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    Asian Paralympic Committee launches new strategic plan

    31 Dec 2019

    The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) launched its new strategic plan which will take the organisation through to 2023 and follows the launch of the International Paralympic Committee’s new plan which was unveiled in July.

    Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home

    16 Feb 2020

    The slump is being felt sharply in Thailand, where tourism authorities say arrivals from China — usually close to one million a month — have plunged by 90 percent so far this February.

    Are Africa, Asia’s food systems ready for population boost?

    30 Jul 2019

    Talk of the global population reaching 10 billion by 2050 has been around for some time. Yet, this statistic actually hides the real source of this growth, and its implications. Only two regions — sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia — will contribute the lion’s share of this new headcount. Indeed, elsewhere

    Mahathir quits his party after resigning as Malaysian PM

    24 Feb 2020

    Mahathir, who previously served as premier from 1981 to 2003, had made a pre-election pledge to hand power to Anwar but has repeatedly refused to fix a date.

    Tourists flee from Asia's most visited sites

    10 Mar 2020

    Many of the now vanished visitors are from China — a country whose travellers have completely reshaped the tourist economies of Asia over the last few years.

    Beyond burgers: Asia puts twist on alternative meats

    23 Mar 2020

    Meat and seafood consumption in Asia is projected to soar, fuelled by growing middle classes in booming economies, but green groups warn of the environmental damage such a trend could bring.

    Islamophobia affects India's coronavirus fight

    25 Apr 2020

    The stigma faced by India's Muslims, poorer and with less access to health care than other groups, is making health workers' battle against the virus even tougher, according to veterans of other epidemics.

    European stocks nosedive on profit-taking despite Asia rally

    19 May 2020

    Europe’s major stock markets retreated on Tuesday from the previous session’s rally, as traders banked profits, digested grim data and mulled coronavirus vaccine hopes.

    Youth programmes, training camps planned to boost Para sports in Asia

    26 Nov 2019

    The Asian Paralympic Committee and Icheon Training Center of Korea Paralympic Committee sign a MoU for the purpose.

    Minor girl raped for months, burnt alive in Tripura

    08 Dec 2019

    When the widespread condemnation over Hyderabad and Unnao incidents rocked the nation, a 17-year-old girl in Tripura was raped for one-and-a half month and then burnt alive by a youth and his mother even after taking money as dowry, police said on Sunday.

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