Sun 17 January 2021: The United States led the world in exposing the “horrific” rights abuses in Xinjiang province of China and imposed sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party’s officials, said outgoing US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. Taking to Twitter, Pompeo on Saturday (local time) lauded America’s efforts in bringing up the Uyghur issue […]
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Sun 17 January 2021: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped by nine men in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district twice within five days, the police have said, adding seven people have been arrested so far in the case. The incident comes at a time when the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government is running the ‘Samman’ campaign […]
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Sun 17 January 2021: Gunmen have shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court during an early morning ambush in the country’s capital, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation. Sunday’s attack on the judges happened as they were travelling to their office in a court vehicle, […]
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Sat 16 January 2021: Right wing Indian television anchor Arnab Goswami knew of the Modi government’s plan to stage a strike in Pakistan days before the Feb 26, 2019, Balakot episode between the two countries, evidence submitted by Mumbai police as part of an ongoing investigation on manipulation of television ratings suggests, multiple Indian media […]
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Sat 16 January 2021: Two Taliban members who infiltrated a base of pro-government Afghan militiamen have killed 12 of them in western Herat province, officials and the insurgent group said. The attack at a post manned by the militiamen occurred in the district of Ghorian in the western Herat province late on Friday, the governor […]
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Sat 16 January 2021: SRINAGAR —Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have dropped 48 newspapers from a panel that makes periodicals eligible to run government advertisements, officials said on Saturday. While 10 dailies have been struck off the panel completely, eight others were suspended temporarily in Kashmir, Haris Handoo, joint director of information, told Anadolu Agency. […]
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Sat 16 January 2021: An aftershock hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Saturday as rescue workers searched for people trapped under rubble after an earthquake killed at least 45 people, injured hundreds and sent thousands fleeing in terror. Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said no damage or casualties were reported from the Magnitude 5.0 aftershock in the […]
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Sat 16 January 2021: The national capital has an unemployment rate of over 16 per cent and nearly 10 per cent children in the age group of 6-17 do not attend school primarily due to financial constraints, according to a Delhi government survey. The survey titled “Socio-Economic Profile of Residents of Delhi” was conducted between […]
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Fri 15 January 2021: The US has decreased the number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to 2,500, accomplishing a key goal of President Donald Trump as he prepares to leave office next week, the Pentagon announced Friday. The drawdowns may run afoul of Congress, which just two weeks ago prohibited the Pentagon from using […]
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Fri 15 January 2021: The death toll from a powerful earthquake hitting Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island has risen to 34, the national disaster agency said on Friday. Eight fatalities were reported in Majene Regency, while 26 others were killed in Mamuju Regency after the magnitude 6.2 quake struck six kilometers (3.73 miles) northeast of the Majene […]
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