On Sunday, July 24th, the Indian sporting community heaped praise onto Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra after he brought India its first-ever silver medal at the World Championships. Chopra won the award competing for India. Chopra’s effort of 88.13 meters was not enough to defeat Anderson Peters of Grenada’s attempt of 90.54 meters, but it was enough to end India’s …

Malaysia – During the 2022 Indonesian Open, the winner of the men’s singles event at the national level, Lee Zii Jia, exhibited an energizing performance to earn a victory against Sameer Verma of India and proceed to the quarterfinals of the tournament. At the Istora Senayan Stadium in this city, the fifth and sixth seeds in the world defeated Sameer’s challenge …

Malaysia – As part of a hacking campaign against India following an anti-Islam remark by a lawmaker from the governing party, a group calling itself DragonForce Malaysia claimed to have successfully damaged the websites of Delhi University and the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation. The activist organization demonstrated its ability to insert pages into the websites of an Indian institution and …

India – An Indian official said that India has lodged a formal complaint with Singapore over a comment made by the country’s prime minister regarding the number of Indian legislators facing criminal charges, marking a rare case of disagreement between the Asian allies. In Singapore’s parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the comment while participating in a …

Japan – Japan’s ambassador to Indonesia has urged Jakarta to lift its recent coal export restriction, which he claims has had a “significant effect” on the world’s third-largest economy. Indonesia exports almost three-quarters of its coal production, with the primary customers being Asia’s economic powerhouses China, Japan, South Korea, and India. However, on January 1, it barred coal exports, citing …

India – According to reports, an expert committee of India’s pharma authority approved emergency use authorization (EUA) for Merck’s Covid-19 pill molnupiravir, as well as the Covovax and corbevax vaccines from Serum Institute of India and Biological E, among other products. According to a report published today, the recommendations of the topic expert group have been sent to the Drugs …

ASEAN – Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) stated on Friday that Asia-Pacific nations should increase their healthcare capacity and completely vaccinate their citizens in order to prepare for a spike in Covid-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant, which has been identified in the region. Scientists are still collecting data to determine how infectious Omicron is, as well …

Malaysia – India is to open its doors to fully vaccinated foreigners from all over the world including from Malaysia beginning Monday (November 15), with no quarantine requirement imposed on those arriving in Indian destinations at the moment. Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia BN Reddy told Bernama travellers to India need only undergo a pre-arrival test for Covid-19 at their …

India – Indian police said on Sunday that the son of a minister has been detained on preliminary accusations of murder, a week after the deaths of eight people during a farmers’ protest which has caused widespread anger throughout the country. Ashish Mishra was recently arrested in Uttar Pradesh, where he was charged with involvement in the event in the …

India -India will re-open for tourists from October 15 after being closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government said yesterday. The country had suspended all visas for foreigners in March 2020 when the pandemic took off as Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s government imposed a strict lockdown. “After considering various inputs, the MHA (home ministry) …