Pakistan's intelligence services are deploying secretive surveillance technology normally used to locate militants to instead track coronavirus patients and the people they come into contact with. In ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports 686 new coronavirus cases, 55 deaths
Indonesia reported 686 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the Southeast Asian country to 23,851, a health ministry official said on Wednesday. Indonesia also confirmed ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore-style stimulus not for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, say economists
Economists say Southeast Asian governments should heed this axiom in fiscal policy as they decide whether to follow regional economic powerhouse Singapore in adding to their already massive rounds of ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: India sees record jump of COVID-19 cases
India sees no respite from the coronavirus caseload seeing another record single day jump of over 6,500 cases at a time when the two-month-old lockdown across the country is set to end on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Historic swarm of locusts descends upon India, destroying crops
Millions of locusts have descended upon multiple states in India, destroying crops and prompting some governments to deploy drones to disperse them. ( read original story ...)
India coronavirus: Trouble ahead for India’s fight against infections
Since the first case of coronavirus at the end of January, India has reported more than 150,000 Covid-19 infections. More than 4,000 people have died of the infection. To put this in some context, as ... ( read original story ...)
‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm
Blizzards of bugs are descending on India at an already tough time. Scientists say climate change is making the infestation worse. ( read original story ...)
India is set to report a sharp slowdown as the pandemic hits its economy — and things could get even worse
Growth momentum in South Asia's largest economy was already slowing down in previous quarters, before the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Gabba to host Test in Australia-India series as Perth misses out
Australia will host India at their Gabba stronghold in the four-Test series with Perth missing out on a match in the lucrative tour ... ( read original story ...)
India heatwave: Delhi temperature hits 47C as north India reels
The heatwave, which officials say is likely to last until the weekend, comes even as the region struggles with rising Covid-19 infections and swarms of locusts that are ravaging crops. - India's ... ( read original story ...)