Tue 29 August 2023: In a concerning incident that has sent shockwaves across the nation, a religious shrine in the Uttarakhand state of India was vandalized by a group of individuals. The incident, which took place in the Amit Gram area of Rishikesh, has been widely discussed on social media after a video capturing the […]
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Mon 28 August 2023: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will skip the Group of 20 (G20) summit in India next month and will send his foreign minister instead, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has said. Modi’s office said he spoke to Putin by telephone, “expressing an understanding” for his decision not to attend the summit. […]
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Mon 28 August 2023: A Dalit man was brutally murdered in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district on Thursday after an argument broke out between him and the accused over withdrawal of a sexual harassment case filed by the victim’s sister in 2019. The victim, 18-year-old Nitin Ahirwar, was beaten to death after he refused to withdraw […]
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Sun 27 August 2023: Muzaffarnagar school teacher Tripta Tyagi, who is booked by the cops regarding the incident of making communal remarks and ordering her students to slap a Muslim classmate for not doing his homework, has told a news channel that “she is not ashamed” of her actions. Speaking to NDTV, Tyagi said that she […]
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Sun 27 August 2023: Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Xinjiang, calling on officials to conserve “hard-won social stability” in a region where Beijing is accused of abuses that the United Nations has said could amount to “crimes against humanity”. The Chinese government has pursued a years-long campaign against what it […]
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Sun 27 August 2023: Islamabad-based NGO records 2,227 cases of child sexual abuse in the country between January and June. Islamabad, Pakistan – An average of 12 children per day – or one every two hours – were subjected to sexual abuse in Pakistan in 2023, a report by a nongovernmental organisation says. In its half-yearly […]
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Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Sun 27 August 2023: As I scrolled through my social media feed, I watched an endearing video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi listening intently while a Greek child sang in Hindi. His face beamed with joy and pride as he interacted with the little girl. Little did she know that thousands […]
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Sat 26 August 2023: The EU on Saturday voiced concerns over “rapid” rise in refined petroleum products made from Russian crude oil in India finding way to the European market, saying it defies the purpose of the sanctions against Moscow that are aimed at reducing its ability to finance the war with Ukraine. The European […]
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Sat 26 August 2023: The wellbeing of more than 500,000 Rohingya children is in danger as a result of cuts to food aid to refugee camps in Bangladesh, Save the Children has warned. In the world’s most populated refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, the Rohingya live on just $0.27 a day following funding cuts […]
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Sat 26 August 2023: Saudi Arabia is considering a Chinese bid to build it a nuclear power plant, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, a decision that could derail US plans in the Kingdom, Reuters reports. State-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has bid to build a nuclear plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, near the border with […]
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