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Covid 19 has come back in second and sebsequent waves across many countries in Asia. Hongkong has just banned the social gatherings of 2 people, yes 2 people, in their efforts to curb its spread. China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia etc are all seeing increased infections and are taking actions to curb its... 

The BBC reports that Indian experts say that “full-blown” community transmission is happening in India. But the government refuses to accept that community transmission has begun, saying there is no clear definition of the term, and each country can define it based on local conditions. So far, Kerala and West Bengal are... 

During Singapore’s recently concluded General Election, I received a few notes from friends commenting about the lack of diversity amongst the ruling party’s candidates. While the ruling party did field candidates with Muslim sounding names, there were no noticeable Indian faces. To compound matters, the Deputy Prime Minister...