How Indian AI chatbot could be ‘game-changer’ for women’s access to sexual health information
Indian mum Komal Vilas Thatkare, 32, says she does not have anyone to ask about her most private health questions.
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In India, protesting farmers reject government offer, will continue march to New Delhi
The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities, who have barricaded highways into the capital with concrete blocks, metal containers, barbed wire and iron spikes to barricade highways to the capital to avoid a repeat of the 2021 farmers’ protests, during which they camped in the city’s outskirts for over a year.
South Korean doctors submit resignations in spat with government over school admission quotas
Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, starting from next year.
Dozens massacred in Papua New Guinea amid explosion of tribal violence
At least 26 men were massacred in a major escalation of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, Australian media reported on Monday.
Japan successfully launches H3 rocket, a year after failed debut
The H3 rocket blasted off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center two days after its originally scheduled lift-off, which was delayed due to bad weather.
Japan slips to the world’s fourth-largest economy, behind the US, China and now Germany
Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data released Thursday showed it fell behind the size of Germany’s in 2023.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens stone-built Hindu temple in UAE ahead of coming elections
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Middle East’s first traditional stone-built Hindu temple on Wednesday, internationalising both his re-election campaign and his effort to push secular India into a Hindu state.
India’s PM Narendra Modi arrives in UAE on seventh trip to nation
Modi was met on landing in Abu Dhabi by Emirati President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a man he has called his brother while working to bolster ties between the Arabian Peninsula nation that is home to millions of Indians. The two leaders walked past an honour guard before sitting down for their meeting, which saw bilateral agreements signed between the nations.