HINDU RIGHT-WING BRIGADE TROLLS AMIR KHAN FOR MEETING TURKEY’S FIRST LADY

Mon 17 August 2020: Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan received world-renowned Bollywood star and director Aamir Khan on Saturday at the presidential residence at the Huber Mansion in Istanbul. The meeting was requested by Khan, who informed Erdogan about social responsibility projects he has initiated, including the Water Foundation, which he and his wife established […]

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BAHRAIN CHARGES WOMAN WITH INSULTING HINDU RELIGIOUS SYMBOL

Mon 17 August 2020: A woman in Bahrain seen smashing Hindu religious statues in a video published online has been charged with intentional damage and publicly insulting “religious idols,” said the interior ministry. The police said on Sunday that the 54-year-old woman was summoned after the video on social media showed her “intentionally damaging a […]

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KASHMIR: HIGH-SPEED INTERNET RESTORED IN 2 DISTRICTS ON ‘TRIAL BASIS’

Mon 17 August 2020: SRINAGAR – The government in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir ordered high-speed internet to be restored in two of the disputed region’s 20 districts on a “trial basis” from Sunday night. High-speed internet services were restored in Ganderbal district in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley and Udhampur district in Hindu-majority Jammu after a […]

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GROUND ZERO OF PANDEMIC CHINA CONFIRMS ITS FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE PATENT

Mon 17 August 2020: China, ground zero of the novel coronavirus outbreak, confirmed its first COVID-19 vaccine patent Sunday, according to state-affiliated media. “#China has approved its first #COVID19 #vaccine patent, which has been developed by PLA infectious disease expert Chen Wei’s team. Earlier, the phase 2 trial of the vaccine candidate found that the vaccine is […]

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ON INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY, KASHMIR IS ON LOCKDOWN

Sat 15 August 2020: Internet services snapped in disputed region, streets empty with paramilitary troops, police out in force SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir  – Authorities enforced a security lockdown and cut off internet access in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, fearing protests in the disputed region on India’s 74th Independence Day. Mobile internet services […]

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INDIA COVID-19 DEATH TOLL RISES TO FOURTH-HIGHEST IN WORLD

Fri 14 August 2020: As the world battles with the surging number of coronavirus infections, India’s death toll overtook Britain’s to become the fourth-highest with another single-day record increase in cases Friday. A total of 1,007 deaths were reported Thursday, taking the countrywide death toll to 48,040. This places India behind the United States, Brazil […]

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PAKISTAN CELEBRATES 74TH INDEPENDENCE DAY

Fri 14 August 2020: Islamabad confers its highest civilian award upon pro-freedom Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani KARACHI, Pakistan – Rallies, flag-hoisting ceremonies and fireworks across the country marked the 74th Independence Day of Pakistan on Friday, amid a significant drop in the coronavirus casualties that have wreaked havoc on global lifestyle and economies. The […]

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THE SEVEN LONG YEARS (1947-1954) WHEN PAKISTAN DID NOT SING ITS NATIONAL ANTHEM

Thu 13 August 2020: In early 1948, A. R. Ghani, a Muslim from South Africa’s Transvaal, offered two prizes of five thousand rupees each for the poet and composer of a new national anthem for the newly independent state of Pakistan. The prizes were announced through a government press advertisement published in June 1948. In December 1948, the Government of […]

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BOLLYWOOD STAR AAMIR KHAN MEETS FANS IN TURKEY ENJOYS RENOWNED KEBAB

Thu 13 August 2020: Prominent Indian actor Aamir Khan, who is in Turkey to shoot parts of his new movie “Laal Singh Chaddha,” visited the southern city of Adana Wednesday, where he and his crew will be making detailed exploration for alternative shooting locations. Khan stopped shooting his movie Laal Singh Chaddha, an adaption of […]

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SAUDI ARABIA ENDS LOAN AND OIL SUPPLY FOR PAKISTAN OVER OIC CRITICISM

Wed 12 August 2020: Saudi Arabia has abruptly ended a loan and oil supply deal to Pakistan over the country’s criticism of the Saudi-led Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) reponse to the Kashmir crisis. Pakistan was last week forced to repay a Saudi loan of $1 billion that the kingdom called in after Pakistan insisted […]

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