Legislation in Kazakhstan met on October 6 to discuss future plans to change the language used on social media platforms in Kazakhstan, but as the week passes many doubt they will enact a law to replace Russian with Kazakh. In Kazakhstan social media is reported to use 70% Russian and 30% Kazakh, and while it has worked for most in… Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/india-afghan-embassy-open-e1a4c59cd7e7dfff0ad08397b2b899fc India’s foreign ministry released a statement confirming that the Afghan embassy in New Delhi was still functioning and was no longer going to suspend operations. The Afghan embassy had told India’s ministry on October 1st that they planned to close down. Their cited reasoning for the closure was because of Kabul’s government not being recognized and an insufficient… Read more »
On October 6th, 2023, BYD auto(China) and Uzavtosanoat JSC(Uzbekistan) made even more progress towards their venture in making more electric and hybrid vehicles. BYD is a chinese owned auto business who in 2022 surpassed Tesla as the leading seller of electric vehicles while JSC is a mainly unimportant auto company stationed in Uzbekistan. The deal between the two auto companies… Read more »
Link to article: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-japan-to-launch-600-million-climate-fund/articleshow/104171379.cms?from=mdr India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund is partnering with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to fund 49% of a 600 million sustainability project fund. This will be the NIIF’s first official bilateral fund since forming. The partnership, also known as the India-Japan Fund, was launched on Wednesday and has goals to promote renewable energy, reduce waste,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistani-minister-defends-decision-expel-afghans-2023-10-06/ Pakistan released a statement on October 31st, stating that Pakistan would deport all illegal immigrants that did not leave by November 1st. Minister Bugti stated that there’s an estimated 1.73 million Afghan refugees with no documentation currently residing in Pakistan. She claimed that the decision was made to protect Pakistan’s safety as a result of the… Read more »