India to become top market for Netflix this year: CEO (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
India Business News: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos announced that India is becoming one of the top growth markets for the OTT giant.
After battle with junta, Myanmar rebels take control of border point with India (www.reuters.com)
Two days after rebel forces in Myanmar’s Chin state overran the junta’s two military bases close to the border with India, they have taken control of a border crossing point between the two countries across the tiny hilly Indian state of Mizoram....
[Op-ed] India pushes the world toward another rice crisis (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Spooked by volatile foodgrain prices ahead of a general election next year, India’s government has banned or taxed rice and wheat exports.
No ‘export of workers’ to Israel, say trade unions in India (www.nationalheraldindia.com)
All major Indian trade unions have called upon the govt to scrap agreement with Israel to export Indian workers & appealed to workers to boycott Israeli products & refuse to handle Israeli cargo.
No ‘export of workers’ to Israel, say trade unions in India (www.nationalheraldindia.com)
All major Indian trade unions have called upon the govt to scrap agreement with Israel to export Indian workers & appealed to workers to boycott Israeli products & refuse to handle Israeli cargo.
157 killed as strong earthquake jolts Nepal's mountainous western region (death count expected to rise) (www.thehindu.com)
At least 157 people were killed and over 160 others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck Nepal and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Himalayan nation's remote mountainous region, officials said on Saturday....
Seriously though, EZFKA is legit racist. (www.ezfka.com)
What's there problem with another 5 million people from India or HK for our emptry lands?
Russian diamonds being cut in India – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)
The EU plans to limit trade in Russian diamonds while the G7 is expected to announce an import ban on them from 2024
After export ban, rice smuggling booms along Indo-Nepal border (www.bqprime.com)
According to officials, more than 111.2 tonnes of rice being smuggled into Nepal has been seized by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and police in the last four months....
Sri Lanka says China debt deal covers $4.2 bln as talks with other creditors drag on (www.reuters.com)
Sri Lanka said on Thursday it reached an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China covering about $4.2 billion of outstanding debt, while talks with other official creditors stall....
India Mulls Extension of Parboiled Rice Curbs Ahead of Key Polls (www.bloomberg.com)
India, the world’s top rice exporter, may extend an export levy on parboiled rice to control local prices ahead of key polls, keeping the market tight and raising the risk of higher global food inflation....
Endurant - Bloodywood - 2019 - a salute to the survivors of bullying - [Indian Folk Metal] (www.youtube.com)
This goes out to the silent who fight the urge to get violent...
A devastating accusation by Justin Trudeau against India (www.economist.com)
The row between Canada and India could draw in America and Britain
[Explainer]: What is Nipah virus? Kerala starts mass testing after outbreak in India (www.theguardian.com)
Indian authorities have instituted mass testing to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people in the southern state of Kerala....
Cough syrup killed scores of children. Why no one has been held to account? (www.reuters.com)
Indian parents whose children died after taking toxic syrups want justice. Some of the drugmakers haven’t shown they even tested their products.
Russia snubs UN proposal to rejoin Black Sea grain deal (www.politico.eu)
EU’s Charles Michel accuses Moscow of ‘cynicism’ at G20 summit in India.
G20 Summit agrees on joint declaration finding compromise on Ukraine (www.pravda.com.ua)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced, taking into account that India is presiding over the G20 at the moment, that the G20 summit has agreed on a joint declaration, finding compromise wording in the blocks related to Russia?s war against Ukraine.
RFE/RL: Indian businesses come under sanctions for the first time due to war in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The Indian government has asked the United States to release $26 million belonging to Indian diamond companies after these assets were frozen due to alleged trading ties with a sanctioned Russian diamond company, ALROSA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Aug. 30. Until recently, Indian businesses had not been directly...
[Analysis] Air pollution is deadlier than smoking, new study finds. (www.euronews.com)
Wildfires are exacerbating a huge threat to human health....
Rahul Gandhi set to return to parliament as top court suspends conviction (www.reuters.com)
India's top court suspended opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi's defamation conviction on Friday, allowing him to return to parliament and contest national elections due next year.
Indian Government puts Basmati rice under minimum export price, following curbs to non-Basmati (www.livemint.com)
The government set a minimum export price (MEP) of $1,200 a tonne on basmati rice shipments in a move aimed at reining in domestic prices ahead of elections in key states. The move came a day after it imposed a 20% duty on non-basmati parboiled rice exports, effective immediately....
China, Bhutan hold boundary talks, focus on implementing '3-step roadmap' (www.indiatoday.in)
China and Bhutan have agreed to expedite and take simultaneous steps to implement a "three-step roadmap" to resolve their festering boundary dispute....
(Explainer): What is a BRICS currency, and could one be adopted? (www.reuters.com)
Brazil's President called on Wednesday for the BRICS nations to create a common currency for trade and investment between each other, as a means of reducing their vulnerability to dollar exchange rate fluctuations....
India to export rice to Mauritius and Bhutan in an exception for friends (www.livemint.com)
India will supply 14,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice this year to Mauritius and 79,000 tonnes to Bhutan under humanitarian operations, making an exception for two key diplomatic partners....
India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)
Vikram lander touches down at lunar south pole shortly after 6pm India time
