India’s capital, Delhi, has experience a thick coat of smog and unhealthy levels of air pollution for quite some time. Arvid Kejriwal, the current Chief Minister of Delhi proposed a plan in January, 2016 in an attempt to reduce the rising levels of air pollution. Known as the Odd-Even rule, which stated that vehicles were only allowed on the road… Read more »
‘Are we still together?’ one man asks his girlfriend Sameer Yasir Tuesday 15 October 2019 11:31 When the mobile phone started to ring, after 71 days of silence, the crowd erupted into a loud cheer. After imposing a complete communications blackout two months ago, the Indian government partially restored mobile phone connections on Monday in the Kashmir Valley, home to about 8 million people. The… Read more »
New DelhiNovember 15, 2019UPDATED: November 15, 2019 09:12 IST While Delhi-NCR continues to struggle for fresh for the third consecutive day of increasing air pollution, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party remains undecided on extending the Odd-Even rule in the city, even after the current situation in the capital being declared as a public health emergency. Delhi-NCR battled severe pollution for… Read more »
Bangladesh’s high court has ruled that women will no longer be required to declare if they are virgins on marriage certificates in a victory for equal rights campaigners. In the Muslim-majority country, a bride had to state if they were divorced, a widow or “kumari”, a Bengali word meaning “virgin”, on their marriage deed, or “Kabinnama”. Activists said the form was “humiliating”… Read more »
At least 12 people died in the explosion that apparently targeted a convoy from a private security firm.13 Nov 2019 A car bombing in Kabul during morning rush hour on Wednesday targeted a private security company’s convoy with officials saying 12 people were killed, including children. The attack also wounded 20 people, including four of the company’s foreign staff, but… Read more »