Tue 21 June 2022: Imports from China’s Xinjiang region were banned in the United States as of yesterday, due to the new regulations. Firms will be required to declare that commodities produced in the region do not use forced labor in accordance with the regulations. According to US authorities, members of the region’s minority Uyghur […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Taking a swipe at the centre amid violent protests against the new military recruitment plan ‘Agnipath’, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi asked how many protesters’ homes will be razed by bulldozers now. Mr Owaisi, who leads the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), made the remark against the backdrop of the action against […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Anger against a new army recruitment scheme has intensified across India, with crowds of protesters burning trains, blocking roads and ransacking public property to demand that the plan be rolled back. “The protests will continue till there is a rollback. We have been cheated,” Lalit Kumar (name changed), a 19-year-old army aspirant who […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations to demand repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago. Simultaneous marches and rallies were allowed to be held on Sunday, a day before World Refugee Day, despite a ban on rallies since a 100,000-strong protest in […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: China’s defense ministry claimed a land-based missile intercept test “achieved its expected purpose,” describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country. The ministry announced in a brief statement late Sunday that the “ground-based midcourse anti-missile intercept technology” test had carried out that night. “The test reached its expected goals,” […]
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Sun 19 June 2022: Since achieving independence in 1948, Sri Lanka has been through the biggest economic crisis in its history, and there has been widespread public outrage about the situation. The situation deteriorated further on Saturday, when the military opened fire on people to prevent unrest at a gas station as fuel prices continue […]
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Sun 19 June 2022: Saudi Arabia has partially outsourced the Hajj pilgrimage process to a company with ties to India’s far-right ruling party and its leader Narendra Modi, in what is yet another revelation regarding the kingdom’s reforms of the pilgrimage process. Last week, Riyadh announced that potential Hajj pilgrims from Europe, United States, and Australia will […]
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Sun 19 June 2022: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have begun an arduous journey to cross the Indian-Bangladeshi border for safe shelter on the southeast coast of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh where more than 1 million Rohingya have been provided shelter. There are about 40,000 Rohingya in India with 20,000 registered with the UN refugee agency. Experts and activists on […]
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Sun 19 June 2022: Floods in Bangladesh has deteriorated because of heavy rain and an onrush of water from the hills and upstream India, affecting millions of people, according to officials. “Till now, 10 districts out of 64 have been hit by the floods across the country,” State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, […]
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Sat 18 June 2022: Over the weekend Indian authorities bulldozed several homes belonging to Muslims in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The homeowners were alleged to have taken part in organised protests on Friday in response to inflammatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) made by the now ousted spokesperson for the […]
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