NO PARTICIPATION IN ASIAN GAMES UNTIL MATTER IS RESOLVED, SAY INDIAN WRESTLERS

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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US BANS IMPORTS FROM CHINA-BASED NINESTAR CORP OVER UIGHURS

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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FOUR HINDUTVA OUTFIT ARRESTED FOR VANDALIZING 17 IDOLS OF HINDU DEITIES TO DISTURB COMMUNAL HARMONY

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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INTL. PARLIAMENTARIANS, ACADEMICS EXTEND SOLIDARITY WITH INDIA’S PROTESTING WRESTLERS

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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SNOOKER MATCH-FIXING SCANDAL: TWO CHINESE STARS BANNED FOR LIFE

  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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WHY A MAP IN INDIA’S NEW PARLIAMENT HAS RILED ITS NEIGHBOURS

Wed 07 June 2023: Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan express displeasure over ‘Undivided India’ mural in the recently inaugurated building. The installation of a map in India’s newly inaugurated parliament building has riled its South Asian neighbours, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on Monday sought an explanation from New Delhi over the Akhand Bharat, or […]

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CHINA URGES US, UK, AUSTRALIA TO SHELVE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE COOPERATION

  U.S. president Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, and UK PM Rishi Sunak met in San Diego, California On March 13, 2023 Tue 06 June 2023: China asked the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia on Tuesday to abandon planned nuclear submarine cooperation, calling the plan a “act of nuclear proliferation,” Anadolu Agency reported. At […]

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