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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Thu 18 August 2022: Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and witnessed the murder of 14 members of her family by a Hindu mob during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat, is back in the news. On Monday, 11 inmates who were serving life terms for the case’s rape and murder […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: The United States will take steps in the coming weeks and months to counter China’s military and economic activity around Taiwan, State Department spokesman Ned price said on Wednesday. “We will continue to take steps that are resolute but also calm to uphold peace and stability in the face of Beijing’s […]
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Wed 17 August 2022: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been in existence for one year now, but change has been agonisingly slow; early promises on women’s rights are as yet unrealised; and the closure of schools for teenage girls continues to be a running sore for the international community. The country is in dire […]
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Wed 17 August 2022: Refugees from the Rohingya minority urged Michelle Bachelet, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, to actively involve the organization in helping Myanmar create the conditions necessary for the sustained repatriation of the persecuted minority, Anadolu Agency reported. Bachelet’s visit marked the first time a United Nations High Commissioner for Human […]
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Tue 16 August 2022: After further lifting the family planning policy to allow each couple to have up to three children, China is working to further create a fertility-friendly environment and the support policies. According to China’s National Health Authority, the country would discourage abortions in order to increase its birth rate. China now has […]
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Tue 16 August 2022: The 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case are freed from Godhra jail after the state government approves their application for remission of sentence. Eleven men serving life imprisonment for gang rape and murders during the 2002 Gujarat riots have been freed, Indian media reports said. The 11 convicts in what came […]
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