Month: June 2020

A day after the the Indian government banned 59 Chinese mobile apps in India, citing security reasons, China has restricted the access of Indian newspapers and websites. While the Chinese newspapers and websites still remain to be accessible in India but people in China can only access the Indian media websites thought Virtual Private Network (VPN) server. As per the Indian government's official statement, all the banned apps are "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order." "In view of the information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order," the order said. This move will safeguard the interests of crore...

The Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday in a statement commenting on the new domicile law in Jammu Kashmir stated that India's attempt to alter Kashmir's demographic structure by issuing a domicile certificate to 25,000 Indian nationals is illegal and in violation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions, international law and 4th Geneva Convention. Imran Khan added that he has approached UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other world leaders to stop India's unacceptable treatment of Kashmiri people. At least 30,000 people have till now received domicile certificates online in Jammu Kashmir after the Indian government abrogated the speicla status of Jammu Kashmir and reduced the state into a Union territory. As per the new domicile law, non-perman...

On Monday morning after two ferries crashed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, more than 30 bodies have been recovered. A large ferry called Mayur-2 collided with a vessel called the Morning Bird carrying around 60 passengers and sank in just 20 seconds after, Shah Jamal, a local police chief said. Jamal stated that there were at least eight women and three children among the fatalities. He added that at the time of the crash the bigger boat was dropping its anchor at a port on the River Buriganga. Chief of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Commodore Golam Sadeq, said that a four-member committee has been formed to look into the crash.

The United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Monday stated reports of Uighur Muslims being forced to get sterilization, abortion, and coercive family planning by China’s ruling Communist Party, as “shocking” and “disturbing”. Mike Pompeo made these comments by referring to reports made by German researcher Adrian Zenz, published by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation think tank. Pompeo said, “We call on the Chinese Communist Party to immediately end these horrific practices and ask all nations to join the United States in demanding an end to these dehumanizing abuses.” As a persistent critic of the Chinese Communist Party, Pompeo called China’s practices against the minority Muslims as “an utter disregard for the sanctity of human life and basic human dignity.” Adrian Ze...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the pandemic ‘is not even close to being over’. Johns Hopkins University recently reported global coronavirus cases to be exceeding 10 million and resulting in more than half a million fatalities from the respiratory disease, COVID-19. This statement comes amidst more United States (US) states stepping back from reopening as COVID-19 cases resurge and Brazil’s Sao Paulo expecting to receive approval to trail Chinese vaccine as the country still faces a big challenge. As of now, the US accounts for about a quarter of all deaths globally due to the coronavirus.