KOCHI, India (MNTV) — A young woman from southern India has gained widespread admiration after her grassroots humanitarian effort helped provide drinking water to hundreds of displaced families in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing war. Sreereshmi Udayakumar, founder of the Kochi-based Koottu collective, coordinated the delivery of a 3,000-litre water...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Religious tensions have resurfaced in northern India after Hindu nationalist groups in the city of Varanasi staged protests opposing the use of loudspeakers for the Muslim call to prayer (azaan), warning they would broadcast Hindu chants from temples in retaliation. The unrest began when local police intervened at a ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Thousands of people took to the streets across India on Sunday to denounce Israel’s assault on Gaza, marking one of the country’s largest coordinated pro-Palestine demonstrations in recent years. The rallies, held under the banner of Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine (IPSP) and the Boycott, Divestment, and ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s top media regulatory body has ordered two pro-government television networks to take down videos accused of spreading Islamophobic propaganda, after finding that their coverage of fabricated “jihads” violated broadcasting ethics. The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) — a self-regulat...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has indicted several close allies of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, including senior Awami League figure Mahbub Ul Islam Hanif, on charges of crimes against humanity linked to the deadly July 2024 Uprising. The mass protests erupted in mid-2024 after student demonstrat...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — A member of the Maldivian Parliament has proposed an amendment to the Pension Act to allow citizens diagnosed with terminal illnesses to access their retirement funds before the current qualifying age of 65. The proposal was introduced by Mohamed Ibrahim, who represents the North Galolhu constituency in Malé, the capita...
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) — Syria has released the results of its first parliamentary elections since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad, marking a pivotal step in the country’s fragile political transition after more than a decade of conflict. However, questions about inclusivity and fairness have cast a shadow over the process, acc...
MANAMA, Bahrain (MNTV) — stc Bahrain has launched the second edition of its flagship ‘Jeel ICT’ program, selecting 20 Bahraini graduates for an intensive year-long training initiative aimed at developing the next generation of leaders in the ICT and FinTech sectors. The 100% nationalized program is being implemented in partnership with the Min...
ALGIERS, Algeria (MNTV) — Algeria has reportedly finalized an agreement with Russia to purchase 12 Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets, marking one of the most significant advancements in its ongoing military modernization program. According to leaked internal documents from Russia’s state defense conglomerate Rostec, the deal also inc...
Safeer Raza GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) — In Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and West Bank, major U.S. technology firms, including Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and IBM, have been highly complicit by actively assisting Israel’s military on the ground, and manufacturing and altering the narrative on the social media space. Rights groups, leake...
