Mon 17 January 2022: According to a senior government official, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has picked the name Nusantara, which means “archipelago” in English, for the new national capital to be erected on the country’s Kalimantan island. “I just received a direct confirmation from the president on Friday and he said the new capital is […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Birju Maharaj, a legendary figure in Indian classical dance and one of the country’s most well-known performers, has died. He was 83 years old when he died. Maharaj had a kidney problem and was on dialysis when he died, according to his granddaughter Ragini Maharaj, who told the Press Trust of […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Despite China’s efforts to expand the young population, official data released on Monday showed that the country’s birth rate fell to a historic low in 2021. The figures showed that the population increased by less than half a million while China’s general population expanded by roughly 480,000 people, bringing the total […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: Yati Narsinghanand, the religious leader who organised an event in Haridwar last month that called for the genocide of Muslims, was arrested for objectionable remarks on women, and not for hate speech at the Dharam Sansad or religious assembly, the police told NDTV a day after his arrest. The religious leader […]
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Sat 15 January 2022: A 20-year-old woman lost her life as the `Chinese string’ (string coated with powered glass) of a kite slit her throat in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city on Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Zero Point Bridge under Madhav Nagar police station limits when the woman was riding a scooter […]
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Sat 15 January 2022: A Roman Catholic bishop was acquitted by an Indian court of raping a nun in her rural convent, a case that became a major issue amid allegations of sexual harassment in the church. In a brief order issued on Friday, Sessions Judge G Gopakumar ruled that the bishop was not guilty […]
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Sat 15 January 2022: According to a government official, Myanmar’s military-installed government has filed five new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in connection with the granting of permits to rent and buy a helicopter. Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained since the military coup in February, is already facing […]
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Fri 14 January 2022: Plastic garbage in an open dump in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants, according to conservationists and vets. Over the weekend, two elephants were discovered dead, and over 20 elephants had perished in the last eight years after devouring plastic waste in a landfill in Pallakkadu village, Ampara district, around 210 […]
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Fri 14 January 2022: The Taliban said Thursday they have approved their first budget for Afghanistan since the hardline Islamists returned to power in August, with no mention of foreign aid. International assistance represented 40 percent of Afghanistan’s GDP and made up 80 percent of its budget when the former US-backed government was in control. […]
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Fri 14 January 2022: “Tum sab maroge (You will all die)” – this is what Yati Narsinghanand, one of the religious leaders accused in the Haridwar hate speeches case, told police officers when co-accused Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi was arrested yesterday. Jitendra Tyagi, who was Waseem Rizvi before he converted, is the first accused to be […]
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