Sat 30 December 2023: Concerns about the situation of Afghan refugees being deported from Pakistan and their uncertain fate are increasing daily and thousands of these people have been returned to Afghanistan empty-handed, the World Food Program (WFP) said. WFP published a video on Wednesday of an Afghan immigrant who, according to him, was deported […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: On August 12, a family in the central Indian city of Bhopal took a selfie in their home. After the photo, the father, Bhupendra Vishwakarma, gave his two sons, eight and three years old, a poisoned drink, and he and his wife took their lives by hanging themselves. In his four-page […]
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Thu 28 December 2023: India’s government has used the highly invasive Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post. The findings, published on Thursday, noted India’s repeated use of Pegasus against journalists, including one who was previously a victim of an attack using the same spyware. Created […]
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Thu 28 December 2023: The United States has seen an uptick in flu and COVID-19 cases amid holidays, and health experts are concerned about the increasing health risks brought by the simultaneous spread of respiratory illnesses. The amount of respiratory illnesses causing people to seek healthcare is elevated or increasing across most areas of the […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: A plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India while on its way to Nicaragua after being detained in France. It has now landed in Mumbai. While no evidence of trafficking was found, the inquiry gave way to concerns of undocumented immigration that are still being investigated by French authorities. […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, an official has said. Among the 1,004 freed on Monday were Sri Lankans jailed for not being able to pay outstanding fines, Prison Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: The Indian Navy has dispatched guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after an attack on an Israel-linked chemical tanker off its coast, the Ministry of Defence said. Three stealth-guided destroyers were deployed “in various areas of the sea” to “maintain a deterrent presence” considering the “recent spate of attacks in the Arabian […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has suspended the newly-elected governing body of the scandal-hit wrestling federation, accusing it of ignoring rules by hastily announcing championships. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has “been instructed to suspend all its activities until further orders”, the ministry said in a statement on […]
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Sun 24 December 2023: Fears are growing for scores of Rohingya refugees believed to be stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean, after a boat they set off in from Bangladesh saw its engine fail. The group of some 185 Rohingya, mostly women and children, are in desperate need of rescue after falling into distress […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: The Ministry of Education Spokesman Mansour Ahmad said in messages to The Associated Press on Thursday that Afghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools. “If her age is not in line with the class and (the age) is too high, then she is not allowed,” said […]
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