Indonesia reported 3,989 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total to 244,676, data from the country's health ministry showed. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 lawbreakers in Indonesia forced to dig graves as punishment
Law enforcement officials in East Java, Indonesia, have introduced grave digging as one of the punishments applied to those who break Covid-19 health protocols. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia halts exports by seafood company after positive coronavirus test
JAKARTA • Indonesia has suspended exports from an Indonesian seafood company Putri Indah into China after its frozen fish products tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's Fisheries Ministry ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: India records nearly 87,000 new virus cases
India has recorded nearly 87,000 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, with another 1,130 deaths. With the Health Ministry announcement Monday, India now has ... ( read original story ...)
At Least 8 Dead in Residential Building Collapse in India
A residential building that was due for repairs has collapsed in central India, killing at least eight people. ( read original story ...)
India Covid-19: Taj Mahal reopens after longest shutdown
The Taj Mahal is one of the world's leading tourist attractions, and drew as many as 70,000 people every day before the pandemic. The 17th-Century marble mausoleum was built by Mughal emperor Shah ... ( read original story ...)
Taj Mahal reopens even as India coronavirus cases soar
The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors on Monday in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture even as India looks set to overtake the US as the global leader in coronavirus infections. ( read original story ...)
India’s Nobel Laureate Fears Upsurge in Child Labour as Pandemic Shrivels Economy
For four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota or Pakora? India Must Choose
The country should be supplanting China in manufacturing. Taxes of up to 50% on cars show how wrong things have gone. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Military Says It Has Right to Counter Attack Amid China Threats
Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid "harassment and threats", in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous jets across the ... ( read original story ...)