INDIA: BJP DISTANCES ITSELF FROM NUPUR SHARMA’S REMARKS ON PROPHET, ISSUES STATEMENT

Sun 05 June 2022: Seeking to defuse a row over controversial comments allegedly made by its spokesperson against Prophet Mohammed, the BJP asserted on Sunday that it respects all religions and strongly denounces insult of any religious personality. Amid a row over remarks of BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, party general secretary Arun Singh said in […]

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PAKISTAN ‘GOVT DECIDES TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC EMERGENCY IN COUNTRY’, SOURCES

Fri 03 June 2022: The federal government has decided to impose an economic emergency in the country and slashed the fuel quota and other benefits of cabinet members, parliamentarians and bureaucrats, ARY News reported citing sources. Informed sources told ARY News that the federal government has decided to impose an economic emergency due to the […]

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HIJABI STUDENTS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER EXAM HALL IN INDIA’S KARNATAKA

Fri 03 June 2022: The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) announced on Friday that students wearing hijab will not be allowed to enter the examination hall to take the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to professional courses. The students will have to remove hijab before entering the examination hall. The KEA has also clarified that […]

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6 STUDENTS SUSPENDED, 12 SENT BACK FOR WEARING HIJAB IN INDIA’S KARNATAKA

Thu 02 June 2022: Authorities in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Thursday suspended 6 students for wearing hijab in spite of a series of warnings. In another instance, 12 students were sent back for wearing hijab while attending classes. Six students of the Uppinangadi Government Pre University College have been suspended for repeatedly violating […]

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INDIAN FILM ‘SAMRAT PRITHVIRAJ’ BANNED IN KUWAIT AND OMAN OVER ISLAMOPHOBIC TROPES

Thu 02 June 2022: The historical epic ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, which stars Akshay Kumar in the titular role, has been banned in Kuwait and Oman. The film tells the story of king Prithviraj Chauhan, who fought valiantly to protect India from the merciless invader Muhammad of Ghor. A senior trade source on conditions of anonymity said, […]

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IMRAN KHAN SAYS PAK GOVT ‘TASKED WITH RECOGNIZING ISRAEL’

Mon 30 May 2022: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman and ex-premier Imran Khan said on Sunday that the rulers were a security threat to the country, alleging that they had been ‘tasked with recognising Israel’ and compromising with India on the Kashmir issue, and vowed to continue his struggle until the ouster of the ‘imported government imposed […]

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POPULATION OF CHINA IS ABOUT TO DECLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE GREAT FAMINE

Mon 30 May 2022: The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China’s population has swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on track to turn down this year, for the first time since the […]

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