Sat 02 October 2021: Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday revealed his government is in talks with some groups of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to persuade them to lay down arms and become normal citizens of the country. In an interview with Turkish broadcaster TRT World, Imran Khan said the talks are underway in Afghanistan. “In fact, […]
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Sat 02 October 2021: United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres today paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 152nd anniversary and said the world should heed his message of peace and usher in a new era of trust and tolerance. “Hatred, division and conflict have had their day. It is time to […]
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Sat 02 October 2021: A report by a Kashmiri diaspora group has accused social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram of silencing Kashmiri voices in the digital spaces through the frequent suspension of the accounts of artists, academics, and journalists based in and outside the disputed region, a move termed by experts as “reprehensible”. A […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: ‘Rani’ is the world’s shortest cow, according to Guinness World Records. The cow was only 26 pounds and stood 50.8 centimetres (20 inches) tall. Rani died on August 19, 2021, from stomach edema. Rani became famous in July of this year when its videos and photographs went viral online. After the […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: Several media outlets, including the New York Times and CNN, were forced to issue clarifications after falling for a fake Twitter account claiming to be the vice chancellor of Kabul University, it emerged on Friday. According to The National, since Sept 21, the unverified account — which claimed to belong to the newly appointed Kabul […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar submitted in a court in Mumbai today that actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition seeking transfer of the criminal defamation case filed by him against her was “devoid of any merits” and aimed at delaying the proceedings. Kangana Ranaut had last month filed the petition before the chief metropolitan […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: The United Nations and US on Thursday spoke out over the killing of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah and called on Bangladeshi authorities to investigate his shooting. Mohib Ullah, who was in his late 40s, was killed by unknown gunmen in a camp in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night. He led […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: Afghanistan’s health system is on the verge of collapse, a top Red Cross official warned Thursday, saying more than 2,000 health facilities had been shuttered across the conflict-ravaged country. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that a dire lack of funding was pushing Afghanistan’s health […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: The first batch of humanitarian aid by China landed in Afghanistan on Wednesday night, an official said. “Handed over the first batch of aid mainly including warm materials such as blankets and cotton clothes,” Wang Yu, China’s ambassador to Afghanistan, said on Twitter. Khalil Haqqani, Afghanistan’s acting minister of refugees, received […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: On Wednesday, the top US general admitted that the United States had “lost” the 20-year war in Afghanistan. “It is clear, it is obvious to all of us, that the war in Afghanistan did not end on the terms we wanted, with the Taliban in power in Kabul,” General Mark Milley, […]
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