At the 59th convocation ceremony of the nation’s oldest university, the University of Malaya (UM), a student, Mr Wong Yan Ke staged a protest calling for the resignation of the varsity's vice-chancellor (VC), Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim.

Pakistan and India signed the agreement on Kartarpur Corridor on Thursday, paving the way for its inauguration next month ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev.

On October 7, Radio Liberty published the news that: “Every morning, schoolchildren on duty meet schoolgirls at the gates of schools in the Tashkent region and demand that they remove their headscarves before entering the school building.

“Mothers who work as insured worker and send their children (between 0 and 60 months) to any Ministry of Education affiliated kindergarten, nursery or day care centre will take advantage of this project. About 650 Turkish Liras (100 Euro) a month will be subsidized to the mothers.”