Category: So Asia

Indian Woman Gang-Raped After Being Quarantined Alone

Woman forcibly quarantined inside school in Jaipur gang-raped by 3 youths An Indian woman was…

B’desh Calls For Collective Responsibility, Partnership to Fight Covid-19

There have been 131 deaths and 4,689 infections in the last 47 days; The government…

“The Situation [for Muslims in India] is Approaching Genocidal”

Modi’s government was exploiting coronavirus in a tactic reminiscent of one used by the Nazis…

Coronavirus Exposes India’s Apathy Toward Its 100m Migrant Workers

The acuteness of their plight today is a result of the fact that India ignored…

Chilean Solution to Safe Drinking Water Shortage

IRSHAD SALIM — A Chilean startup has built a machine that can take moisture out…

Bangladesh’s Water Teeming With Drugs, Chemicals, Study Says

Pollution due to industrial effluents has become an area of growing environmental concern Water sampling…

250 Days of Kashmir Lockdown: 93 Deaths, Fear of Yasin Malik’s ‘Extra-Judicial Killing’

Many in the disputed region fear Yasin Malik, a pro-freedom leader who is in incarceration,…

MUSLIMS Are NOT EQUAL, Says a Top Leader of India’s Ruling BJP Party

DESPARDES — After violent riots in New Delhi in February, many Muslims lost their homes….

Afghanistan Govt Announces Team For Peace Talks With Taliban

The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been adding challenges to the peace process and Khalilzad…

Hungry Kids Seen Eating Grass in Modi’s Constituency

DESPARDES — Some children eating grass in India were photographed on the the third day…

‘India Headed for 10Pct Contraction’ in GDP in 2020

SoDATA – Twice as much as it had contracted four decades back – in 1980…

India Could be ‘Next Coronavirus Epicenter’ in Asia

Indian officials have said the WHO guidance didn’t apply in India because the spread of…