BBC News – Asia

• Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos
  Experts tell the BBC that delays in decision-making worsened the crisis of India's second wave.
• Covid: Reused nose swab scam busted in Indonesia airport
  Up to 9,000 passengers at an Indonesian airport may have been tested with washed and reused swabs.
• Thailand court allows minister to keep post despite drug conviction
  A court rejects a bid to disqualify Thammanat Prompao over a 1994 smuggling conviction in Australia.
• Drone trucker: Sharing wild Australian landscapes for a cause
  Truck driver Ben Stamatovich uses a drone to capture rugged landscapes on his journeys across Australia.
• West Bengal: India parties claim 17 dead in poll clashes
  Seventeen people have allegedly been killed in clashes in West Bengal state following elections.