Police in Vietnam have seized over 300,000 used condoms that were being washed, repackaged and sold as new, according to local reports. Binh Duong provincial market inspectors raided a factory near Ho …
Japan’s newly minted prime minister steps into UN limelight
Japan’s new prime minister is considered something of a lightweight on foreign policy issues and has spent much of his career in the shadows …
Pakistan Opposition’s Plan to Challenge Military Faces Setbacks
While publicly taking a harsh stance on the military’s role in Pakistan’s politics, the country’s opposition parties also seek to be in its good books.
Indonesia reports record daily rise in COVID-19 cases for 3rd day
Indonesia reported its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections for a third successive day with 4,823 new cases on Friday, taking the total to 266,845, data from the country’s COVID-19 task force …
India Unlikely to Revoke PUBG Ban Despite Tencent License Withdrawal – Source
India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp’s decision to withdraw the mobile game’s publishing rights in the country from China’s Tencent , …
How India Came Around to Talking to the Taliban
How India Came Around to Talking to the Taliban How India Came Around to Talking to the Ta… Since the Afghan peace process began two years ago, India’s role in it has been peripheral at best. But …
India’s Biggest Slum Successfully Contained COVID-19. But Can Its Residents Survive the Economic Collapse?
Jayanti Keshav Parmar, a tailor who lives in Dharavi, a bustling informal settlement of nearly 1 million low-income residents packed into a one-square-mile area in Mumbai, has been stuck at home since …
India to hold election in populous state despite surging coronavirus cases
India announced local elections involving millions of voters in a densely packed state even as it reported 86,052 new infections of coronavirus on Friday and remained set to overtake the United States …
Bharat Bandh: India farmers block roads and trains to protest reforms
“All BJP karyakartas [workers] should reach out to farmers on the ground and inform them in simplified language about the importance and intricacies of the new farm reforms, and h …
China Is on a Building Binge, and Metal Prices Are Surging
Iron ore, nickel, copper and other metal prices are rising as China restarts construction after emerging from the worst of the pandemic, and the global economy could benefit.