Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi urged India on Friday to help rescue child labourers caught in the country's coronavirus lockdown after a young girl died of exhaustion while walking back to her ... ( read original story ...)
India’s coronavirus rickshaw spreads hygiene awareness
A local artist in the city of Chennai in southern India has converted a rickshaw into a creation resembling the novel coronavirus using mostly recycled trash. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Couple return home after month on lockdown in India
A couple have returned home after almost a month on lockdown in India where they were treated for coronavirus. Nairn and Elizabeth Lawson were on holiday in Kerala when travel restrictions were put in ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook’s big India deal portends a bruising time for SoftBank-backed Paytm
Facebook's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance promises to be the biggest headache yet for Paytm, a SoftBank-backed pioneer in India's digital payments market but which has been losing ground to ... ( read original story ...)
Franklin Templeton freezes $3bn in India funds due to coronavirus
Franklin Templeton said it would freeze a number of its fixed income mutual funds in India after the coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on the country’s bond markets, trapping over $3bn of investor ... ( read original story ...)
India’s SpiceJet is seeking government funds to tide over coronavirus crisis
The Indian aviation industry is in crisis mode as the country's extended lockdown measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus has left all passenger planes grounded till at least May 3. ( read original story ...)
Bank of China says feels sorry for investors’ loss on oil products
Bank of China said on Friday it is deeply sorry for the losses of investors who had invested in its crude oil futures trading product. ( read original story ...)
The West Can’t Quit China Even If It Wants To
Hold China accountable,” urges a fundraising appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump. U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab vowed to ask “hard questions” and threatened the end of “business as usual” ... ( read original story ...)
China prosecutes first foreign suspect for Hong Kong violence
According to prosecutors, the man gave a large amount of money to "hostile elements" in the United States and "colluded with foreign anti-China forces" to intervene in Hong Kong affairs. ( read original story ...)
Tucker Carlson: Coronavirus crisis has exposed how vulnerable and dependent the US is on China
If America goes bankrupt after this, bankrupt from the way that our leaders have responded to the pandemic -- and that could happen -- it will likely be the Chinese who bail us out. ( read original story ...)