Beijing [China], February 6 (ANI): A Dutch journalist, who was reporting about the Winter Olympics in Beijing, was dragged off by local authorities during a live show and his camera was also shut down forcibly by the authorities.
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 5 (ANI): Since the Taliban took over, at least 318 media outlets have been closed in 33 of 34 provinces in Afghanistan, said a report.
Moscow [Russia], February 5 (ANI): Russia has shut down the Moscow bureau of Deutsche Welle, Germany's international media broadcaster, and has withdrawn the press credentials of all of DW's journalists on Friday.
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Chinese authorities have detained activists in their homes and sent others to jail, censors have shut down the social media accounts of prominent critics and officials have warned Olympians that protest could bring a prosecution soon before the start of
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 31 (ANI): Afghan diplomats in the US have been informed that their embassy in Washington will be closed down and will also be stripped of their diplomatic immunity.
Hong Kong, January 29 (ANI): The freedom of expression in Hong Kong witnessed a massive crackdown by the Chinese authorities in the past months and the latest example of it is a pro-democracy media outlet Citizen News, which was shut down at the starting of 2022.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): Oil refineries in Pakistan have warned the government of a looming shutdown of their operations in a couple of weeks due to high and yet rising stocks of furnace oil, reported local media.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday shut down a key money-exchange market in Kabul, Boli market in Sarai Shahzada and have also pulled out the vendors.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): Post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, four cable and wire producing factories have ceased operating in the country in the last three months.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 13 (ANI): Lucknow University on Thursday postponed all the scheduled examinations between January 15 and January 31 after it shut down the campus in view of 50 students testing positive for COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The unauthorised weekly market near Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land, Shastri Park was closed on Thursday with immediate effect till Friday 6 am due to violation of COVID-19 norms.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 12 (ANI): Considering rising number of COVID-19 infections in the city, Kanpur district administration on Tuesday imposed fresh curbs thereby ordering gyms and swimming pools to shut down till further orders.