Fri 23 July 2021: Afghan government on Monday condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran for “conspiracy, sedition and war mongering” in Afghanistan, Iran International reported. The condemnation came after the publication of an article in the Iranian conservative newspaper Jomhouri Eslami (Islamic Republic) that broke the news about the emergence of a new political group […]
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Fri 23 July 2021: Media group Dainik Bhaskar and an Uttar Pradesh-based news channel were raided on Thursday by Income Tax officials who launched searches in their offices across the country around 5.30 am. Both have been accused of tax evasion and floating shell companies in a statement released to news agency ANI by government […]
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Fri 23 July 2021: According to the Wall Street Journal, the US is preparing to shelter up to 35,000 Afghan translators and theirfamilies at US facilities in Kuwait and Qatar as part of a plan to assist people who risked their lives to assist US forces during the war. The US military is preparing to house the interpreters and their family members at two bases in Kuwait and in Qatar in an effort to aid those who may face retribution from the Taliban (banned in Russia), the report said citing US officials. The United States intends to construct […]
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Thu 22 July 2021: New Delhi, India – Police and civil authorities in the Indian capital have demolished a makeshift mosque in a Rohingya camp, say the refugees, weeks after a massive fire had engulfed the settlement. The mosque, made up of tarpaulin sheets and bamboo sticks, was bulldozed at about 7am local time (01:30 GMT) […]
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Thu 22 July 2021: In an interview, Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid says Ankara should help rebuild and unite Afghanistan after decades of war and pull its armed forces out How much of Afghanistan’s total area do you control? We control 85 per cent of Afghan land. Is it true that Kabul regained control over areas […]
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Wed 21 July 2021: A data leak has revealed that one number once used by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was in a list of thousands of people potentially targeted for surveillance through phones by Isreali spyware company NSO Group, media reports said. “The numbers of Imran Khan and several of his ambassadors in India […]
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Wed 21 July 2021: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says event a ‘celebration of hope’ and reminder that only working together can end pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has thrown his weight behind the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, even as a surge in the Delta variant drives a resurgence of COVID-19 […]
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Tue 20 July 2021: India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the south Asian country. Most experts believe India’s official toll of more than 414,000 […]
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Tue 20 July 2021: Businessman, actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband, Raj Kundra has been arrested by Mumbai Police’s crime branch on Monday in a case related to creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps. Speaking on Kundra’s arrest, Mumbai police said that he appears to be the key conspirator and that they have […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: The delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) have agreed to allow safe access to vaccines for people across the country, and to ensure safety for medical workers giving the shots, a communique released after the two-day talks in Qatar says. “The sides agreed that because […]
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