NEW DELHI – India last year built 36.4km of highway roads per day, up from 28.04km per day the previous year, in what Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari described as a world record in a year of disruptions. The Covid-19 pandemic saw the country go into a 21-day nationwide lockdown in March […]
BANGKOK -A new movement has sprung from the fading embers of Thailand’s pro-democracy protests. On Tuesday (April 6), a coalition of political and civic groups called Re-Solution launched a campaign to collect one million signatures to amend Thailand’s Constitution. “One name from everyone. Uproot the Prayut regime,” went the slogan espoused by the candy-coloured mascot, in […]
BANGKOK -A new movement has sprung from the fading embers of Thailand’s pro-democracy protests. On Tuesday (April 6), a coalition of political and civic groups called Re-Solution launched a campaign to collect one million signatures to amend Thailand’s Constitution. “One name from everyone. Uproot the Prayut regime,” went the slogan espoused by the candy-coloured mascot, in […]
HONG KONG – The authorities here have cut short the compulsory quarantine period in designated hotels for visitors from low-risk countries, including Singapore, from 21 days to 14 from Friday (April 9). Along with those departing New Zealand and Australia, travellers from Singapore will have to self-monitor for Covid-19 symptoms after they leave quarantine and […]
LEMBATA (AFP) – Indonesian president Joko Widodo arrived on Friday (April 9) in a cyclone-hit cluster of islands after the disaster killed more than 200 people, including victims in neighbouring Timor-Leste, with dozens still missing. Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja, one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in years, turned small […]
SRINAGAR (REUTERS) – The police in the Himalayan region of Kashmir have asked journalists to refrain from live coverage of gun battles against militants fighting Indian rule in the territory or protests, calling such reports a provocation amounting to interference in their duties. India has deployed tens of thousands of police officers and soldiers to […]
SINGAPORE – The prosecution on Friday (April 9) urged a district court to impose the maximum fine of $1 million on a construction company for its role in the 2017 Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) viaduct collapse that left one worker dead and 10 injured. This is the first time the prosecution has sought the enhanced maximum punishment for […]
SINGAPORE – The prosecution on Friday (April 9) urged a district court to impose the maximum fine of $1 million on a construction company for its role in the 2017 Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) viaduct collapse that left one worker dead and 10 injured. This is the first time the prosecution has sought the enhanced maximum punishment for […]
HONG KONG — Viewers of some of China’s most popular online variety shows were recently greeted by a curious sight: a blur of pixels obscuring the brands on sneakers and T-shirts worn by contestants. As far as viewers could tell, the censored apparel showed no hints of obscenity or indecency. Instead, the problem lay with […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Johnson & Johnson has told Indian regulators that it will soon begin clinical trials of its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in the country, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Friday (April 9). The US drugs and healthcare giant has sent a letter to India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) saying it would […]