Tue 23 January 2024: Several people have been injured after homes collapsed due to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region early Tuesday, state-run media reported. The quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 22 kilometers (13 miles) in the mountainous border region of Wushi County. Tremors were felt across […]
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Mon 22 January 2024: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic Mughal-era mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. Monday’s consecration of the temple, dedicated to Lord Ram, embodies the triumph of Modi’s muscular Hindu nationalist politics and marks an unofficial start to his re-election campaign in […]
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Indian PM Modi at a temple. Photo: X/@narendramodi Sun 21 January 2024: That the January 22 event at the under-construction Ayodhya Ram temple – built on the site where the Babri Masjid was destroyed by Hindutva groups – is being politicised by the Bharatiya Janata Party is for all to see. But the extent […]
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People in a rally against ‘love jihad’ in Maharashtra. (FILE PHOTO) Sat 20 January 2024: New Delhi: The Delhi high court has issued guidelines to those facilitating religious conversions for the sake of marriages. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said during the process the facilitators must provide a detailed understanding of the religion that a person is […]
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Sat 20 January 2024: Can you believe it? A battery that can generate electricity for up to 50 years without needing maintenance or charging. Yes! Betavolt New Energy Technology, a Chinese company, claims to have successfully built a nuclear energy (radioisotope) battery. The battery will be smaller than a coin, as the company was able […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: The Afghan Ministry of Education has removed topics deemed against Islamic rites and Afghan culture from the primary school curriculum. In an interview with Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA), the ministry’s spokesperson, Mansour Ahmad Hamza, said without giving details that the contents of textbooks, that were in conflict with the teachings […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hopes for a precise landing of its Smart Lander call “Moon Sniper” for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe within 100 metres (328 feet) of the designated target, a technology it describes as unprecedented and critical for advancing lunar exploration, particularly the search for lunar water and […]
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Thu 18 January 2024: Pakistan launches strikes inside Iran, saying they were retaliation for attacks by Tehran on targets in Pakistan. Iran and Pakistan have launched attacks across their border into each other’s territory. Both said they are targeting armed groups and cited “national security” for their actions. Armed groups in the Balochistan region have been […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: More than 36 years ago, 72 Muslims were massacred in the Indian village of Maliyana. Today, victims still await justice. On May 23, 1987, 72 Muslims were massacred in the village of Maliyana in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The violence was allegedly carried out by a mob of locals […]
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Thu 18 January 2024: Pakistan on Thursday said that Islamabad has “no interest in escalating any situation” with Tehran after the country’s military carried out strikes against “terrorist hideouts” inside Iran. “Pakistan considers people of Iran as our friends and brothers and we have no interest in escalating any situation,” said Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the […]
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