Sat 12 December 2020: The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) released new guidelines for the country’s airline industry. contains advice about the best hygiene practices to carry out on aircraft and in airports. China resumed most of its flights in August, this latest advice suggests far-from-ideal conditions for the cabin crew on board. “The […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: India has contributed $2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its core programmes and services including education, healthcare and relief and social services. The agency expressed its appreciation for this “generous contribution” coming at a “critical moment” […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: Arab media has reported that Saudi Arabia deported a number of non-resident Indians (NRI) living in the Gulf state for protesting against the highly controversial register introduced by the far-right Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Inspired by Shaheen Bagh Protests in India last year, a group of NRIs, […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: Jeans and t-shirt may mean stress-free wear for some, but they are no longer suitable “office attire” for government employees in Maharashtra. The government may do a policy “flip-flop” once in a while, but the employees are not allowed to wear the humble slippers to the office as per the new […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reshuffled his Cabinet on the directions of a court that barred un-elected advisers and special assistants from heading the Cabinet committees. In a fourth shakeup in his Cabinet in less than three years, Khan appointed Sheikh Rashid as new interior minister of the country, […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: Investigation by an independent Brussels-based watchdog reveals pro-Indian campaign aimed at defaming Pakistan A 15-year-long campaign to “denigrate” Pakistan and Kashmir at international forums has been busted by a Europe-based disinformation watchdog. An independent non-profit organisation focused on tackling sophisticated disinformation has exposed the latest iteration of an Indian influence campaign […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday extended his support to farmer protests and warned the Central government that he would begin a “Jan Andolan” if farmers’ demands remain unaddressed. “The then Congress government was left shaken during the time of ”Lokpal Andolan”. I see these farmer protests issue along the same […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: Nine newborn infants have died at a state-run hospital in Kota city of Rajasthan within a span of hours, officials said on Thursday, a year after the same facility had hit national headlines over the deaths of an unusual number of infants. Five babies died during Wednesday night and four more […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: Turkish star Engin Altan Duzyatan, who essays the lead role in historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul, has arrived in Lahore on a short visit to Pakistan. Pakistan Embassy in Turkey announced Engin Altan’s arrival on Twitter and shared a photo of Ertugrul after he landed at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Thursday morning. […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: A leaked list of more than 2,000 ethnic Uighur detainees in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region suggests the government has used an expansive data collection project to arbitrarily detain Uighurs in the region, according to US rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW). Ethnic Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang were “arbitrarily” selected for […]
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