Scientists believe the virus likely emerged in shrews. Thu 11 August 2022: Scientists in Asia have identified a new virus that can cause severe fever and was likely transmitted to humans from animals in eastern China. The Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China, who were […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: Members of a Hindu outfit on Thursday staged a protest against Aamir Khan-starrer film “Laal Singh Chaddha”, demanding a ban on it in Uttar Pradesh as they accused the actor of making fun of deities. Members of the Sanatan Rakshak Sena raised slogans against the movie and held a protest in […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: The voices of Hindutva – Hindu supremacy – are ascending, spreading division and hate speech. It has worked its way through the body politic like a slow-acting poison. And the effect on the secular fabric of the Indian republic and the lives of minorities – especially Muslims – has proven toxic, […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: China refused to rule out the use of force to reunite Taiwan with the mainland on Wednesday, accusing “external forces” of inciting and initiating dangerous moves by separatist forces, Anadolu Agency reported. However, Beijing stated that “one country, two systems are our basic principles for resolving the Taiwan question and the […]
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Tue 09 August 2022: In Bihar, India’s third-most populous state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost power on Tuesday as a regional ally joined an opposition coalition that now has the majority to form the next government. The breakdown in government in Bihar is a rare defeat for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which controls […]
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Tue 09 August 2022: For some time now, Al-Qaeda had stopped being the primary target of policy and counterterrorist experts. The erstwhile most dangerous terrorist group in the war on terror following its attacks on the United States on 9/11 had largely been inactive, particularly in Afghanistan. No longer responsible for any incident of violence, […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government is considering relevant legislation to ease the return of its supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, who is in a self-imposed exile in London on medical grounds, to Pakistan, the media reported. PML-N leader and Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has already said the coalition government might […]
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Russian FM Sergei Lavrov (L) shaking hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (R) Fri 05 August 2022: In light of Moscow’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described Moscow’s partnership with Beijing as a safeguard of international law. At the ministerial conference of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on […]
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Thu 04 August 2022: The Taliban is investigating a “claim” by the US that it killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone operation in Kabul, implying that the group’s leadership was unaware of his presence there, Taliban spokesperson said. Al-Zawahiri was reportedly killed on Sunday by a missile fired from a drone at his […]
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Thu 04 August 2022: Pakistan‘s ambassador to Türkiye said he hopes advocates of human rights and fair play will take a stand on Kashmir the same way they did in opposing Russia’s war on Ukraine. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947, but claimed by both in its entirety. The South Asian nuclear-armed nations […]
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