Fri 17 February 2023: A day after the burnt bodies of two Muslim men were found in a car in Haryana, a kidnapping case has been filed against five men, suspected to be cow vigilantes. Nasir, 25, and Junaid, 35, had been kidnapped from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district on Wednesday, their families alleged in their complaint to the […]
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Fri 17 February 2023: Alarm is growing over the World Food Programme’s (WFP) plan to cut food aid to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh because of a severe shortfall in funding. The WFP, the United Nations food agency, has said it will need to cut rations to the refugees […]
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People queueing to buy food at government-controlled prices in Islamabad – there are fears goods will cost more Credit: AFP Thu 16 February 2023: Measures proposed to secure crucial loan tranche include raising the country’s general sales tax by a percentage point to 18 percent. Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani government has tabled a 170 billion […]
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Thu 16 February 2023: In an effort to persuade US senators that the Chinese video-sharing software TikTok poses no security concern to the US, CEO Shou Zi Chew stated that TikTok is under no obligation to provide the Chinese government with access to the data of US users. “Even if they (Chinese government) did (ask […]
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Thu 16 February 2023: An under-construction mosque, located near the Balkhandi Naka area in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh was vandalised by members of right-wing organisations – Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) – on Wednesday. Hindutva mob vandalise mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh, claiming illegal construction.#India #Islamophobia_in_india #Islam pic.twitter.com/7YLpFMElLE — INDEPENDENT PRESS […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: In order to support the Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh’s remote island of Bhasan Char and the southern border region of Cox’s Bazar, Japan has agreed to provide $5.7 million to UNICEF, Anadolu Agency reported. According to a UNICEF statement on Tuesday, an exchange of notes was signed by […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is expected to arrive in Türkiye late Tuesday for a one-day visit to show support and solidarity with people affected by the powerful twin earthquakes, local media said. Premier Ibrahim will be accompanied by his Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir and other officials. “I believe that […]
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Police officers stand outside the BBC’s office in New Delhi, India on February 14, 2023. Tue 14 February 2023: Just a few weeks after the release of a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was subsequently banned by the government, India’s tax department authorities stormed the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai. More […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: Govt efforts to ban the BBC documentary drew more attention to it and showed the inefficacy of such measures. If one were to rank the top incident that has marred Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political career, it would be the Gujarat riots of 2002. And a year before India goes to […]
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Mon 13 February 2023: The United States is the world’s biggest spy power with the widest intelligence network, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Monday. “It is the United States that is the world’s biggest spy power with the world’s widest intelligence network,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, TASS […]
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