Subversion charges: HK jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners
Hong Kong’s High Court yesterday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the US and other countries.
India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest
India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said yesterday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.
Indian, Chinese FMs deliberate next steps to further normalise ties
Foreign Ministers of India and China today deliberated on the next steps, including resumption of data-sharing on trans-border rivers, to further normalise bilateral ties in the first high-level engagement since the militaries of the two countries disengaged from Demchok and Depsang along their unresolved border in eastern Ladakh
SpaceX successfully launches Indian satellite
ISRO's GSAT-N2 will improve broadband and provide in-flight connectivity
Several children injured in car crash at central China school
'Many schoolchildren were injured, the specific casualties are being investigated,' state broadcaster CCTV said
Global security threats from North Korea's troop deployment
North Korea has been threatening the security order in Northeast Asia with its illegal nuclear weapons development for decades
Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy
India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy
Manipur violence: One protester shot dead during clash
A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that vandalised properties in the restive eastern Indian state of Manipur’s Jiribam district late on Sunday night, PTI reported yesterday.
46 US lawmakers ask Biden to seek Imran Khan's release
The letter, sent by 46 Democrat and Republican lawmakers on Friday, was the second such communication in less than a month
BJP wants Manipur to burn
As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.
At least 8 killed in mass stabbing in China
Police say a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing rampage in China's eastern city of Yixing, leaving at least 8 people dead and 17 wounded
Protests grow in India over abuse of two minors
Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India’s financial capital Mumbai yesterday, as protests over the alleged sexual abuse of two, four-year old girls intensified, media said.
Blast at Indian pharma factory kills 15, injures 40
At least 15 people were killed in an explosion at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state today, a district government official said
Three Kolkata Police officials suspended over vandalism at RG Kar Hospital
Kolkata Police has suspended three officers in connection with vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week, officials said
India SC takes cognisance of Kolkata doctor rape-murder
India's Supreme Court today said it took suo motu (voluntary) cognisance of the rape and murder case of a postgraduate doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata because it raises systemic issues regarding safety of doctors across India
Mpox: India heightens alert along borders with Bangladesh, Pakistan
India has ordered heightened alert along its border with Bangladesh and Pakistan to keep a check on incoming people for possible symptoms of Mpox, which has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization
Modi to visit Ukraine on Aug 23
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on August 23, at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
Paramilitary officer killed in India’s J&K
An officer from the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in action after terrorists fired on a patrol team in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur yesterday.
Rape, murder of doctor: Indian medics refuse to end protests
Thousands of Indian junior doctors yesterday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly a week after they launched a nationwide action demanding a safer workplace and swift criminal probe.
Sri Lanka defends diplomat fined for exploitation in Australia
Sri Lanka’s government has defended a top diplomat ordered by an Australian court to pay over $360,000 in back wages to her former housekeeper held in Canberra under “slavery-type conditions”.
India SC takes up doctor’s rape-murder case
India’s Supreme Court, on its own, has taken up the rape-murder case of the Kolkata doctor that has shocked the country and thrown the medical fraternity in a turmoil.