COVID-19 “medicine kits” containing ivermectin, azithromycin, and vitamins D and C are being distributed in the Indian city of Varanasi as part of measures to prepare for surge in cases of COVID-19. A large quantity of the kits were procured from the government by District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma, and distribution in the city began…
Indian City Rolls out COVID-19 Medicine Kits Including Ivermectin, Vitamins D and C: Report
India Court Dismisses Future’s Plea to Declare Arbitration With Amazon Illegal
MUMBAI—An Indian court on Tuesday dismissed Future Retail’s plea to declare arbitration proceedings with its warring partner Amazon.com Inc. as illegal. The ruling came after Future urged a New Delhi judge that given India’s antitrust agency had suspended a 2019 deal used by Amazon to assert rights over Future, there was no legal basis for…
China ‘Invents’ Names for Territory Under India’s Dominion, Expert Says This is Like Stalin’s ‘Lying Maps’
NEW DELHI–China has “standardized” names of 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state on the border with Bhutan and Burma that China claims and has aggressively intruded upon for the past few decades. Criticizing China for “inventing” names, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi said, “assigning invented names” doesn’t alter the fact that Arunachal Pradesh…
New Year’s Eve Stampede at India Temple Kills 12 Pilgrims, Injures Dozens
At least 12 people were killed in a stampede at a religious shrine in Kashmir, India, while a dozen others were injured as tens of thousands of pilgrims came to the temple to offer prayers on New Year’s Eve. The incident happened at around 2:40 a.m. on Saturday at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan shrine, one…
Burma Military Acquires Used Chinese Submarine After Receiving Indian Submarine Last Year
The Burmese military has reportedly acquired a diesel-electric submarine from China last week, a Type 035 submarine that the Chinese navy had used, just a year after being gifted a secondhand Kilo-class Russian-built submarine by India. The military regime acquired the submarine, dubbed “Min Ye Kyaw Htin,” through a secret deal with China and commissioned…
‘Million Dollar Nomad’ Actor Produces Films on Region Contested Between India, Pakistan, and China
NEW DELHI–In a village on the India-Pakistan border where cross-border shelling is a constant source of trauma, television turned into an escape route for a child into a better world. Films played on the mind of Shoib Nikash Shah so loudly that the guns outside faded into oblivion—and hence started a quest that turned a…
Foreign Carmakers Interested in Ford Plant in India: State Minister
CHENNAI—Foreign automakers have indicated an interest to the government of India’s Tamil Nadu state in acquiring Ford Motor Co.’s plant there, the state industries minister said on Thursday, after inconclusive talks with the Tata Group. Ford announced plans to stop production in India in September, as it did not see a path to profitability there….
India Boosts Arsenal Against COVID-19 with Merck Pill, 2 More Vaccines
BENGALURU—India has approved Merck’s COVID-19 pill and two more vaccines for emergency use as the world’s second-most populous country braces for a possible spike in coronavirus cases due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. Asia’s third-largest economy has already said it will allow COVID-19 booster shots for some of its population as some Indian states…
Paceman Scott Boland Makes His Mark As Australia Clinches Ashes Victory Over England
Australia has retained the Ashes after fast bowler Scott Boland led a demolition of the English side, who were all out for 68 in the third Test. The 32-year-old, who was making his Test debut in front of a home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), took a remarkable 6/7 to help wrap up…
India Announces COVID-19 Vaccines for Teens
India will start rolling out its first COVID-19 vaccines for teenagers aged 15 and above starting Jan. 3, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday. “This decision will not only strengthen the nation’s fight against coronavirus, but it will also reduce the worries for school-going children and their parents,” he said in a live…
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