US’S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART TO RETURN 15 SMUGGLED SCULPTURES TO INDIA

Sat 01 Apr 2023: The renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art in United States will return 15 sculptures to India after it was learnt that the antiquities were illegally removed from the country and sold by disgraced dealer Subhash Kapoor. In a statement on Thursday, the Met said it will transfer the 15 sculptures for return […]

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INDIA: TWO DAYS AFTER VIOLENCE AT RAM NAVAMI RALLIES, PARTS OF BENGAL, BIHAR REMAIN ON THE BOIL

Weapons & Swords Openly Brandished during Ram Navami Processions in Kazipara and PM Bustee, West Bengal. Image: Biswajit Roy. Sat 01 Apr 2023: A day after violence surrounding a Ram Navami procession erupted on the streets of Howrah and one person died in a similar outburst in Dalkhola in West Bengal, communal tensions remained high […]

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PAKISTAN: AT LEAST 12 DEAD IN STAMPEDE AT RAMADAN FOOD DISTRIBUTION

Fri 31 March 2023: In a stampede that occurred on Friday during the distribution of Zakat to the families of workers at a private company in Karachi’s Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate (SITE) neighborhood, at least 12 people died. In a statement, a spokesperson for police initially said that 11 people had died while five […]

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US SANCTIONS CHINESE FIRMS OVER ALLEGED REPRESSION OF UIGHURS

Fri 31 March 2023: The United States has slapped new sanctions on several Chinese companies for their alleged role in the persecution of ethnic minority Muslims in China’s far-western Xinjiang region. The firms are implicated in human rights violations and abuses carried out in China’s campaign of “repression, mass arbitrary detention and high-technology surveillance against […]

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300 MILITARY VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND BY THE US HAVE BEEN REPAIRED: TALIBAN

Thu 30 March 2023: Taliban’s defense ministry says it has repaired almost nearly 300 military vehicles that were trashed by the United States during its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. According to the defense ministry, the technical team at 205th Al Badar Army Corps has restored various types of military vehicles. Following the withdrawal, […]

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CANADA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO ERADICATE FORCED UYGHUR LABOUR FROM SUPPLY CHAINS

Thu 30 March 2023: Canada has announced its intention to introduce legislation to eradicate forced labour from its supply chains, sparked by China’s ongoing persecution of its Uyghur Muslim population and the conditions in which they are forced to work. In its Budget 2023 announcement this week, the Canadian government stated that it “is gravely concerned by […]

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