Marion Biotech: India cancels licence of drug maker linked to child deaths in Uzbekistan
2023-03-23
Marion Biotech’s cough syrups have been linked to 18 child deaths in Uzbekistan.Continue Reading
China’s social credit system bigger than Big Brother
2023-03-23
China’s social credit system is widely viewed in the West as a digital surveillance system to categorize and guide people through reward and punishment. This perception continues despite efforts by scholars to build a morally normalized, rather than ideologically charged, framework to understand the system. The social credit system should be understood as method — […]Continue Reading
Rahul Gandhi: Two-year jail for India’s Congress leader for defamation
2023-03-23
The opposition leader was convicted for comments he made in 2019 about PM Narendra Modi’s surname.Continue Reading
Buildings believed to shelter Myanmar resistance groups raided
2023-03-23
Authorities detained 83 illegal migrants from Myanmar and seized military equipment and medical supplies during a raid on buildings in Mae Sot district of Tak province on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Hacker, friend nabbed for stealing energy drink prizes
2023-03-23
Police on Thursday arrested two men, including a postgraduate student, for allegedly hacking into an energy drink producer’s prize system and withdrawing the prizes through an electronic wallet.Continue Reading
Canada lawmaker denies report of China influence, but exits party
2023-03-23
OTTAWA: A Chinese-Canadian lawmaker, cited in unconfirmed media reports as having ties to the Beijing government, forcefully denied those allegations but announced his resignation as a member of the Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau last month denied a media report that the party had been warnedContinue Reading
Singapore’s core inflation unchanged at 5.5% in February
2023-03-23
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s core inflation remained unchanged at 5.5 per cent year-on-year in February, official data showed on Thursday (Mar 23). The figure is lower than the forecast in a Reuters poll of economists for a 5.8 per cent increase in February. In January, core inflation had gone up from 5.1 perContinue Reading
Depleted uranium ammo raises nuclear stakes in Ukraine
2023-03-23
The British announcement that it will supply depleted uranium (DU) ammunition to Ukraine for its Challenger 2 tanks is not a one-off. It was arranged with the United States and for good reason. The US has found a way to speed up delivery of Abrams M-1 tanks to Russia by using older models. The Abrams 120mm smoothbore gun, like the […]Continue Reading
California considers ban on caste discrimination
2023-03-23
California could become the first US state to make caste discrimination illegal if a new bill is passed.Continue Reading
Indigenous Voice: Australia PM unveils proposed question for constitution vote
2023-03-23
The national vote would debate Indigenous reforms – and the first constitutional change in nearly 50 years.Continue Reading