South and Central Asia

Pakistani media to experience increase in violence, repression in 2024

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Islamabad — Malik Zafar Iqbal Naich was delivering copies of the newspaper he works for last week when gunmen on a motorcycle shot the journalist dead. Naich, a 45-year-old reporter and news agent for Daily Khabran, became the 12th journalist killed in a deadly year for Pakistan’s media industry. Police are investigating the case in … Read more

Japan, India launch startup to study laser-equipped satellite to deal with space debris

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Tokyo- Space startups in Japan and India said Tuesday they have agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental approach to the increasingly looming problem of orbital congestion. Tokyo-based Orbital Laser and Indian robotics company Inspatiity said they will study business opportunities for services in space such as de-orbiting … Read more