Thu 07 September 2023: The United Nations’ World Food Programme has announced it will drop another two million people from food assistance in Afghanistan, as the country faces its third consecutive year of a devastating drought that is putting food and water out of reach, said Save the Children. Arshad Malik, Save the Children Country […]
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Califiornia state Senator Aisha Wahab, stands with supporters of SB 403 in the state capital Sacramento in March. Thu 07 September 2023: Dalit rights groups hail the vote as a landmark victory in their bid to stop casteism from taking root in the US. Los Angeles, California – The California state legislature has become the […]
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Thu 07 September 2023: A change to the Sanskrit name is backed by PM Narendra Modi’s BJP, which says the word ‘India’ is a symbol of colonial slavery. Controversy has gripped India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government referred to the country as Bharat on official invitations, leaving many wondering whether the name will be […]
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Wed 06 September 2023: Afghanistan’s Olympic committee said it will send 17 female athletes to compete in three sports at the Asian Games in China later this month, Reuters reported. Female sport in Afghanistan has been crushed since the Taliban took over from a Western-backed government in August 2021, causing many prominent women to flee the country. […]
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Wed 06 September 2023: Israel continued to sell advanced weaponry to Myanmar’s military junta despite a government ban on such arms sales, Haaretz has revealed. The newspaper cited documents and anonymous sources to show that Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems — which has factories in the UK — and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) maintained their trade […]
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Wed 06 September 2023: The government of Sri Lanka will establish a parliamentary committee to look into claims made in a British television broadcast that Sri Lankan intelligence was involved in the 269-person-death Easter Sunday explosions in 2019. Manusha Nanayakkara, the minister of labor, promised the house on Tuesday that more information on the probe […]
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Wed 06 September 2023: Chinese authorities have ordered central government employees to refrain from using or bringing into the workplace any gadgets bearing the Apple or other foreign brand, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The step is the latest under authoritarian rule of Chinese Communist Party led […]
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The screen grab of the dinner invite sent by the Indian president to the G20 delegates [X/@ShashiTharoor] Tue 05 September 2023: The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has substituted the name India with a Sanskrit phrase in dinner invitations sent to visitors attending this week’s Group of 20 (G20) summit, sparking speculation that the […]
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Alleged rapist Samrat Vishwas (R), minor rape victim (M) and School Principal Anita Mishra (R). Tue 05 September 2023: A minor school-going girl was allegedly raped and sexually abused multiple times for 12 months by the son of an school director in Bihar’s Saharsa District. The matter came to light on 23 August when the […]
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Tue 05 September 2023: Malaysia announced on Tuesday that it is considering about regulating how internet digital platforms, such as Meta and Google, are paid for in the Southeast Asian country, Anadolu Agency reported. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) stated that it is thinking about adopting legislative frameworks resembling those in place in […]
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