https://www.reuters.com/article/india-budget-tax/exclusive-indias-budget-seen-raising-import-duties-by-5-10-on-dozens-of-items-sources-idUSKBN29N135 The Indian government has recently stated that they will be increasing duties on foreign imports by 5-10%. This is another move made by Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s to further his campaign based on Indian self reliance. Modi’s goals for India are to become more self reliant, which means cutting back on foreign imports and increasing domestic production. The products… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-military-drill/iran-army-commandos-start-drills-near-mouth-of-gulf-idUSKBN29O157 The Iranian army has been launching mock attacks and testing weapons in the Persian Gulf. Revolutionary Guards commander General Hossein Salami told TV outlets that the army was executing these practice attacks to demonstrate that the Iranian army will stand to protect their nation. These practice attacks have been going on for almost two weeks in the Persian Gulf…. Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/india-facebook-whatsapp/india-asks-facebooks-whatsapp-to-withdraw-privacy-policy-update-idUSKBN29O11G Recently this month, the messaging app WhatsApp updated its terms and conditions for European and Asian countries. These new terms and conditions deprive users of the choice to share certain information and data with the app’s developer, FaceBook. India’s technology ministry has asked the app to change these conditions, as they find the absence of choice an issue for… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-pakistan/taliban-delegation-visits-islamabad-plans-for-leadership-meeting-in-pakistan-idUSKBN28Q171 This Wednesday, there will be a meeting in Pakistan between both sides of the Afghan peace process, as well as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. This meeting is one of countless meetings that have been had between leaders of the Taliban group and the Afghan government. The two parties are trying to find a way to achieve peace in… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-new-agreement-needed-to-revive-iran-nuclear-deal-under-biden-iaea-chief-says-idUSKBN28R1V9 Recently U.N atomic watchdog Rafael Grossi stated that under president-elect Joe Biden, the Iran Nuclear deal would have to be re-assessed, and a new agreement on how Iran can reverse their breaches and move forward would have to be made. Since the agreement was made in 2015, there have been multiple breaches by Iran on the agreements on how… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/india-farms-protests/indian-farmers-step-up-pressure-with-hunger-strike-against-reforms-idUSKBN28O0MC For the past three weeks in India, farmers from around the country have been protesting a new set of laws that threaten the security of their livelihoods. These laws change the rules surrounding the set prices that the government would previously buy crops from these farmers at. Union leaders from Punjab have begun a hunger strike to further put… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-india-cases/india-says-may-not-need-to-vaccinate-entire-population-to-control-covid-idUSKBN28B3P8 Indian government officials said that they may not need to vaccinate their entire population of 1.3 billion to properly subside the coronavirus. The Indian prime minister made a comment in October about being prepared to administer the vaccine to the entire country when it’s made available, however other officials have made it clear that this is not the case…. Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-rohingya/bangladesh-ships-rohingya-refugees-to-remote-island-despite-protests-idUSKBN28E0FD Recently in Bangladesh there has been a mass shipment of Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Nepal. The government claims that the migration of these people is completely by choice and that it is simply to combat overpopulation due to the surplus of Rohingya people fleeing the neighboring Myanmar. However, upon interviews and reports, it’s… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/india-farm-protests/government-to-meet-protesting-farmers-again-on-saturday-as-talks-continue-idUSKBN28D0UL The Indian government has recently created a set of laws that has created major outrage from the farming community. These laws aim to get rid of antiquated procurement procedures and the farmers ability to sell to institutional buyers and international retailers. This would put growers at the mercy of small buyers. Farmers from all around the country have flooded… Read more »
