Parts of Asia are chocking under a thick layer of smog, leading at least one country to experiment in extreme forms of weather modification in an attempt to clear the toxic brown skies.Thailand, South Korea, China, India and Hong Kong are all facing unhealthy and even hazardous levels of pollution as weather patterns, coal heating and emissions contribute to the… Read more »
In stark contrast to the United States, India has generally had a rather strong labor movement throughout its modern history, beginning prior to its fight for independence from the British Empire. The first instances of revolutionary trade unionism taking action in the subcontinent occurred in 1918 in Bombay, where 120,000 workers went on strike. Just two years later, a strike… Read more »
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday relaxed stringent conditions imposed by the state government for getting licences for dance bars, paving the way for their opening in Mumbai and other cities in Maharashtra. The top court said that there cannot be total prohibition on dance bars by imposing unreasonable conditions as no licence has been granted by state since 2005… Read more »
The global streaming giant joins Fox’s Hotstar service, Viacom’s Voot, SonyLiv and other platforms in signing a “self-regulatory code” — a bid to avoid a potential censorship crackdown in the booming Indian market. Netflix and rival streaming platforms in India, including Fox’s Hotstar, SonyLiv, Viacom’s Voot and several local services, have signed and agreed to follow a new industry code… Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a car bomb attack near a heavily fortified foreign compound in Kabul that killed five people, including an Indian national.Afghan injured men receive treatment at a hospital after a car bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani The bombing sparked international condemnation as efforts increase to… Read more »
A series of Taliban attacks in western and northern Afghanistan has killed 21 members of the country’s security forces, Afghan officials say. Jamshed Shahabi, spokesperson for the governor in western Badghis province, said the fighters overran outposts there, killing six policemen on Wednesday. Council member Shamsul Haq Baeakzai in northern Baghlan province said seven members of the local police force were killed there on the… Read more »
One of two Indian women who entered an ancient Hindu hill temple in southern India this month in defiance of a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age alleged she was beaten up by her mother-in-law. Kanaka Durga, 39, a civil servant, suffered injuries to her head and had to be hospitalised, police said on Tuesday. She claims she was attacked only… Read more »
For Asian countries like Thailand, South Korea, China and India, they’ve been locked under a blanket of smog for years that will only continue to get worse with time. All the countries, including Hong Kong, are facing dangerously high levels of pollution while coal heating and emissions contribute to the already thick layer of smog. Not just including the Asian… Read more »
Dozens of children and mothers are among the victims of the Easter suicide bombing in a Lahore public park in which at least 72 people have been killed. A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack in Gulshan Iqbal Park. Even though the group said it had deliberately targeted Christians “celebrating Easter”, it has emerged that most of those… Read more »
Severe flooding and landslides in Bangladesh, Nepal and India have prevented around 1.8 million children from attending schools across the region. At least 1,200 people have been killed in South Asia’s worst flooding in years, with more than 40 million affected. Thousands of schools are being used as emergency evacuation shelters and at least 18,000 have been damaged or destroyed by… Read more »