Thu 17 June 2021: Clashes between the Afghan army forces and Taliban fighters in the Faryab province in the country’s north claimed at least 23 lives on the side of the armed forces, an anonymous security source told the TOLOnews outlet on Thursday. A clearing operation in the Dawlat Abad district launched by the security […]
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Thu 17 June 2021: The Kerala High Court has reserved its orders on an anticipatory bail plea filed by filmmaker Aisha Sultana, who hails from Chetlat island in Lakshadweep and works in the Malayalam film industry. The High Court however granted her interim anticipatory bail for a week and said that Aisha who faces a […]
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Thu 17 June 2021: Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested five executives of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper, for alleged foreign collusion, the daily said. According to an Apple Daily report, hundreds of police officers raided their office early morning and arrested Chief Executive Officer Cheung Kim-hung, Chief Operating Officer Royston Chow, Chief Editor Ryan […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: Two historic shipwrecks, one dating back to the 14th century and the other to 1796, have been found in Singapore’s waters near Pedra Branca, offering “invaluable” insights into the country’s maritime past, researchers said on Wednesday. The prosperous island nation has long been a key trading hub on global shipping routes […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: The largest Muslim advocacy organisation in the US urged Hilton Worldwide Holdings on Tuesday to drop plans to build a hotel on the site of a bulldozed mosque in China’s Xinjiang region, Anadolu Agency reported. The call by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) came after a report this week by the British […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kolkata-based Scientist Dr Ramendra Lal Mukherjee, an engineer by profession has invented a highly portable battery operated ventilor which can be used by people who suffer from breathing problem, irrespective of their age. It can be charged through mobile charger which can last […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: UN human rights experts on Monday expressed alarm at alleged forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other detained minorities, such as the ethnic Uighurs, in China, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a statement. “UN human rights experts said today they were […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: Across Lakshadweep, Monday was observed as a day of protest by islanders, who dressed in black and shouted slogans of “go back” from their homes as Union Territory Administrator Praful Khoda Patel landed there around 2.30 p.m. Black flags were also raised from some homes as the protests rent the air. […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: Ziona Chana, believed to head the world’s largest family — with 38 wives, 89 children and 33 grandchildren — died today at the age of 76 in Mizoram. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga took to Twitter to confirm the death of Ziona Chana, and said that the state and “his village at […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: India will reopen for the public its iconic Taj Mahal and all other monuments, sites and museums protected by the culture ministry’s Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on June 16, after a two-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic, ASI said on Monday. “Considering the prevailing situation, now, it has been […]
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