Hyping up China threat is completely futile

Beijing yesterday slammed Nato over a “completely futile” warning in which the group said for the first time in a guiding blueprint that China’s power challenges the military alliance. 
30 June 2022

“Don’t get your neighbours’ reputation”, Israel tells India over intellectual property rights violation

Israel has expressed willingness to share technology and know-how with India for the success of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship project “Make-in-India”, but voiced concerns over some cases of violation of intellectual property rights and indirectly citied China’s “reputation” regarding this.
30 June 2022

Delhi High Court to hear Zubair’s plea challenging arrest, remand tomorrow

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear tomorrow Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s plea challenging his arrest and police remand on the charge of hurting religious sentiments following a complaint over a tweet from 2018, his lawyers said.
30 June 2022

Zubair’s arrest: Account that flagged tweet “doesn’t exist anymore”

The Twitter account that filed an official complaint by tagging the Delhi Police was removed days after Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, was arrested because of a tweet he posted in 2018.
30 June 2022

The one-sided coverage of Indian journo Zubair that raise questions

Several reports on Indian journalist and Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair’s arrest have raised more questions than they have answered. They lack balance and cross-checking and appear to be heavily reliant on what police said.
30 June 2022

Ousted dictator’s son Marcos Jr taking oath as Philippine president

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, is to be sworn in as Philippine president Thursday in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history but which opponents say was pulled off by whitewashing his family’s image.
30 June 2022

Tensions flare in Indian city after sectarian killing

Hundreds of police were deployed in an Indian city yesterday after the murder of a Hindu tailor allegedly by two Muslims in revenge for inflammatory comments about Islam by a ruling party member. 
29 June 2022

Rappler ordered to shut down

Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa’s news company Rappler was ordered yesterday to shut down, a day before President
29 June 2022

‘Impossible situation’

Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched yesterday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island’s worst economic crisis in decades or step down.
29 June 2022

India's biggest cement producer using Chinese yuan to import Russian coal

India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement, is importing a cargo of Russian coal and paying using Chinese yuan, according to an Indian customs document reviewed by Reuters, a rare payment method that traders say could become more common.
29 June 2022

Journalists shouldn’t be jailed for “what they write”: UN chief’s spokesman on Zubair’s arrest in India

Journalists should not be jailed for “what they write, what they tweet and what they say” and it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat of any harassment, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said.
29 June 2022

Filipino Nobel laureate Maria Ressa's news site ordered to shut down

A Philippine news site co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has been ordered to shut down, the company said Wednesday, a day before President Rodrigo Duterte -- its arch-nemesis -- leaves office.
29 June 2022

Indian political leaders unite to denounce Udaipur murder

Leaders across India's political spectrum have denounced the beheading of a 40-year-old tailor in Udaipur and demanded exemplary punishment for his killer.
29 June 2022

“Muslims won’t let talibanisation in India”, Ajmer Dargah chief says

Condemning the murder of a tailor in Udaipur, Ajmer Sharif Dargah Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan yesterday (June 28, 2022) said that Muslims in India would never allow a talibanisation mindset to take root.
29 June 2022

China FM to visit Myanmar

China’s foreign minister will travel to Myanmar this weekend for a regional meeting, a junta spokesman told AFP yesterday, in what will be Beijing’s highest-profile visit since the military seized power. 
28 June 2022

Sri Lanka rushes to find fuel

A Sri Lankan government minister was in Qatar yesterday and another will travel to Russia at the weekend in search of energy deals to alleviate a severe fuel shortage that is crippling the economy of the island nation and forcing many schools to close.
28 June 2022

"Special gesture of my brother": UAE President greets Modi with a hug

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with a warm embrace today as the former made a brief stopover at Abu Dhabi on his return from the G-7 summit in Munich.
28 June 2022

Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani steps down as Reliance Jio director

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has stepped down as director of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, the conglomerate's telecom arm said on Tuesday.
28 June 2022

Man in India’s Udaipur murdered over post supporting Nupur Sharma

A tailor, who allegedly made a social media post in support of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, was brutally murdered in his shop in India’s Udaipur today (June 28, 2022). The incident has triggered communal tension in the area, police said.
28 June 2022

Zubair’s arrest: Police “bending over backwards to please sahibs”, Trinamool MP tweets

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has tweeted that the Delhi Police are “bending over backwards to please sahibs”.
28 June 2022