Mon 15 February 2021: Disha Ravi — the 22-year-old activist arrested in the Toolkit case — and two other wanted activists, held a Zoom meeting before the Republic Day to plan a social media buzz on the tractor rally, the Delhi Police said today. Criticised heavily by celebrities and opposition parties over Disha Ravi’s arrest, […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: Pro-democracy protests resumed in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, as Myanmar’s junta cut the nation’s internet and deployed extra troops around the country on Monday as fears built of a widespread crackdown on anti-coup protests, but defiant demonstrators again took to the streets. Livestreams shared by Myanmar media showed people gathering in […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: The special cell of Delhi police has arrested a 21-year-old climate activist in Bangalore for allegedly spreading the ‘toolkit’ that was tweeted by Swedish climate activist and global icon Greta Thunberg. She has been sent to a five day judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate at Patiala House court […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: A massive fire engulfing most of Afghanistan’s Islam Qala dry port with Iran is estimated to inflict financial losses worth at least $50 million, officials confirmed on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. Jailani Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor, told Anadolu Agency that the fire at the Islam Qala Port was finally contained […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted today to say he and his family have been kept “locked up” in their home. “It is bad enough they’ve locked my father (a sitting MP) & me in our home, they’ve locked my sister & her kids in their home as […]
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Sun 14 February 2021: A massive blast and subsequent fire Saturday at a customs outpost in western Afghanistan on the border with Iran left more than 60 people injured and destroyed hundreds of trucks. A fuel tanker exploded at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province causing a massive fire that consumed more […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee on Saturday visited Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to extend support to the farmers’ movement against the Centre’s contentious farm laws, according to a BKU statement. The 84-year-old Bhattacharjee, who is also the chairperson of National Gandhi Museum, exhorted farmers to remain peaceful in […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: Indian Muslims since 1947 have faced a continuous onslaught on the community, which have increased in recent times, but the way forward has to be found by the community itself. It seems as if the Indian Muslims are under a collective siege from the external as well as internal forces and […]
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Fri 12 February 2021: Agricultural reform is a domestic policy issue of India, the Leader of the House of Commons has said in Parliament, reflecting the UK government’s stance over the farmer protests in New Delhi. Jacob Rees-Mogg, in response to demands for a debate over the issue in the chamber from Opposition Labour MPs […]
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Fri 12 February 2021: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi today questioned the government over its agreement with China on disengagement in eastern Ladakh, and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “ceded” Indian territory to the Chinese. His attack on the government came a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assured Parliament that India has not […]
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