Sat 20 March 2021: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and United States counterpart Lloyd Austin agreed at Saturday meeting to expand India-US cooperation, according to Singh’s statement. “We are determined to expand India-US cooperation – from bilateral and multilateral exercises to developing closer bilateral linkages,” India’s defense minister said on Twitter. Singh and his US […]
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Sat 20 March 2021: Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, Dr. Faisal Sultan says. PM Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self isolating at home — Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) March 20, 2021 Taking to Twitter, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Dr. Faisal Sultan has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has […]
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Sat 20 March 2021: The Taliban warned the United States on Friday against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan, promising a “reaction” though failing to specify exactly what it would be. The Taliban issued their warning at a press conference in Moscow, the day after meeting […]
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Sat 20 March 2021: Security forces in Myanmar have reportedly occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses across the country, marking a further escalation of the crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Friday. In at least one incident, security forces reportedly beat two teachers while entering the premises, and left several others […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: A massive rally was taken out Friday in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka against the scheduled visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has introduced several anti-Muslim policies in his country. Following Friday prayer, tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets criticizing the government for inviting the Indian premier despite […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed on Thursday, while job losses pushed millions into poverty. The number of Indians in the middle class, or those earning between $10 and $20 […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: The novel coronavirus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Science, used molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations to date the emergence of the […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: UN human rights experts on Thursday said states should consider invoking universal jurisdiction to prosecute any potential crimes against humanity committed during attacks on protesters in Myanmar. “These incidents form part of a disturbing emerging pattern of systematic and widespread attacks against the civilian population of Myanmar, and those responsible should […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: A key US senator has called on Defence Secretary Llyod Austin, who is set to visit India on Friday, to specifically raise the “deteriorating” situation of democracy and human rights concerns in his talks with the Indian leaders, especially the rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the country and the repressive measures following […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea challenging the detention of over 150 detained Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar, setting a hearing date for March 25. At least 155 Rohingya “illegal immigrants” were detained by local police in different areas of the disputed Jammu region earlier this […]
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