Mon 12 June 2023: The Taliban has condemned as “baseless and biased” a United Nations Security Council report that called the Afghan administration “highly exclusionary” and “repressive”. The report, released earlier in June by the UNSC’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, said the Taliban governance structures remain “highly exclusionary, Pashtun-centred and repressive” towards all […]
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Sun 11 June 2023: 350 camps were housing more than 50,650 people who had been displaced due to ethnic violence in Manipur, S. Ranjan, the minister of information and public relations as well as health, said on Sunday. The Minister stated that 105 people have been killed and more than 320 injured as a result […]
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Sun 11 June 2023: Members of a Hindu organisation were detained in their houses in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district after they announced to go to Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur district to demand a ‘fatwa’ against Muslim youths who allegedly tie ‘Kalawa’ (sacred red thread) on their wrists to ‘trap Hindu girls’ and promote ‘love-jihad’, […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: Indian Wrestler Sakshi Malik announced on Saturday that she will not compete in the Asian Games unless the wrestlers’ grievances are fully handled despite the current negotiations. Malik claimed that nobody comprehends the psychological struggles that the wrestlers face on a daily basis when speaking with media. The 30-year-old traveled to […]
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Photo: Website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan Sat 10 June 2023: Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry reported on Friday that a wildfire in the Semey-Ormany national reserve has engulfed an area of 30,000 hectares. The ministry said in a statement that more than 600 personnel, six helicopters and 168 pieces of equipment are […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: The United States on Friday banned imports from China-based printer maker Ninestar Corp and a chemical company over alleged human rights abuses in China, according to a post for the Federal Register. Ninestar, whose website says it is the world’s fourth-largest laser printer manufacturer, and Xingjang Zhongtai Chemical Co Ltd, are […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: Four, including prime accused Harish Sharma arrested on Thursday evening for vandalising 17 idols of Hindu deities in four different temples in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, said Senior Superintendent of Police Gulavathi police station. According to the police, the incident is said to have happened in the Baral on the night of […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: A group of international parliamentarians and academics have said the Union government’s reaction to the wrestlers’ protest against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh “sends a clear message” that “rebellious women will be punished, the ruling class will be protected at all costs and dissent will not be tolerated”. In the […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was shot by unknown gunmen and had accused Khan of high treason, according to police. Islamabad, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been formally named in connection with the killing of a lawyer who accused him of high treason. Khan has called the accusation “foolish”. […]
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Liang Wenbo is a former finalist in the UK Championship. Wed 07 June 2023: The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has issued lifetime bans from the sport to Chinese snooker players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang for their involvement in a match-fixing incident involving eight further members of their country. An independent disciplinary […]
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