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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicMalaysia

Topic: Malaysia

This Asian nation might revive faith in democracy

Malaysia shows that demagoguery doesn’t have to be the inevitable consequence of elite misrule.

China must put Belt and Road on a smarter and more modest course

The sheer size of the Belt and Road Initiative, often called a trillion-dollar enterprise, has bred paranoia and resentment.

Malaysia doesn’t have the appetite for China’s One Belt One Road initiative anymore

Mahathir govt fears China is slowly colonising Malaysia with its newest project.

More countries fight China’s rise as colonial power, but India fails to make the most of it

Lack of a strong political will and huge gap between promise and project completion remains India's biggest challenge.

MH370 crashed due to system manipulation, not system failure: Report

The Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared in 2014. A 449-page report says the plane was steered off course deliberately.

Trump’s all-caps threat triggers Twitter jokes, and Mesut Ozil quits German football team

Malaysia has lowered voting age by three years, and China has offered Sri Lanka another grant.

India seeks 25% duty on Chinese & Malaysian solar cells to shield domestic manufacturers

The duty has been proposed by Directorate General of Trade Remedies, a unit of the commerce ministry. 

Fortis board picks Asian healthcare giant to take over ailing hospital chain

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has recognised and given sanction to passive euthanasia and "living will"

Why it won’t be easy for India to get Zakir Naik extradited from Malaysia

Absence of Interpol red corner notice against Muslim preacher a major hurdle; Malaysian PM reluctant to consider India’s extradition request.

Grateful for refuge, Zakir Naik vows to abide by Malaysian laws

The 52 year old preacher is under investigation in both India and Bangladesh for inciting acts of terrorism.   

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.