Wed 19 May 2021: Three more people have been killed by the Myanmar military, taking the death toll since anti-coup protests began on Feb. 1 to 805, according to a local monitoring group. The military detained 4,146 people, with 92 of them being convicted, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said in its latest report […]
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Wed 19 May 2021: The administration in India’s Uttar Pradesh state has defied a state high court order and bulldozed a historic mosque. This is one of the most inflammatory actions taken against a Muslim place of worship since demolition of the Babri Mosque by Hindu extremists in 1992. The mosque, called Waqf Masjid Gareeb […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla today said his firm has “never exported vaccines at the cost of the people of India”. India’s vaccination drive, he said, cannot be completed in two or three months given the huge population. It is Important to “stay united to fight the pandemic”, read his statement […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is between 13 percent and 20 percent complete, the Pentagon’s Central Command said Tuesday, as it pushes to beat a September deadline for the pullout. CentCom said that since President Joe Biden ordered the exit in April, it had removed the equivalent of 115 fully loaded […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: The arrest of a top Bangladesh reporter, who wrote scathing stories on the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, sparked protests by hundreds of reporters Tuesday. Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist for Prothom Alo newspaper, was detained late Monday under the Official Secrets Act, police said. She appeared in court on […]
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Mon 17 May 2021: Some 127 people were missing on Tuesday after a vessel adrift off Mumbai’s coast sank during Cyclone Tauktae, the Indian navy said as two ships and helicopters were deployed to assist in the search. The vessel was carrying 273 people when it started drifting on Monday as strong winds battered India’s […]
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Mon 17 May 2021: In a village in Uttar Pradesh engulfed by COVID-19, the sick lie on cots under a tree, glucose drips hanging from a branch. Cows graze all around, while syringes and empty medicine packets are strewn on the ground. There is no doctor or health facility in Mewla Gopalgarh, a 90-minute drive […]
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Mon 17 May 2021: Cow urine can cure lung infection caused by Covid, BJP MP Pragya Thakur has said, once again shooting her mouth off as the country fights to keep the pandemic in check. She also reveals that she takes cow urine every day and it has protected her from the coronavirus. “If we […]
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Mon 17 May 2021: The Pakistan government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday added the name of Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, who has been charged with corruption, to the no-fly list, barring him from leaving the country for medical treatment. Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet, said that with the approval […]
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Mon 17 May 2021: India’s daily coronavirus cases on Monday dropped below 300,000, the Health Ministry data showed. According to the ministry, 281,386 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 24.96 million. The daily virus-linked death toll has, however, remained over 4,000 for the second consecutive day on Monday, […]
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