Tue 03 October 2023: Pakistan police have detained 800 Afghan refugees in the suburbs of Islamabad, out of which 375 face deportation due to a lack of proper documentation. “Islamabad police launched a search operation in Bara Kahu, Trinol, Mahar Abadian, Golra and Shams Colony and arrested 800 Afghan nationals,” police said. “Four hundred Afghan […]
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(L-R): D. Raghunandan, Abhisar Sharma, Prabir Purkayastha, Sohail Hashmi, Urmilesh and Bhasha Singh. Tue 03 October 2023: Police in India have arrested a prominent journalist and founder of a news website under a stringent anti-terror law over allegations of receiving foreign money for pro-China propaganda. NewsClick’s founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha was arrested on Tuesday […]
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Workers busy at a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Tue 03 October 2023: European maritime companies are ditching their old ships for scrap on Bangladeshi beaches in dangerous and polluting conditions that have killed workers pulling them apart, says Human Rights Watch. Bangladesh’s southeastern Sitakunda beaches have emerged as one of the world’s largest […]
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Tue 03 October 2023: India has demanded that Canada withdraw approximately 40 diplomats from the country, Financial Times reported on Monday. The reported move has unfolded amid tensions between the two nations after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged publicly on Sept. 18 that India was involved in the assassination of Sikh-Canadian leader Hardeep Singh […]
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Mon 02 October 2023: September was the deadliest month for dengue fever in Bangladesh, where an average of 13 people died daily from the mosquito-borne disease. In September, dengue claimed 396 lives, including 14 new deaths reported Saturday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health. The DGHS also cited […]
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Sun 01 October 2023: The last date to exchange Rs 2,000 denomination notes has been extended to October 7, the Reserve Bank of India said on Saturday. In May, the central bank announced the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes from circulation, citing evidence that the denomination was not commonly used for transactions. It clarified that the denomination […]
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Sun 01 October 2023: Afghanistan Embassy to India on Saturday informed that it will cease its operations from October 01, given the lack of support from the Indian government and the Taliban regime. “This decision, while deeply regrettable, is made after careful consideration, taking into account the historic ties and long-standing partnership between Afghanistan and India,” the letter from […]
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Sun 01 October 2023: State Department says Beijing spending billions to spread disinformation and shape opinion in favour of China and the communist party. China is spending billions of dollars a year to shape perceptions of China through influence, censorship and disinformation in a large-scale campaign that could threaten global freedoms, the United States has […]
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PPM/PNC coalition candidate Dr. Mohamed Muizzu and his wife Sajidha Mohamed– Photo: Fayaz Moosa I Mihaaru Sat 30 September 2023: Maldives has elected a new president with the opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu in the lead with 54% of votes against the incumbent President Mohamed Solih in the second and final run-off for the presidential […]
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Maldives’ opposition leader Mohamed Muizzu casts his ballot. Sat 30 September 2023: Voters in the Maldives are casting their ballots in a presidential run-off that could determine the fate of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s nascent democracy as well as its ties with China and India. The election on Saturday pits President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who […]
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