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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Mon 15 March 2021: India has recorded 26,291 new coronavirus cases, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the total caseload to 11,385,339, according to official data. The number of deaths linked with COVID-19 increased to 158,725 with 118 more fatalities being recorded on the day, the federal health ministry update said on Monday. India, […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: Myanmar’s coup-installed regime has imposed martial law in two more densely populated Yangon townships on Monday, a day after security forces gunned down nearly 40 protesters demanding the restoration of civilian rule. The National Administrative Council, led by the military chief and Feb.1 coup leader Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has […]
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Sun 14 March 2021: A farmer in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj has built an electric four-wheeler that runs on a solar-powered battery. The car built by Sushil Agarwal is powered by 850 Watts motor, 100 Ah/ 54 Volts of battery and can run 300 km on a single charge. “I have a workshop at home. During COVID-19 […]
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Sat 13 March 2021: Twenty-two-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, whose arrest last month earned the Delhi Police one of its most embarrassing judicial rebukes in recent times and triggered an international outcry about the crackdown on dissent in India, released her first statement on Saturday. Picked up by the police late in the night on […]
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Sat 13 March 2021: A Hindu man was arrested on Saturday for assaulting a Muslim boy for drinking water at a temple in a city near India’s capital New Delhi. The attack took place in Ghaziabad, a town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, some 33 kilometers (20 miles) from the capital. The accused, […]
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Sat 13 March 2021: Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. Minister for Public Security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference on Saturday that he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the […]
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