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Indian stock gains to be limited in 2020 as economy slows
Indian stocks are set to rise further over the coming year, according to a Reuters poll of equity strategists, but those gains will be limited as fiscal stimulus and easy monetary policy fail to reverse an economic slowdown. The BSE
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Major highway reopens, Hong Kong authorities appeal for calm
One of Hong Kong’s main highway links, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, reopened early today as a lockdown of the nearby Polytechnic University appeared to be drawing to a close with teams still combing the campus for remaining protesters. Hong Kong authorities
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Two militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said yesterday. “Two militants have been killed in the Pulwama encounter and they both were affiliated with the HM
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PM: Connectivity with South Korea can help ASEAN fully reap its potential
BUSAN (South Korea): ASEAN is blessed with vast opportunities and rich resources but the region has not been able to capitalise on its full potential due to a shortage of advanced, efficient and sustainable infrastructure, said Prime Minister Tun Dr
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China sets up HK crisis centre in mainland, may replace chief liaison
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN: Tightening control over efforts to manage the upheaval in Hong Kong, the Chinese leadership has set up a crisis command centre on the mainland side of the border and is considering replacing its official liaison to the restive
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China meddling allegations roil Taiwan election campaign
Election campaigning in Taiwan was hit at the weekend by new allegations that Beijing had tried to meddle in the island’s politics. A Chinese defector, named as Wang “William” Liqiang by Australian media, gave a sworn statement to the Australian
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Hong Kong democrats cheer landslide victory in local elections
Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned out in record numbers yesterday to vote following six months of anti-government protests in the embattled city. In a rare weekend lull in
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China offers help to cripple transnational crimes involving its people in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: China is willing to help Malaysian authorities in their efforts to cripple transnational crime syndicates involving Chinese citizens, said its Ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian . He said this included the sharing of intelligence on the online investment scam
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Bus crash kills 12 in western India
At least 12 people, including one child and five women, died and 10 others injured in a road mishap in India’s western state of Rajasthan today, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a local police officer. All the travelers from the
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Campus siege nears end as Hong Kong gears up for election
A Hong Kong university campus under siege for more than a week was a deserted wasteland today, with a handful of protesters holed up in hidden refuges across the trashed grounds, as the city’s focus turned to local elections. The
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