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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Sat 18 June 2022: The Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday due to the agitation against the Centre’s recently announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces, officials said. These include 210 mail/express and 159 local passenger trains. The Railways has also partially cancelled two mail/express trains, thus the total number of […]
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Fri 17 June 2022: China has officially launched its third aircraft carrier, naming the vessel the Fujian. China’s state media said the country’s latest and most advanced warship was launched “in a short but festive ceremony” on Friday morning at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) shipyard in Shanghai where it has been under construction […]
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Fri 17 June 2022: The US has said it condemns the controversial remarks made by two now-suspended BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad and encourages India to promote respect for human rights. The BJP on June 5 suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal after their controversial remarks […]
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Thu 16 June 2022: Gulf nations will watch protests in India closely with both sides having billions riding on investments and trade. India’s political ties with the Gulf region may be strained over insulting remarks made by members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Prophet Muhammad, but the jury is out on whether tensions will […]
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Wed 15 June 2022: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call to stop any violence stemming from religious differences in India. His Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that Guterres “is for the full respect of religion, for calling against any sort of hate speech or incitement and, of course, a halt to any […]
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Wed 15 June 2022: Dozens of countries have voiced concern about alleged abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on the situation there. “We continue to be gravely concerned about the human rights situation in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region,” Paul Bekkers, the Dutch ambassador to […]
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