Sat 05 December 2020: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeated his support for the right of farmers in India to hold peaceful protests hours after the central government summoned the country’s High Commissioner on Friday to express its displeasure at his original remarks. “Canada will always stand up for the right of peaceful protests […]
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Sat 05 December 2020: Guwahati: Hindus who visit churches to take part in Christmas celebrations will be “beaten”, a leader of right-wing group Bajrang Dal declared – to raucous cries of “Jai Shri Ram” – at an event at Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district earlier this week. In a video that has been widely circulated online, […]
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Sat 05 December 2020: The Uyghur Muslims in Chinese “re-education” camps are forced to eat pork every Friday, confirmed Sayragul Sautbay, who was one of the victims of the atrocities being committed by the Chinese government. Speaking in an interview with Al Jazeera, Sayragul said, “Every Friday, we were forced to eat pork meat…They have […]
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Fri 04 December 2020: The US Customs and Border Protection agency said on Wednesday that its ‘Withhold Release Order’ would ban all cotton products from China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, one of China’s largest producers, Reuters reported. The ban on cotton imports comes as China continues to draw worldwide condemnation over its policies in the Xinjiang region, where nearly a million Uyghur Muslims are […]
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Fri 04 December 2020: Fugitive billionaire Vijay Mallya’s assets in France worth 1.6 million euros have been seized by the Enforcement Directorate, the probe agency said in a statement today. “On the request of Directorate of Enforcement (ED), a property of Vijay Mallya located at 32 Avenue FOCH, France has been seized by the French […]
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Fri 04 December 2020: Days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out in support of the protesting farmers, India on Friday summoned the Canadian envoy and said that such actions, if continued, will have a seriously damaging impact on the bilateral ties with Canada. In an official statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs […]
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Fri 04 December 2020: Bangladesh authorities on Friday started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The resettlement process for 100,000 Rohingya refugees from crammed camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar to a remote […]
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Fri 04 December 2020: Three weeks after Australian ambassador met with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, the meeting was criticised in Australian parliament, with an opposition member of parliament calling for his resignation. Australian envoy to India, Barry O’ Farrell had tweeted on November 15 that he met with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat […]
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Thu 03 December 2020: The Indian government has asked Wikipedia to remove a link from its platform that has shown an incorrect map of Jammu and Kashmir, according to sources. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has issued an order under Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000 directing Wikipedia to remove the link, they […]
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Thu 03 December 2020: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has convicted three top Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leaders on terrorism-financing charges, a senior prosecutor says, as the country continues to crack down on armed groups operating on its soil. Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a humanitarian relief and religious education organisation operating across the country has been designated a front for the […]
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