Thu 26 January 2023: In Indian-administered Kashmir, some see the new family IDs as part of a campaign to exert greater control over the residents. University student Mehak is used to frequent identification checks by security forces and officials in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar and always carries two forms of ID. Soon, she […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021. Opium poppy cultivation has surged in Myanmar since the military seized power in 2021, reversing a steady decline that was seen in the illicit crop between 2014 and 2020, the United Nations Office […]
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Wed 25 January 2023: India has used emergency powers to block airing of the documentary that questions PM Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 riots. India’s right-wing government has used emergency powers to block the airing of a BBC documentary which questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Calling the two-part […]
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Tue 24 January 2023: A top Indian university cut off power and internet supply on campus before a screening by its students’ union of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India has dismissed as propaganda, broadcaster NDTV reported. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital New Delhi had threatened disciplinary action if […]
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Tue 24 January 2023: A prestigious Indian university has threatened its student union with severe disciplinary action if it proceeds with a planned screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi because it could “disturb peace and harmony” on campus. The documentary, which questioned Modi’s leadership during deadly riots in his home state […]
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Tue 24 January 2023: Sixteen survivors and witnesses ask German prosecutors to investigate the crackdowns on opponents of the military coup, and on the Rohingya. Survivors of military abuses in Myanmar have lodged a criminal complaint in Germany, asking prosecutors to investigate and bring to trial those responsible for committing atrocities during crackdowns on opponents […]
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Mon 23 January 2023: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has demanded a ban on the upcoming movie on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse. The Hyderabad MP asked the Union government if it will ban the movie on Godse like it banned the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Stating that nobody in India can be […]
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Mon 23 January 2023: Hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the US continue to plague communities across the country, prompting the Biden administration to take action. The latest high-profile hate crime took place in the state of Indiana on Jan. 11, when an 18-year-old Indiana University student of Asian descent was stabbed repeatedly in […]
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Mon 23 January 2023: It’s “now or never” for one of the oldest societies in the world, according to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who promised on Monday to take immediate action to address the nation’s decreasing birthrate. With promises of financial bonuses and better benefits, Japan has recently tried to persuade its citizens to […]
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Sun 22 January 2023: Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, who held talks with Taliban, tells Al Jazeera some progress in the health sector made but much remains to be done. A UN delegation, which held talks with senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan, has made headway on women’s rights, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told Al […]
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