Fri 01 April 2022: An international rights group has called on the Indian government to halt the deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar as they face serious risk of persecution. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said India’s forced return of a Rohingya woman to Myanmar on March 22 highlights the life-threatening risks facing Rohingya refugees in India. It said […]
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Fri 01 April 2022: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that a “powerful” country had been “angered” by his visit to Russia in February and had questioned his decision to go ahead with the two-day tour amid Russia-Ukraine tensions. He did not name the country in his speech at the Islamabad Security Dialogue. The premier noted […]
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Fri 01 April 2022: Police impose indefinite curfew in parts of Sri Lankan capital as protests against worsening economic crisis turns violent. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Police in Sri Lanka have imposed a curfew in the country’s capital following clashes with protesters who tried to storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence as anger grows over a worsening […]
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Thu 31 March 2022: After losing the support of key allies and party dissidents, political observers say Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is running out of options amid a no-trust motion from the opposition. Khan, already under pressure for his handling of a struggling economy, effectively lost majority in parliament after Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), […]
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Thu 31 March 2022: Coronavirus infections in Asia passed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region records a resurgence in cases, dominated by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant. The region is reporting over 1 million new COVID-19 cases about every two days, according to a Reuters analysis. With more than half […]
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Thu 31 March 2022: Mumbai, India–Indian authorities are actively considering dedicated payment mechanisms for trade with Russia to enable existing trade obligations in the wake of sanctions imposed on the Kremlin, a move that will also pave the way for cheaper oil imports to meet the country’s energy demands. In the past month, as sanctions have been […]
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Wed 30 March 2022: Even as Imran Khan faces mounting pressure with some allies leaving the ruling coalition ahead of the no-confidence vote, Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said the Pakistan Prime Minister will not resign. “Prime Minister Imran Khan is a player who fights till the last ball. He will not resign,” […]
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Wed 30 March 2022: Days after her remarks on hijab made headlines, Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu on Wednesday said as a youth of the country she simply shared her perspective when asked to comment on the issue. The 24-year-old, who won the coveted pageant earlier this year, said the matter in question was something […]
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Wed 30 March 2022: Foreign ministers of Russia and China have condemned what they called illegal and counterproductive Western sanctions, the Russian foreign ministry has said. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui.a “The ministers had a thorough exchange of views…The head of the Russian […]
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Wed 30 March 2022: Paleontologists have discovered the amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago in northwestern China. The skeleton’s fossilized eye bones revealed that the owl was active in the daytime, not the night, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National […]
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