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  • Hard Times Ahead For Pakistan

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    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has virtually dropped a bombshell on the Imran Khan government by openly stating that the country was on the verge of being blacklisted by the FATF because it had been forced by the military leadership to get “involved in external issues”…reports SPS PANNU Sharif, whose third term as Prime…

  • Trump paid ‘nothing’ in taxes for 10 years before 2016 polls

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    US President Donald Trump did not pay his income tax for 10 of the 15 years before the 2016 election, and only $750 the year he ran for the presidency and in his first year in the White House, a media report has revealed. The New York Times newspaper revealed this information on Sunday after…

  • 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

  • ‘Death toll may hit 2mn even with vaccine’

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    The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the global coronavirus death toll could cross the two-million figure before an effective vaccine is widely used. Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergencies head, said the figure could be higher without concerted international action, reports the BBC. The number of Covid-19 deaths is fast approaching one million…

  • Covid 19: Second wave could ‘overwhelm’ France

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    The second coronavirus wave in France could “overwhelm” the country amid exhaustion of the front line workers battling the pandemic, a senior health official has warned. “The second wave is arriving faster than we thought,” the Guardian reported on Sunday citing Patrick Bouet, head of the National Council of the Order of Doctors, as saying…

  • No Handshakes: Stage Set for Trump-Biden Debates

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    US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will neither shake hands or do an elbow bump due to the Covid-19 pandemic when the two rivals come face-to-face during their first debate on Tuesday, according to informed sources. The 90-minute debate will be on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western…

  • 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…

  • Hasina Urges Int’l Community To Resolve Rohingya crisis

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    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reminded the international community that the fates of people across the globe were intertwined amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as she called on world leaders to ensure that any proven vaccine is made accessible to all at the same time. She made the remarks during her address to the 75th…

  • 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…

  • Entire London placed on COVID-19 ‘watch list’

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    A list of 38 new areas in England, including the entire city of London, has been added to a coronavirus “watch list” due to recent spike in the number of confirmd cases, the media reported on Saturday. The new figure has increased the total number of areas on the list to 92 places , including…

  • 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…

  • SPECIAL: Three Million Uyghurs At Concentration Camps

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    Now more than 3 million Uyghurs are detained in concentration camps because of their ethnic identity. Millions more are literal slaves in factories across China. Yes, the Chinese regime has once again normalized and glorified slavery in the modern age …. A special report by Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs…

  • 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…

  • AL WEEKEND: Biden Team To Address H-1B Issue

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    Biden Team To Address H-1B Issue – Asian Lite Daily Digital WEEKEND – Sep 25-27, 2020 Read the full edition – https://bit.ly/33XpbtZ

  • Asian Lite Daily Digital – Biden Team to Address H-1B Issue

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    Biden Team to Address H-1B Issue; Tories Draw Flak Over Kashmir Forum; Adieu Harry..; India Urges SAARC To Act against Cross-Border Terror; G4 Nations Denounce Attempts To Derail UNSC Reform – all in Asian Lite Daily Digital – please click here to read.

  • Sir Harold Evans Dies At 92

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    Veteran British-American journalist Sir Harold Evans dies of heart failure in New York on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency has reported. The former editor of the Sunday Times served 13 years in it, was currently the editor-in-chief of Reuters. He has been in journalism for 70 years and was an expert in investigative journalism. Notably,…

  • Daily Digital – Sadiq Seeks Urgent Employment Support

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    Sadiq Seeks Urgent Support To Prevent Mass Unemployment – Read Asian Lite Daily Digital UK Click here for full edition – https://bit.ly/3mM9wpX

  • Bharat Biotech, US Varsity Ink Deal For Covid Vax

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    The Hyderabad-based company owns the rights to distribute the vaccine in all markets except USA, Japan and Europe. While the Phase I trials will take place in Saint Louis University’s Vaccine & Treatment Evaluation Unit, Bharat Biotech, upon obtaining the required regulatory approval, will pursue further stages of clinical trials in India and undertake large…

  • SFJ Tries To Fish In Troubled Waters

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    As thousands of Indian farmers protest against the three contentious agriculture-related Bills passed by Parliament, banned US-based secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) is trying to fish in troubled waters, declaring a grant of $1 million for farmers in Punjab and Haryana in lieu of their support for Khalistan. This new offer from the SFJ…

  • Nepal Citizens Protest Against Fresh Chinese Intrusion

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    After India, China is now embroiled in a fresh boundary dispute with Nepal in its remote Humla district that is close to the Nepal-Tibet border. The dispute emerged after the Chinese side unilaterally constructed 11 cemented buildings in the Nepali territory and people in the Lapcha area where the buildings were constructed, brought it to…

  • ‘Need to remove obstacles to partner relations ‘: Putin

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers to cooperation between countries in the field of medicine. “As to healthcare, just like in economy, we now need to remove, as many as possible, obstacles to partner relations,” Putin said at the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations…

  • US Covid 19 death toll reaches 200,000

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    US Covid-19 deaths surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national caseload topping 6.8 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 200,005, according to the CSSE, Xinhua news agency reported. New York state reported 33,092 fatalities, at the top…

  • Daily Digital: Sir Keir Urges Labour to ‘Get Serious About Winning’

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    Sir Keir Urges Labour to ‘Get Serious About Winning’; UN@75 and IPL Specials. All in Asian Lite Daily Digital UK on Sep 23, 2020   Read the full edition – https://bit.ly/3hS5TLz

  • UNICEF urges reopening schools in Africa

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    The UNICEF on Tuesday called on governments, parents, and teachers across Eastern and Southern Africa to urgently and safely re-open schools. Across this region, of the nearly 65 million children remaining out of school, around one in two do not have any form of learning, while millions of children continue to miss what was their…

  • UK to face 50,000 Covid cases a day: Vallance

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    UK government’s chief scientific advisor Patrick Vallance said on Monday that the UK could see 50,000 Covid-19 cases per day by mid-October and about 200 deaths per day a month after that without further action. His statement came at a time when Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering whether to introduce further measures in England.…

  • 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…

  • Trump boycotts 75th UNGA session

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    US President Donald Trump, who defied the UN and unilaterally reimposed sanctions on Iran, has boycotted the world body’s 75th anniversary commemoration. Trump was listed as the first national leader to speak at the General Assembly session honouring the 75th anniversary on Monday. The President was to have sent in a pre-recorded speech like all…

  • Boris Johnson to unveil ‘winter lockdown plans’

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    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to address the nation to brace citizens for “winter lockdown plans” in preparation for a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, media reports said. The Prime Minister could make the TV address as early as Tuesday, said The Sun newspaper. He is looking at making…

  • Global Corona Cases Cross 31 Million

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    The overall number of global coronavirus cases on Monday surpassed the 31 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 960,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The total number of cases stood at 31,044,033 and the fatalities rose to 960,826, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its…

  • US can’t reinstate UN sanctions on Iran: EU

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    Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has denied the unilateral announcement made by the US that all pre-2015 UN sanctions against Iran had been  restored. In a statement on Sunday, Borrell said the US unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and therefore “cannot…

  • Covid 19: UK records daily high in 4 months

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    The number of single-day coronavirus infections in the UK has hit a four-month record high since May With 4,422 fresh cases, taking the overall tally to 390,358, official statistics showed. Along with the new cases, the country on Saturday also reported 27 fresh fatalities which increased the nationwide death toll to 41,759, Xinhua news agency.…

  • Russia hopes for more equality with US: Lavrov

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    Russia is ready to work with the winner of the forthcoming US presidential election, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said here. “We will work with any government that takes office in any country, including the US. But we will talk with Washington on all issues of interest solely on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, and…

  • ‘El Clasico of IPL’: Mumbai Indians Faces Chennai Super Kings

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    The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set for a blockbuster opening with defending champions Mumbai Indians resuming their long-standing fabled rivalry with seasoned favourites Chennai Super Kings on Saturday evening at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Both sides have played a total of 29 matches against each other, but MI have…

  • UK court halts Home Office flight to deport asylum seekers

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    A senior high court judge has halted a UK Home Office charter flight meant to deport 20 asylum seekers to Spain, a country they had previously passed through before crossing the English Channel to Britain. The order to ground the flight came from Judge Duncan Ouseley because of concerns that the asylum seekers might be…

  • NIA busts Al-Qaeda terror module in Kerala, West Bengal

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    Following raids in West Bengal and Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested nine militants linked with the Al Qaeda terror group, who were planning attacks at several key installations in Delhi-NCR, a spokesperson said. The NIA spokesperson said that the anti-terror probe agency carried out the simultaneous raids at several locations in…

  • Trump won’t attend UN General Assembly

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    US President Donald Trump will not attend next week’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) in person, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said. Addressing reporters on Thursday while en route to a Trump campaign rally in Wisconsin, Meadows said that the President will not be in New York City for the annual gathering of world…

  • UN urges member states to pay assessed contributions

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    The UN peacekeeping chief said that it was critical for member states to pay their assessed contributions in full and in due time. “We are going through pressures on the peacekeeping budget,” Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under-secretary-general for Peace Operations, said during a virtual news briefing on Thursday. “A certain degree of pressure is a healthy thing…

  • India and UK to negotiate a FTA shortly: Goyal

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    India and the UK will begin the process of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) shortly. This was stated by Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways while addressing the Valedictory Session of the CII@125 Annual Conference in the UK – “A New India-UK Economic Partnership in a New World: Lives,…

  • West Midlands region plans to strengthen UK-India relations

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    The UK’s West Midlands region showcased its leading role in forging a new era of UK-India trade and investment relations to some of India’s most influential business leaders at an exclusive virtual event  held on 16 September 2020. Hosted by the West Midlands India Partnership (WMIP), the event brought together 15 CEOs from some of…

  • Abdullah says peace talks will be difficult

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    Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, has said that the talks between government and the Taliban will be difficult, stating that the Afghan team will face issues that will require hard decisions to be made. “I don’t say that these talks will be very simple, these talks will be very hard.…

  • Pakistan freezes assets of JuD, JeM to evade FATF blacklisting

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    The Pakistan government has frozen a total of 964 assets of proscribed organisations Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) as it takes action against elements involved in terror financing and money laundering as part of efforts towards fulfilling requirements of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) 27-point action plan. As per the the Interior Ministry, 907…

  • AL WEEKEND: Global COVID-19 Cases Cross 30 Million

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    Global COVID-19 Cases Cross 30 Million; ‘Show the real Britain to kids’ – Asian Lite WEEKEND Edition – Sep 18-20, 2020 Click here to read the full edition – https://bit.ly/35HLaYx

  • US threatens arms embargo on Iran

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    The US has threatened to impose new sanctions to prevent foreign arms trade with Iran after the expiration of the UN embargo against Tehran. “We will return to the US to re-impose sanctions so that the arms embargo will become permanent next week,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at a press briefing on Wednesday…

  • ‘EU not acting in good faith’

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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee he did not believe the European Union (EU) was negotiating a Brexit deal with Britain in good faith. Johnson spent more than an hour being grilled by the House of Commons Liaison Committee on Wednesday, made up of the chairs of the major parliamentary select committees,…

  • Fugitive Tiger Memon Finally On Intel Radar

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    A Kenyan food import company, Magnum Africa, operating from Nairobi has rekindled hopes at the headquarters of India’s external Intelligence agency — RAW — of locating one of the most sought after fugitives, Tiger Memon, the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, which killed 257 people in one of the worst ever terror attacks in…

  • Daily Digital – Colossal Spike Derails Boris Test Plans

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    Colossal Spike Derails Boris Test Plans; Russia To Sell 100 Million Vaccine Doses To India – Read Asian Lite Daily Digital UK on Sep 17, 2020 Click here https://bit.ly/3hH8TKC

  • US Fed to offer new guidance on rates

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    While US Federal Reserve has adopted a new policy strategy on inflation, the central bank is unlikely to provide new forward guidance on short-term interest rates at its meeting this week, economists have said. During the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole research conference held last month, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced that the central…

  • 75th General assembly underlines ‘Multilateralism during Pandemic’

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    The 75th session of the UN General Assembly was declared open by new General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir. In his opening remarks, Bozkir asked UN member states to uphold multilateralism. “The context in which we are working serves to remind us of the necessity of the multilateral system and inspires us all to make use…

  • Human rights abuse: US to ban some Chinese imports

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    The US will block some exports from China’s Xinjiang region, over alleged human rights abuses against the Muslim Uighur minority, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced. The orders announced on Monday that “forced labour” was used to make the products, including at a “vocational” centre it called a “concentration camp”, reports the BBC.…