Tue 23 August 2022: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday challenging the BJP-led Gujarat government’s decision to release the 11 convicts guilty of gang raping Bano and mass murdering 15 members of her family in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. Moitra filed a PIL (public interest litigation) through […]
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Tue 23 August 2022: A Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad, which sparked large protests in Hyderabad city in India’s southern Telangana state on Monday night. According to Hyderabad police, Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the state Legislative Assembly, was arrested on Tuesday morning after multiple cases were registered against him […]
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Mon 22 August 2022: In a terrorism case filed against him for “threatening” a female judge and top police officials during a public rally, the Islamabad High Court granted Imran Khan protective bail till Thursday (August 25), The Dawn reported. The ex-prime minister was booked on Sunday under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment […]
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Sun 21 August 2022: The former prime minister has been holding a series of rallies to protest against the arrest of his former chief of staff and alleged bias. Pakistan’s media regulatory body has imposed a ban on live telecast of Imran Khan’s speeches with immediate effect after the former prime minister criticised police and […]
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Sat 20 August 2022: China’s coal imports from Russia increased 14% last month to 7.42 million tonnes. Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the European Union had banned the importing of Russian coal. The EU announced a coal embargo against Russia in April, and it went into effect on August 10. Germany and […]
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Sat 20 August 2022: The United Nations is set to end travel ban exemptions for 13 Taliban officials Friday, pending any deal by Security Council members on a possible extension, diplomats told AFP. Under a 2011 UN Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban officials are subject to sanctions that include asset freezes and travel bans. But 13 of […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: Any Indian citizen living temporarily in the disputed Muslim-majority region can be enlisted as a voter – a move that has outraged the Kashmiris. India’s decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Indian-administered Kashmir has again ignited anger and fears of yet another attempt by the […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: In statements to Bloomberg News on Thursday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited the manufacturer of electric vehicles (EVs), Tesla, to produce both its automobiles and batteries there, Reuters reported. The president, known as Jokowi, stated in an interview that Indonesia wants to create a “huge ecosystem of electric cars” as opposed […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: The coronavirus pandemic resulted in over 8,000 excess suicide deaths in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday, citing a recent study. A group of researchers compared the expected number of suicides based on past trends with the actual number of suicide deaths over […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: Cybersecurity firm says Amnesty International and Taiwan’s ruling party among organisations targeted in campaign. Taipei, Taiwan – A hacking group suspected of acting on behalf of the Chinese government has carried out a multi-year espionage campaign against numerous governments, NGOs, think-tanks and news agencies, according to a new report. The group, known […]
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