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First cases of highly contagious drug-resistant fungal disease found in two women

The drug-resistant ringworm is currently tearing through India and other parts of South Asia

Irish Mirror

Kissing is 1,000 years older than we thought, new research shows

Previous research suggested the earliest kiss was in South Asia 3,500 years ago, accelerating the spread of the herpes simplex virus

Wales Online

Dubai-based professional baseball league announces first franchise, Mumbai Cobras

Baseball United, which swung for the sporting history fences by establishing the first professional baseball league in the Middle East and South Asia, has announced its first franchise, the Mumbai Cobras

The Independent UK

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$315 million World Bank funding in the pipeline for State: World Bank VP

Additional World Bank funding for Kerala totalling $315 million, subject to negotiations and approvals, is in the pipeline, Martin Raiser, Vice President for the South Asia Region, World Bank, said here on Friday.

The Hindu

‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded

Record figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South Asia

The Guardian - UK

Malaysia probes abuse of migrant workers

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has launched an investigation to uncover how hundreds of migrant workers arrived from South Asia without jobs, despite having paid steep fees to get employment, officials and rights groups said.

Bangkok Post

Malaysia probes cases of migrant workers left jobless, without passports

Malaysia has launched an investigation to uncover how hundreds of migrant workers arrived from South Asia without jobs, despite having paid steep fees to get employment, officials and rights groups said.

Reuters

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South Asia home to world's highest number of child brides - UN

South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on Wednesday.

Reuters

Financial Times journalist says ‘kicked out’ of India-Russia event over ‘security reasons’

The South Asia bureau chief of Financial Times has claimed that he was “kicked out” of an India-Russia event in Delhi today for “security reasons”.

Newslaundry

Egypt, Britain Discuss Regional, Int’l Developments

Egypt and Britain discussed the latest regional and international development and repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. According to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received the British Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs of South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa, Lord Tariq…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NL Interview: Kshama Sawant on why she pushed for a caste ban in Seattle

As more and more Indians travel abroad, casteism has been increasingly subjected to public condemnation in other countries. Seattle recently became the first city in the US and outside South Asia to ban caste discrimination. And at the helm of this historic legislation was city council member Kshama Sawant.

Newslaundry

CANTO traveling poetry festival brought together acclaimed poets from across the world

A unique traveling poetry festival, CANTO, leading up to World Poetry Day was held in the country from March 15 to 19, 2023. The four-day multilingual, multicultural poetry festival took place in a hybrid manner at various venues in New Delhi and Kolkata. It brought together globally acclaimed poets, University…

The Times of India

Glasgow woman whose dad served in WW2 celebrates memorial for South Asian soldiers

Glasgow's South Asian community have welcomed a new memorial which is set to be built in Kelvingrove Park in honour of those who fought alongside the British army during the world wars.

Glasgow Live

Rebooting South, SE Asian cooperation

Fresh from the success of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation last year, Thailand is currently chairing another immense regional economic bloc promoting holistic and sustainable development and smart connectivity amongst South Asia and Southeast Asia. In the coming decades, if not centuries, these combined regions will together form the centre…

Bangkok Post

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The Conversation

'Very few companies are open for international students': South Asian graduates say they need specific support to find jobs

International students are a hugely important part of Australia’s university system and its economy. In 2019, before COVID, international education was worth about A$40.3 billion to the Australian economy.

The Conversation

Robots are performing Hindu rituals -- some devotees fear they'll replace worshippers

It isn’t just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism’s holiest rituals – and not all worshippers are happy about it.

The Conversation

Discrimination based on caste is pervasive in South Asian communities around the world – now Seattle has banned it

Seattle became the first city in the U.S. to outlaw caste-based discrimination against immigrants from stigmatized groups in South Asia’s traditional social hierarchy.

Salon

Caste privilege: A new rights frontier

Caste-based discrimination happens in the U.S. too. A new Seattle ordinance galvanizes the South Asian community

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Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 260: India’s ‘living dead’, slash in minority affairs budget

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Sumedha Mittal of Newslaundry and Pallavi Pundir, South Asia correspondent for Vice.

The Independent UK

Seattle becomes first US city to ban discrimination by caste

Seattle is also the first city in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia

WEKU

Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States.

Tribune News Service

Seattle bans caste-based discrimination, becoming first US city to do so

SEATTLE — Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian Americans.

Bangkok Post

Ministry preps 450 events

The Commerce Ministry is set to organise as many as 450 activities to stimulate exports this year, focusing mainly on four potential markets: the Middle East, South Asia, China, and Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).

The Times of India

India's Anuj Kichlu in FIFA's working group for agents

PANAJI: India’s Anuj Kichlu is the only representative from South Asia in the influential FIFA Football Agent Working Group, a consultative body composed of 18 representatives from across the world.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s South Asia Institute exhibition marries the art, poetry of South Asian women

“Testimonies on Paper” features 13 poems crafted in response to works of art.

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