Fri 09 April 2021: The Myanmar military authorities declined the request for a visit by UN Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener who arrived in Thailand earlier on Friday as part of her efforts to calm the situation, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said. “We must insist that military authorities allow the UN […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: The United States is working with Turkish and Afghan counterparts to plan the Istanbul conference to help accelerate the peace process, State Department spokesperson Ned price said on Thursday. “Planning is underway for a conference in Istanbul to accelerate the peace process… We are working with our Turkish counterparts and the […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Following an Al Jazeera investigation, a broad coalition of Indian American activists and United States-based civil rights organisations has called on the US Small Business Administration (SBA) to probe how Hindu right-wing groups received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds. A statement issued by the Coalition to Stop […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: New cases overtake Wednesday’s 115,736 infections, with dozens of cities and towns imposing night curfews to try to contain the second wave. India on Thursday reported a record single-day high of 126,789 new Covid-19 cases, pushing its infection tally to 1,29,28,574, while the number of active cases too went upwards to […]
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Wed 07 April 2021: The London-based rights watchdog, Amnesty International has slammed India for its punitive lockdown in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as its handling of the anti-CAA (Citizenship (Amendment) Act) protests, farmers’ protests, Delhi riots and clampdown on civil liberties in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media […]
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Wed 07 April 2021: An incident of appalling cruelty in India’s Madhya Pradesh has taken place following the Central and state governments’ order to enforce safety measures for Covid. A man in Indore was severely beaten up by two policemen, allegedly for his failure to wear a mask properly. The mask of Krishna Keyer, a 35-year-old […]
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Tue 06 March 2021: The European Union will introduce new economic sanctions against the military of Myanmar after a coup that wrested control of the country, which has since been swept with violence for months, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday. Last month, the bloc imposed sanctions on 11 individuals from Myanmar, […]
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Tue 06 April 2021: A journalist from Sukma on Monday said he had got a call from Maoists, claiming that the commando is in their captivity and he will not be harmed. “As of now we cannot confirm that the missing jawan is in the captivity of Naxals as they haven”t issued any statementor photographs […]
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Mon 05 April 2021: At least two dozen shacks belonging to Rohingya refugees were burned in an overnight fire in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, a leader of the persecuted community said on Monday. Salamat Ullah told Anadolu Agency that a school and mosque were among the gutted structures, while more than 18 families were left […]
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Mon 05 April 2021: Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication “Mediapart” alleges citing an investigation by the country’s anti-corruption agency. The middleman is accused of money-laundering in India in another defence deal, the […]
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