal waves swept away a group of people meditating on a beach during Sunday’s early hours, police said. The group of 23 people was holding hands and...
Novel crisis: Iran’s books shrink as US sanctions bite
BSS :For literature lovers in sanction-hit Iran, a new novel has long provided a brief respite from a grinding economic crisis triggered by international pressure imposed over Tehran’s contested nuclear programme. But now losing...
Hijab ban in Indian state violates religious freedom: US
Al Jazeera :A US official has voiced concerns about the controversial banning of the headscarf at schools and colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, prompting a strongly worded rebuttal from New Delhi.Rashad...
India: Hindu groups force shut KFC, KIA stores over Kashmir tweet
Al Jazeera :Stores owned by several multinational companies have been forced to shut down by hardline Hindu groups in the Indian state of Gujarat after their Pakistan-based subsidiaries posted messages on social media in...
NKorea missile launches ‘provocation’: US, Japan, South Korea
BSS :The top diplomats of Japan, South Korea and the United States declared their unity against North Korea on Saturday after a series of ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang.After a day of meetings in...
Sri Lanka bans strikes by healthcare workers amid hospital crisis
International Desk :Sri Lanka’s president has banned strikes in the health and electricity sectors as trade union action that has crippled state-run hospitals entered its sixth day.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday invoked a 1979...
Nepal’s annual budget size reduced to Rs 1.546 trillion
By Himalayan News Service :In view of tepid spending in the first six months of the current fiscal year (mid-July to mid-January), the government has slashed the annual budget by 5.3 per cent to...
Myanmar junta to pardon 814 prisoners in amnesty
AFP :Myanmar’s junta said Saturday it would release more than 800 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the country’s UnionDay.According to a “pardon order in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee UnionDay”, which falls every...