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India’s Q2 growth may shrink to 4.2%: SBI0
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- November 13, 2019
Automobile sales, air travel, core sector growth, investment in construction and infrastructure all low ByKS Kumar 13 November 2019 India’s largest lender, State Bank of India, forecasts that the country’s second quarter gross domestic product growth will be 4.2%, as the country grapples with slowdown on many fronts. In the first quarter India’s gross domestic product growth
READ MORESinophobia simmers across Central Asia0
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- November 12, 2019
In the ‘Stans, BRI debt traps, broken promises, corruption and Xinjiang persecution generate resentment and violence By Alexander Kruglov Asiatimes 12 November 2019 It is just a tiny grocery store in a decrepit, Khruschev-era five-story apartment block in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan – but it is flooded with shoppers, 24 hours a day. Located just
READ MOREIndia cozying up to Saudi may not be wise0
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- November 12, 2019
By Shafeeq Rahman 12 November 2019 Asiatimes The Middle East is a pivotal region for Indian diplomacy because of India’s dependency on petroleum, huge commercial ties and a large diaspora in the region. The Middle East’s share of India’s overall trade was 21% and accounted for 62% of its crude-oil imports during January-August 2019. Non-resident Indians
READ MOREThe RCEP train left the station, and India, behind0
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- November 9, 2019
Biggest story at ASEAN was convergence of moves toward Asia integration, leaving Delhi out for now By Pepe Escobar 9 November 2019 A pan-Asia high-speed train has left the station – and India – behind. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would have been the largest free trade deal in the world, was not
READ MOREIsraeli spyware: WhatsApp hack raises global fears0
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- November 9, 2019
Several countries used the spying software to target lawyers, human rights activists, journalists and political opponents By Saikat Datta | Anand Venkatanarayanan, New Delhi Asia Times 9 November 2019 In the middle of October this year, the world’s biggest messaging platform, WhatsApp, started sending out alerts to select users advising them that their security had
READ MOREThe Orwellian dystopia in Bangladesh0
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- November 8, 2019
By Quamr Ahmed 9 November 2019 In a living embodiment of Orwellian dystopia, the hapless Bangladeshi polity has switched back to complete surrender, after a blip of pointless outrage following the grisly murder of Abrar Fahad, a student of the elite Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Before his murder, Abrar was tortured for
READ MOREIndian couple stoned for marrying outside caste0
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- November 8, 2019
The incident is the latest in a string of so-called ‘honor killings’ which are rampant in rural parts of the country By Asia Times 9 November 2019 Relatives of an Indian woman who married outside her caste and fled her home to escape punishment stoned her and her husband to death after the couple returned
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UN concerns delay Rohingya island relocation0
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- November 4, 2019
Bangladesh had wanted to move 100,000 people to the mud-silt island of Bhashan Char By Shafiqul Alam, Dhaka 5 November 2019 Bangladesh said Sunday plans to relocate thousands of Rohingya living in overcrowded refugee camps to a remote island were “uncertain” after authorities failed to gain support from UN agencies. Dhaka had wanted to begin
READ MORECIA-backed Afghan militias ‘kill with impunity’0
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- October 31, 2019
Nighttime raids by ‘death squads’ alleged by rights group By Thomas Watkins, Kabul 31 October 2019 CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary groups operating with impunity are summarily executing civilians during botched nighttime raids and are responsible for the disappearances of suspects, a rights group said Thursday. The secretive militias, whose support from America’s Central Intelligence Agency continues
READ MOREIndian government’s Kashmir move backfires0
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- October 29, 2019
Calling it a PR stunt, UK politician pulls out of ‘private visit’ by carefully selected members of European Parliament By Saikat Datta, New Delhi Asia Times The Indian government’s attempt to win some favorable global opinion on Kashmir fell apart after a British member of the European Parliament (MEP) pulled out, calling it a “public
READ MOREPakistan dodges terror black list for now0
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- October 22, 2019
The FATF has given Pakistan time till February next year to take concrete steps against sponsors of terror attacks By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Lahore October 22, 2019 The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which met recently in Paris, has decided to keep Pakistan on its ‘grey list’ until February 2020. The FATF monitors countries suspected
READ MOREHedge your bets on Pakistan’s political battle0
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- October 15, 2019
By Imad Zafar October 15, 2019 Dr Martin Luther King Jr once said, “Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom will eventually come.” It actually is not the tyranny of the oppressor but the silence of the oppressed that allows the exploitation of the weaker segments of society. In Pakistan, we are
READ MOREChina’s big brother is watching your every move0
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- October 15, 2019
State-backed Hikvision is now the largest surveillance company in the world with links to Xinjiang’s detention camps By Gordon Watts 15 October 2019 There are surveillance cameras and then there is Hikvision. Billed as China’s “Big Brother” to quote George Orwell’s dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology has become a major player in
READ MOREMoody’s cuts India’s growth outlook0
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- October 11, 2019
Agency slashes 2019-20 growth forecast to 5.8% from 6.2% and predicts govt will miss fiscal deficit target By KS Kumar 11 October 2019 With the Indian economy battling a slowdown in demand and a liquidity crunch, numerous rating agencies and even the country’s central bank have painted a cooler picture of the economy for the
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