Mon 17 June 2024: Famed Indian author and novelist Arundhati Roy will be prosecuted under stringent laws for her comments on Kashmir made in 2010. The sanction to prosecute Booker prize-winning author Roy was granted on Friday by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, top official of the Indian capital. Roy and Kashmiri law academic Sheikh Showkat […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: The International Labor Organization (ILO) says almost 1.1 million children are engaged in hard labor in Afghanistan. At a gathering in Kabul on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labor, ILO officials said that most of these children are between the ages of 5 and 17 and child labor in […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: Reuters news agency investigation reveals how US military launched a clandestine programme during the pandemic to discredit China’s medical efforts. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially […]
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Sun 16 June 2024: China’s President Xi Jinping told European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen that Washington was trying to “goad Beijing into attacking Taiwan,” the Financial Times said on Saturday. In a report based on information from people familiar with the matter, the British daily said Xi issued the warning in a meeting […]
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Thu 13 June 2024: When the 29-year-old YouTuber attacks Modi, he gets a bigger audience than any opposition leader. What’s his secret? New Delhi, India — An ominous soundtrack serves as his backdrop as YouTuber Dhruv Rathee appears on the screen. His trademark collarless shirt – red on this occasion – and knowing half-smile are his […]
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Image is for Illustration purpose. Sat 08 June 2024: China has inaugurated its first artificial intelligence (AI) hospital town, where AI-generated doctors treat patients in a virtual environment, state media reported on Wednesday. “The concept of an AI hospital town, where virtual patients are treated by AI doctors, holds immense significance for both medical professionals […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: The results are in for India’s general election. The country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has won enough seats to stay in charge for a third consecutive term. But his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered big setbacks, and is gearing up for coalition talks having failed to win an outright majority for the […]
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Fri 07 June 2024: Authorities are using artificial intelligence (AI) to check for cheating as a record 13.42 million students on Friday sat for the college entrance test across China, state media reported. Known locally as “gaokao,” the test results determine students’ university admissions which eventually shape their future. China’s Education Ministry said the number […]
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.Fri 07 June 2024: The Japanese parliament Wednesday endorsed a new law to halt the falling birth rate as the country posted a record lowest total fertility rate last year. Under the new law, the government will expand child allowances and parental leave. The enactment of the new law comes as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: Narendra Modi and the BJP fought this election in only his name. The lack of majority, then, should come down to him. One can call it a Surya-Tilak in Ayodhya. The rejection of temple politics, it’s a telegram from Uttar Pradesh to the Varanasi MP. The state that gifted him the […]
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