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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Mon 05 April 2021: India has reported a record rise in coronavirus infections, becoming only the second country after the United States to register more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as hospitals in its worst affected state are overrun by patients. The ministry said 103,558 cases were diagnosed over the past 24 hours, […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: As many as 22 Indian security forces personnel were killed and 30 others injured on Saturday in an encounter with armed Maoists in a forest along the border between Bijapur and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh, police officials said. Indian Express has reported the Bijapur Superintendent of Police as having confirmed that 17 bodies were […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: Police in India registered two cases on Saturday against a Hindu priest for blasphemous remarks against the holy prophet of Islam. The cases, one in Mumbai and another in New Delhi, were registered against Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati after video of a news conference at the Press […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: The Election Commission on Friday ordered repoll at a polling station in the Ratabari Assembly seat of Assam after the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) was found in a BJP candidate’s vehicle on Thursday evening. The EC in its order said: “The presiding officer and 3 other officials have been placed under […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: Five groups linked to Hindu nationalist organisations in India received direct payments and loans in federal relief fund. Washington, DC, United States – Five organisations with ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups have received COVID-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000, according to data released by the United States’ Small Business Administration […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: India has confirmed 89,129 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 12,392,260, the country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. Of the total number of covid-19 cases registered so far, the active case tally stands at 6,58,909, while 1,15,69,241 people have […]
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