Category: Asia Pacific

The 43-second ad film – promoting a jewellery line called “Ekatvam” (Hindi word for unity) – has been taken down from Tanishq’s social media channels.…

Image copyright Getty Images China’s central bank has issued 10 million yuan ($1.5m; £1.1m) worth of digital currency to 50,000 people in the Shenzhen area…

Defiant Trump returns to campaign trail in Florida President Trump holds a campaign rally less than two weeks after testing positive for Covid-19. Source link

Driverless taxis are now available to the public in China’s biggest city. A firm AutoX, backed by the online tech and retail giant Alibaba, has…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption An idol of the Living goddess Kumari is pictured inside a miniature chariot A number of religious leaders in Nepal…

British man Peter Webster has played for decades in Australia, but says it’s time to hang up his boots. Source link

The airline is one of many carriers looking for new business models to make up for lost revenues. Source link

A former British colony, Hong Kong is part of China but residents of Hong Kong prize civil liberties such as free speech, the right to…

The coronavirus pandemic has forced most professionals to work from home. But some in India have become more creative, taking their work to scenic mountains…

And given the high prevalence, health systems too have been overwhelmed, driving up deaths in some instances. Pune’s ‘jumbo’ Covid centre made headlines recently over…

The writer William Dalrymple said Sharma had produced a “startling portfolio of a locked-down, masked, visored, sanitised, padlocked and disinfected Delhi, almost empty of its…

The test, named after a famous Indian fictional detective, is based on gene-editing technology called Crispr. Source link

Its thought the mammals, classified as endangered, were wiped out on the mainland by dingoes. Source link

A Japanese man waited almost seven months to enter the site after it was closed because of Covid. Source link

Mr Hikosaka points out that Japan, with its ageing population, is currently facing a labour shortage – particularly with regard to low-income jobs. He argues…

The annual holiday normally sees millions of tourists travelling across the region and boosting economies. Source link

Activists warn that public vilification through ‘red-tagging’ is growing in the Philippines to quash dissent. Source link

Image copyright Getty Images Indian-American voters are being courted by both the Republicans and the Democrats this election cycle. The community has historically leaned Democrat…

Facing a new disease like Covid-19 is particularly difficult for healthcare workers in low-resource and war-torn countries. The charity Teleheal is helping doctors in Afghanistan…

In 2017, Amnesty International polled 4,000 women from eight countries and found that 76% of women who were abused on social media restricted their use…