“I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts – that’s why I decided to sell my kidney,” says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar. Prices had…
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India: Nearly one and half billion citizens have no spending money – report
India is home to 1.4 billion people but around a billion lack money to spend on any discretionary goods or services, a new report estimates. The country’s consuming class, effectively the potential…
India: Race against time to save eight workers trapped inside tunnel
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Telangana are racing against time to save eight construction workers trapped inside a tunnel for more than 72 hours. Around 50 workers had…
China: Bangladesh wooed by Beijing as ties with India fray
A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists have begun a 10-day visit to China. They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and…
Singapore: Major Asia bank DBS to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans
Singapore’s biggest bank says it expects to cut 4,000 roles over the next three years as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on more work currently done by humans. “The reduction in…
India: Mega river-linking plan has sparked massive protests
Thousands of villagers in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are protesting against a multi-million-dollar river-linking project which, they say, will rob them of their homes and livelihoods. The…
New Zealand: Minister resigns after he ‘placed hand’ on staff’s arm
New Zealand’s commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resignedas a government minister after he “placed a hand” on a staff member’s upper arm last week, in what he described as “overbearing”…
India: London and Delhi relaunch trade talks
India and the UK have restarted free trade talks, nearly a year after negotiations were paused ahead of general elections in both countries. Jonathan Reynolds, the UK’s business and trade…
India: Authorities ban two opioids behind crisis in West Africa
Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. MIn a letter…
USA: Trump’s ‘$21m for voter turnout’ claim triggers political row in India
US President Donald Trump’s remark that his country spent $21m to boost voter turnout in India’s elections has triggered a political slugfest in the country. He made the remark days…