Wed 17 March 2021: Bangladesh’s largest religious political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, organized a rally in the capital Dhaka on Monday to condemn a petition filed in the Indian Supreme Court seeking the removal of 26 verses from the Muslim holy Quran. Waseem Rizvi, former chairperson of the Shia Central Board of Waqf (Trust) in Uttar Pradesh, […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: Twenty-two of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi being ranked as the most polluted capital city globally, a new report said today. The report is prepared by Swiss organisation, IQAir, in the form of the ‘World Air Quality Report, 2020’, which has released globally. The report, […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned of rising food and fuel prices as the current political unrest starts to impact supply chains and markets. Across the country, the cost of rice showed an average increase of 3 percent on monitored markets from mid-January to mid-February. However, in a […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Peers in Britain’s House of Lords held a debate on the issue of “freedoms of non-governmental organisations, academics and other groups in India” and called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take up the issues directly with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during his visit to New Delhi next month. The […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Bride in Pakistan has demanded books of Rs 100,000 as a “Haq Mehr”, the latest reports say. Mehr is an obligation in form of money or possession paid by groom to his bride at the time of marriage. It is often money. However, the woman from Mardan set an example for the other women by demanding “books” of Rs 100,000 from her husband. […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: China will exempt foreigners applying for visas to enter the country via Hong Kong who have received a Chinese vaccine from providing health certification, the state-owned CGTN news channel reported Monday. Those who are administered non-Chinese vaccine doses will be required to produce negative nucleic acid tests and a health and […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Security forces have killed 183 people in weeks of protests, with at least 20 fatalities on Monday, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said. On Sunday, 74 people died, marking the bloodiest day to date. Myanmar security forces killed at least 38 people on Sunday, 22 of them in the Hlaingtharyar […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: The Malaysian government is challenging the High Court’s recent ruling that allows the country’s Christian community to use the word “Allah” when referring to God for educational purposes, national media reported on Monday, citing officials .Last week the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Christians can use “Allah” in publications, siding […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: The US has 3,500 troops in Afghanistan at the moment, which is 1,000 more than officially declared figure of 2,500, according to a report by The New York Times on Sunday. Washington has to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by May 1, in line with a deal between the Taliban […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: Pakistan on Monday joined the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in observing the first-ever ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia.’ Pakistan, in line with vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, had presented a resolution to designate March 15vas ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia’, at the 47th Session of the OIC Council of […]
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