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Masked gunman killed three, including toddler in Thailand shopping mall
BANGKOK: A masked gunman started a shooting spree that killed three people, including a two year old boy in a jewellery store robbery at a shopping mall in Lop Buri Province, at 8.45 pm yesterday. A closed circuit television (CCTV)
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India’s Supreme Court- Kashmir internet shutdown unconstitutional
India’s Supreme Court said today that shutting down the internet in the disputed region of Kashmir was unconstitutional, in a rebuke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The government imposed a communications lockdown in August after it withdrew the Muslim
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One woman reports a rape every 15 minutes in India
One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released yesterday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst places in the world to be female. The highly publicised gang
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India’s palm oil ban: Dr M’s tirade is causing economic woes to the nation
Looking to flex its trade muscles, India yesterday had imposed what amounted to an effective ban on refined palm oil from Malaysia following an ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries. India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification
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India grants diplomats access to restive Kashmir for the first time in months
Foreign diplomats visited India-ruled Kashmir today for the first time since New Delhi stripped the region of special status in August, although some European nations and others declined the invite after being refused permission to travel independently. India’s portion of
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India ‘restricts’ M’sian palm oil; Najib ‘congratulates’ govt for its diplomatic gaffe
PUCHONG: The Indian government has announced that it would restrict the imports of Malaysia’s refined palm oil into its country. According to The Edge, the government issued a notice on the matter, adding that refined bleached deodorised palm oil and
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Indonesia’s president visits island in waters disputed by China
President Joko Widodo visited an island in waters disputed by China today to assert Indonesia’s sovereignty amid a standoff between Indonesian and Chinese vessels. The confrontation began in mid-December when a Chinese coast guard vessel, accompanying Chinese fishing boats, entered
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Japan halts trial of man accused of killing 19 disabled people
The trial of a man accused of stabbing to death 19 disabled people at a care home in 2016 was interrupted today after the man seemed to put something in his mouth, started struggling with court officials and lay on
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India issues travel warning on Iraq after Iran attacks
India today issued a travel warning asking its citizens to avoid “non-essential” travel to Iraq, hours after Iran launched missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq. Iran’s attack came in retaliation for a US drone strike on an Iranian commander
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What happened to India?
It’s a question I hear increasingly these days. International news media report on repression in Kashmir, mounting Hindu chauvinism, widespread protests against new laws, assaults on women, and more. The India the world once celebrated ― the world’s fastest-growing free-market
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