Fri 02 April 2021: Hundreds rallied in the capital of Bangladesh on Friday to demand justice for people killed in violence during demonstrations against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit last week. The rally was organized by non-political Muslim group Hefazat-e-Islam at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka after Friday prayers. “Twenty of our […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: The protesting Indian farmers have announced to hold march towards Indian parliament seeking repeal of three new agricultural laws what they believe would devastate their earnings. Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers had already held several peaceful strikes and marches across India since last year against Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: A passenger train smashed into a truck on its tracks and partially derailed just outside a rail tunnel along Taiwan’s east coast Friday, killing at least 34 people, injuring dozens and leaving dozens trapped, local police said. Survivors were climbing out of windows and onto train car roofs to reach safety. […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: India batting great Sachin Tendulkar said on Friday he has been admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure after contracting the novel coronavirus last week. Tendulkar, who will turn 48 later this month, was previously quarantining at home after testing positive following mild symptoms. “As a matter of abundant precaution under […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained after the junta seized power on Feb. 1, was charged in a military court Thursday with violating the country’s official secrets law. Suu Kyi’s lawyer Khin Maung Zaw announced the news while speaking to reporters following the hearing in Yangon. […]
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Thu 01 April 2021: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday took back its ban on TikTok and asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to let the Chinese app operate in Pakistan but make sure that “immoral content” is not uploaded. During the hearing, PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan asked the PTA director general […]
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Thu 01 April 2021: Pakistan’s cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Thursday put on hold a decision made by the country’s top economic decision-making body to allow imports of cotton and sugar from neighboring India, a source told Reuters. In an effort to cool local demand and prices, Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee on […]
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Wed 31 March 2021: In the recently released report, Freedom House downgraded India from free to partly free due to the atmosphere of intolerance, treatment of journalists, protestors and religious minorities. The events of 19th March at Jhansi station more than reflect this fact. On 19th March two nuns belonging to Sacred Heart congregation, who […]
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Thu 01 April 2021: Pakistan on Wednesday approved imports of cotton, yarn, and sugar from India, resuming trade with New Delhi after nearly two years. Finance Minister Hammad Azhar told a news conference in the capital Islamabad after a meeting of the Economic Coordination Council, a top decision-making body, that it is allowing the imports […]
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Wed 31 March 2021: Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team said Wednesday as diplomatic pressure on the military junta ramped up. Daily protests demanding the restoration of the elected government have been met with a crackdown that has left more than […]
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