Sun 03 January 2021: At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range. Police authorities said the miners were on the way to work when armed militants kidnapped them and took […]
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Sun 03 January 2021: The farmers, who have been camping on the borders of Delhi for over a month in protest against the new farm laws, continued their agitation amid a downpour leading to waterlogging at the protest sites. Farmers were seen huddled together under blankets inside their vehicles to keep warm. Tents were set up with […]
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Sat 02 January 2021: Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday inaugurated a 100-bed shelter home constructed by Turkey’s state-run aid agency for people in poverty near the capital Islamabad, Anadolu Agency reports. The “model” shelter built by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and furnished by the Pakistani Baitul Maal government-run aid agency will provide dinner meals […]
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Sat 02 January 2021: The fragility of the states has been measured with five indicators –Cohesion Indicators, Economic Indicators, Political Indicators, Social Indicators and Cross-Cutting Indicators. The warning of Shiv Sena about India breaking away like Soviet Union due to the Central government found its echo in the Fragile State Index (FSI) 2020 which put […]
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Sat 02 January 2021: Japan’s prime minister is insisting that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer despite the surging pandemic, public opposition to holding the Games and private misgivings among government officials. Japan and the International Olympic Committee decided last March to postpone the games by a year as the coronavirus pandemic sent much […]
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Fri 01 January 2020: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that the provincial government will rebuild shrine of a Hindu saint in the Teri area of Karak district, which was vandalised and demolished by a mob earlier this week. The chief minister made the announcement while addressing a health card distribution ceremony here […]
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Thu 31 December 2020: Pakistani police have arrested at least 26 people, including Muslim clerics, in raids a day after a Hindu temple was set on fire and demolished by a mob led by supporters of a religious Muslim party The temple’s destruction on Wednesday in a village in northwestern Karak district drew condemnation from […]
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Thu 31 December 2020: China confirms Dr Gulshan Abbas, a Uighur Muslim doctor who disappeared two years ago, has been sent to jail for taking part in “organised terrorism”. China on Thursday confirmed that a Uighur Muslim doctor has been sent to jail on terrorism charges, a day after her family claimed that she had […]
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Thu 31 December 2020: The Delhi police today charged human rights activist and former student leader Umar Khalid of conspiring to fuel the riots in the national capital earlier this year, besides making anti-national speeches and committing other crimes. The violence in the city in February led to the death of more than 50 people […]
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Thu 31 December 2020: A bill abolishing state-run madrassas was passed in the Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday amid protest by the Opposition legislators, who walked out after their demand to send the legislation to the Select Committee for “proper discussion” was rejected. The bill, which will now to be sent to the governor for his approval, […]
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