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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Thu 14 January 2021: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is likely to contest the upcoming panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh under an electoral pact with regional outfit Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP). The SBSP, headed by former UP minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, is garnering smaller and regional parties under the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha. “Candidates belonging […]
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Thu 14 January 2021: The United States is imposing a region-wide ban on all cotton and tomato products from China’s western Xinjiang region over allegations that they are made with forced labour from detained Uighur Muslims, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Wednesday. The action applies to raw fibres, apparel and textiles made […]
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Thu 14 January 2021: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jim Shannon called on the UK government “to ensure that robust human rights provisions are included in any future trade and investment agreement.” Several British lawmakers have demanded inclusion of human rights clauses in future trade deals between India and the United Kingdom. This comes following […]
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Wed 13 January 2021: Agreements in the fields of military and tourism signed between Turkey and Pakistan took effect after being published in Turkey’s Official Gazette on Wednesday. The accords, signed on Feb. 14 last year during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Pakistan, are valid for five years and aim to further strengthen bilateral […]
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Wed 13 January 2021: The United Kingdom has accused China of human rights violations amounting to “barbarism” against its Uighur minority, as it announced, on Tuesday, new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of using forced labour. The abuses were “on an industrial scale”, said foreign secretary Dominic Raab, in strongly-worded comments that will […]
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Wed 13 January 2021: India has kicked off one of the world’s biggest inoculation programs that will be a crucial test of how quickly developing countries, with limited health and transportation infrastructure, can protect their populations against Covid-19. Refrigerated trucks and private planes, accompanied by police officers, fanned out from Pune on Tuesday to around […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay an official visit to Pakistan tomorrow, according to an official statement by the Foreign Ministry, Anadolu reports. The visit, the statement said, will cover bilateral relations and regional and global issues. Turkey and Pakistan signed a humanitarian aid agreement last year. Earlier this year, Pakistan’s […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: The three new laws at the heart of massive farmer protests near Delhi will not come into force for now. In a huge blow to the government, the Supreme Court today pressed pause on the laws enacted in September. The top court also said a committee of agricultural experts would be […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: India will hold a mass nationwide online “cow science” exam next month, in the latest push by the Hindu nationalist government to promote and protect the sacred animal, officials said. The hour-long test on February 25, open to children and adults as well as foreigners, comprises 100 multiple-choice questions in Hindi, […]
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