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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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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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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Fri 31 March 2023: The Taliban’s ministry of defense says it plans to increase the number of the country’s national army soldiers from 150,000 to between 170,000 and 200,000 in the current solar year. Qari Fasihuddin Fetrat, the army chief of staff, said in an interview that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has all […]
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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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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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Thu 30 March 2023: Up to 31 people have died after a ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire in the southern Philippines. The Coast Guard Commodore Rejard Marfe confirmed that 28 people had drowned or died in the blaze However, Jim Hataman, governor of Basilan, the southern island province near where the […]
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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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Wed 29 March 2023: Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who has managed to evade a massive manhunt by the police for 12 days, on Wednesday released a video, confirming that he remains at large. The video has been sourced through a foreign country, said sources, adding it appears to be two days old. UK handles have […]
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Wed 29 March 2023: Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, the popular televangelist and Islamic preacher, who delivered his first lecture ‘The Quran is a Global Necessity’ in Oman, said the majority of Hindus in India love him. According to reports, he made the remark while speaking at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday, which […]
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