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Singapore’s ruling party wins elections, returns to power




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VIDEO: Volcano in southern Japan erupts, sending smoke into the air




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Malaysia detains Pakistani, two others in connection with Bangkok blast




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Singapore schools, F1 race on edge as bad haze persists




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Bangkok Shrine bombing suspect was at Delhi IGI airport for few hours




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North Korea to launch multiple satellites to mark party anniversary




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Thick haze from forest fires engulfs Malaysia, Singapore; schools shut




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North Korea warns it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants




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North Korea to stage its biggest celebration in years next month




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Former Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s family declares support for his successor




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Narendra Modi’s trip costs $3,73,000 to Canadian taxpayers: Report




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Vietnam accuses Thailand of attacking fishing boats




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Indian-origin Uber driver allegedly rapes passenger in Canada: report




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Japan enhances military’s role as contentious legislation passed




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South Korea readies for reunions amid North Korea’s rocket threats




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Pakistan arrests 28 suspects in connection with Taliban attack on air force base




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Four funerals and a wedding: China’s Xi mends political bridges




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Vietnam frees high-profile blogger, US call for more releases




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Afghanistan govt to be provided evidence of air base attack: Pakistan




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Pakistan decides to share crucial evidence of Badhaber attack with Afghanistan




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India calls its Nepal envoy for consultations; Nepal says can’t make everyone happy




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Cow becomes national animal of Nepal




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Pakistan postpones execution of physically challenged death row convict




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No peace until foreign troops leave Afghanistan: Taliban chief Mullah Mansour




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Philippines: Gunmen abduct three foreigners, Filipino from resort




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Bangkok blast probe: Malaysia detains 8 suspects for questioning




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US, China sign deal to deal with naval, air force encounters




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Burqa a ‘garment of extremism, backwardness’: Chinese official




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Thai police ready to prosecute two for Bangkok shrine bombing




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Climate change: China pledges fund of $3 billion for developing nations




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US asks Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to take action against LeT, Haqqani network




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Another blast hits Chinese city where explosions killed seven




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Philippine forces mount massive search for abducted Italian




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2 dead, 8 trapped after blast in coal mine in eastern China




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17 killed in eastern China restaurant as gas container explodes




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China starts operating lighthouses on South China Sea reef




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Blast rocks Tianjin port city again, two months after fatal explosion




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Afghanistan: Taliban withdraw from Kunduz, says retreating to avoid civilian casualties




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China: Blast rocks Tianjin port city two months after fatal explosions




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Philippines backs US plan to sail ship near Chinese island on South China Sea




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Taliban promised protection but later killed those who stood in their way in Kunduz: residents




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Chinese military reaches out amid South China Sea tensions




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Sailing in South China Sea not provocative, says US




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Won’t use force ‘recklessly’ in South China Sea: China




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Cambodian on trial for infecting more than 100 with HIV




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Bangladesh hangs two top opposition leaders for war crimes




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COVID-19: Modi's India sets a laudable example

With its gaze steadily fixed on the well-being of its people, the government is going about taking all the imperative measures that need to be taken to beat back the pandemic, observes B S Raghavan.




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What a post-COVID-19 world may look like

'Whatever else may or may not happen, China and its people are likely to pay a very heavy price for the lack of transparency of its Communist regime,' predicts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).




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Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

'I have no problems with the finance ministry or with state governments treating petrol pump prices as the last resort for meeting their ambitious spending targets with very limited revenue resources.'




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Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

'Two consecutive quarters of negative growth are the technical definition of an economic recession, and for the first time in this generation's memory, we may be staring at one,' observes Aakar Patel.