Asian Lite News Archive

Category: India News

  • India warns against attempts to disrupt Non-Aligned Movement

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    Calling out Pakistan’s attempts to disrupt the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), India has warned that it will slide to irrelevance and be shut out of global decision-making if attempts were made to divide it by venting bilateral grievances. “If we take up issues that divide rather than unite us, reducing our movement to a platform for…

  • BR Shetty Files Complaint against Manghat Brothers, Former NMC officials

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    The founder and former Chairman of UAE’s NMC healthcare and Finablr, BR Shetty has moved a complaint against former CEOs and officials of the two companies, alleging them of fraud. He claims that Pramod and Prashanth Manghat who were the CEOs had defrauded him by orchestrating a deception over the group companies’ affairs, Khaleej Times…

  • RBI’s liquidity booster measures push indices up

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    Buoyed by the Reserve Bank’s liquidity boosting measures, the Indian benchmark indices rose for the seventh consecutive session on Friday, making it the best winning streak in almost a year. The markets’ upswing was maintained despite a status quo in key lending rates announced by the RBI. However, analysts noted that gains came on the…

  • Honda launches H’ness CB350 in India, takes on RE

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    Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) is all set to take on the epic Royal Enfields in the mid size segment. It has entered the mid-size 350-500 cc motorcycle segment in India with the launch of H’ness CB350, priced at Rs 1.85 lakh (ex-showroom, Gurugram). The new offering is the third BS-VI model from the…

  • Mumbai Police Names Arnab’s Republic TV, Two Others In TRP Fraud

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    In a sensational revelation, the Mumbai Police claimed to have busted a major fraud of manipulating TRP (Television Rating Point) data by at least three TV channels and nabbed two persons, Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh said here on Thursday. The channels allegedly indulging in the fraudulent activities include Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and…

  • Sanskruti hosts Chief Scout for India Dr Sandeep Marwah

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    Dr Marwah has been nominated by 60 governments, through Presidents, Vice Presidents, Prime Ministers, Deputy PMs or through Diplomatic missions and MPs as their Cultural Ambassador, and is the recipient of more than 800 awards from different parts of the world.   Chief Scout for India and eight-time world record holder Dr Sandeep Marwah spoke recently…

  • Trump Tightens H-1B Rules

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    The Acting Deputy DHS Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said about one-third of the people who have applied for H1B visas would be denied under the new rules…reports NIKHILA NATARAJAN  The Donald Trump administration moved Tuesday to cut back H1B visas for foreign skilled workers and tightened wage-based entry barriers citing “data” that more than 500,000 Americans…

  • ‘Indian Economy Clearly On Recovery Path’

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    “The number of people trading in Indian markets increased initially due to the lockdown. So effectively, we see a lot of people coming into the market not only for equities but for the trading part of it because people are sitting at home and want to trade,” says Bombay Stock Exchange MD and CEO Ashishkumar…

  • SFJ Plans New Move For Referendum 2020

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    The secessionist Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has announced to recruit 1,000 “qualified referendum ambassadors” who will register voters in their respective assigned geographical areas for ‘Referendum 2020’…reports RAJNISH SINGH Indian anti-terror agencies have alerted law-enforcement agencies in different states after the banned pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) on Wednesday announced to undertake a door-to-door…

  • India Blasts Pakistan, Turkey, OIC Over Kashmir Comments

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    India on Tuesday slammed Turkey and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, while shaming Pakistan for funding cross-border terrorism and ethnic cleansing of its minorities. In response to the statements made by Pakistan, Turkey and the OIC at the Council, Indian representative Pawan Badhe, First Secretary at…

  • NATO’s M4 Guns Fall in Hands of Terrorists

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    The UN Security Council (UNSC) designated international terrorist and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) founder Maulana Masood Azhars three nephews, each carrying a US-made M4 sniper, have been killed in three different encounters in Kashmir in the last three years…reports AHMED ALI FAYYAZ A number of US-made M4 sniper rifles, used by Nato forces to fight terrorism in…

  • Pakistan Loses Malaysia’s Support On Kashmir

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    Last year Pakistan was able to get only two countries in the 193-member UN — Turkey and Malaysia — to publicly echo its concerns about Kashmir. But this year only Turkey has, making Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan a voice in the wilderness…reports Arul Louis Pakistan lost Malaysia’s public support on its Kashmir stand as…

  • Pakistan Slammed for being ‘’Safe Haven of Global Terrorism’’

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    Veronica Ekelund, Research Analyst, EFSAS argued that Pakistan has been sheltering terrorists quoting directly from the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. Mr Khan had earlier said that his country hosts 40,000 terrorists and had referred Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a “martyr” in the country’s Parliament. European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), an…

  • The Lost And Forgotten Tibetan Cause

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    On the eve of October 1st, when China was celebrating its National day, commemorating 71years of Communist Party rule, Indian security and strategic affairs think tank Usanas Foundation had organized a Webinar to bring the global attention to the lost and forgotten Tibetan cause, also pertinent to the current turn of events in the global…

  • Traders body wants digital payment to curb infection through currency

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    The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Sunday said that the RBI had affirmed the possibility of currency notes as potential carriers of novel coronavirus and demanded government incentives for digital payments. The development comes after CAIT wrote a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman on March 9, 2020 seeking clarification whether or…

  • ‘India needs to move beyond raw material export’

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    Union minister Piyush Goyal has said that India needs to move beyond exporting raw materials and improve its manufacturing capabilities to supply high-quality products to the world. He said that ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ effectively is all about building Indian capabilities, quality, scale, implementing good manufacturing practices, bringing best of technologies along with improving the standards that…

  • India reiterates ‘NoFirst Use’ of nukes

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    “India espouses the policy of ‘No First Use’ against nuclear weapon states and non-use against non-nuclear weapon states,” Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla declared at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly…reports Asian Lite News A nuclear power, India has reiterated its commitment on Gandhi Jayanti to its policy of ‘No First Use’ of nuclear…

  • India Remembers Mahatma

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    As India remembered the father of the nation on his 151st birth anniversary commemorative functions were held throughout the nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary and wished that the ideals of the Father of the Nation remain a guiding force helping in building a compassionate…

  • India’s merchandise exports grow over 5% in Sep

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    Amid a push for a self-reliant India and growth of domestic industries, the country’s merchandise exports registered a 5.27 per cent growth in September on a year-on-year basis, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Total merchandise exports from India stood at $27.40 billion last month, compared to $26.02 billion in September 2019. In…

  • Manufacturing Up, Payrolls Down In September

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    Higher demand accelerated India’s manufacturing sector growth in September. Additionally, the IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report released on Thursday cited a renewed expansion in export sales and input stocks as well as an improvement in business confidence during September. Even with an increase in manufacturing, the producers continue to cut down…

  • “Vaishnav Jan to” in Kashmiri language

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    The idea behind making this video is to introduce Gandhi and Gandhian thoughts into Kashmir valley … writes Kusum Kaull Vyass Gandhiji’s favorite Bhajan, usually called Gandhi’s song ‘Vaishnav Jan To’, is in the Gujarati language. Most people don’t understand what this song means and why Gandhiji chose this song written by Narsinh Mehta in…

  • September becomes India’s worst pandemic month

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    India on Thursday reported 86,821 new coronaviruses cases and another 1,181 fatalities, making September its worst month of the pandemic. The Health Ministry’s update for the past 24 hours raised India’s total to more than 6.3 million people infected and 98,678 dead from COVID-19. India added 41 percent of its confirmed cases and 34 percent…

  • SEBI Amends delisting, Debenture Trustee Rules

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    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided to amend regulations for delisting of equity shares, stipulating that the shares of the parent listed company and the listed subsidiary entity should be listed for at least three years and should not be suspended at the time of the delisting process. Further, the subsidiary…

  • Getaway To Indian Leisure Destinations

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    Air travel taking a backseat, combined with the opening up of many state borders to welcome tourists once again has led to the rise in demand for domestic leisure destinations, as a getaway from city life…reports Asian Lite News.According to a data-backed predictive analysis, OYO predicts ‘India’s Next Destinations’ that brings to light the country’s…

  • India’s Q1 trade surplus at $19.8 billion

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    After the COVID-19 pandemic triggered crisis cut down the internal demand and energy consumption, India has been recording a respite from its current account deficit story. As of Q1FY21, India posted a current account surplus in on the back of lower trade deficit, official data showed on Wednesday. According to Reserve Bank of India’s data…

  • Happiest Minds IPO takes Soota to the Rich List

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    IT sector veteran and Happiest Minds’ founder Ashok Soota has made it to the Hurun India rich list for the first time, backed by a bumper IPO of his company. With a wealth of Rs 3,700 crore, Soota’s ranking on the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2020 stood at 282nd. The IPO of Happiest…

  • BREAKING: CBI Court Acquits All Accused in Babri Demolition Case

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    A Special CBI court hearing the Babri mosque demolition case of December 6, 1992, acquitted all the 32 accused on Wednesday saying it was spontaneous and not a planned move. Those acquitted in the case that lasted 28 years include former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, former Union Ministers M.M. Joshi, Uma Bharti, former Uttar…

  • Mukesh Ambani tops Hurun India Rich List for the Ninth Year

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    Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of India’s most valued firm Reliance Industries, continues to top the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2020 for the ninth consecutive year, with a total wealth of Rs 6.58 lakh crore. His total wealth has surged by 73 per cent in the last 12 months, propelling him to become the richest…

  • Amnesty Halts India Operations

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    Amnesty International has closed its offices in India, as it had to let go of all the staff after its bank accounts were frozen earlier this month by the government of India. “The complete freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Enforcement Directorate, an investigative agency of the Government in India, brings all the work…

  • Trump paid more in taxes to India than to US in 2017

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    US President Donald Trump or his company paid $145,400 in taxes to India and received $2.3 million from projects there, according to The New York Times. The newspaper said the taxes were paid by him or his companies in 2017 and the $2.3 million in income came during Trump’s first two years in office. The…

  • Friends of Canada-India, others hold protest against China

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    Friends of Canada- India along with seven other organizations have staged a protest against China infront of Chinese Consulate Office in Vancouver demanding the release of two detained Canadians in China. It also protested against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime, raised concerns over China’s new Hong Kong national security law, demanded China to free…

  • Daily Digital – IPL is India’s Great Soft Power Tool

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    IPL is India’s Great Soft Power Tool; Terrorism and Proxy Wars in South Asia; Trump is Pushing the Country to the Brink of Civil War – All in Asian Lite Digital UK on Sep 28, 2020 – please click here to read the full edition – https://bit.ly/3jbnsrl

  • Indian Games Boost Kids’ Skills

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    In a new approach to developing everyday skills into children with special needs, for instance, children with dyslexia, the Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) has experimented with supplementing usual occupational therapy with native Indian games, to help with their development. In the radio program ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought to focus an important…

  • IPL is India’s great soft power tool

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    Last week while visiting my sister-in-law Jenny and her husband John at their home in Suffolk the talk turned to sport as it often does. Both Jenny and John have a keen interest in sport, and it is always enjoyable to talk to them about sports. What surprised me was when Jenny asked me about…

  • Rajasthan mulls ways to reinvigorate tourism

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    The World Tourism Day is being celebrated on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic with the theme “Tourism and Rural Development”. One of India’s prime tourist attractions, Rajasthan is pondering ways to reinvigorate the activity in the sector. The Rajasthan government’s new tourism policy complements the theme keeping rural tourism in focus. The Rajasthan government’s new…

  • How long will India be kept out: Modi at UNGA

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    Modi promised the world that India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, would share its therapeutic solutions with the global community…reports Asian Lite News For the second time in a week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tore into the outdated structures of the United Nations, turning the mirror on the global body and urging it to fix…

  • India stages walkout after Imran rakes up Kashmir at UNGA

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    In a tweet, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, T.S. Tirumurti decried Khan’s attacks as “warmongering and obfuscation”…reports Arul Louis  The Indian delegate at the United Nations General Assembly session on Friday walked out in protest when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan began attacking India in his speech at the high-level meeting. First Secretary Mijito…

  • Legendary Singer SP Balasubrahmanyam Dies

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    The man who had sung the one of the popular duets with P. Susheela “Aayiaram Nilevae Vaa” (Come thousand moons) for M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) in the Tamil movie Adimai Penn has finally reached the stars, perhaps to sing for the Gods…writes VENKATACHARI JAGANNATHAN S.P. Balasubrahmanyam or popularly SPB, the playback singer, as well the voice…

  • REACH INDIA Celebrates its First Anniversary

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    REACH India group has recently celebrated its 1st Anniversary by organising an online webinar with David Vance, a renowned Geopolitical Analyst from the UK, and Major Gaurav Arya (Retd.) from India. Both personalities shared their views on “How to Rein in China”. They later also took some interesting questions from the audience. Major Arya expressed his…

  • Chinese Debt Burdens Maldives; Mends Ties With India

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    The archipelago nation on the Indian Ocean owes about $1.4 billion to China. It is a huge sum for a country which has a GDP of $5.7 billion, this translates to almost one-fourth…reports MAHUA VENKATESH As tourism-the most important sector for Maldives, contributing the most of the nations gross domestic product-took a huge blow with…