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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wed 12 August 2020: 2-time former premier pledges to take on parties ‘involved in bribery, stealing of money’ ANKARA (AA) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has named his newly-launched political party as Pejuang, meaning warrior. “Our party is set up because of awareness that corruption destroys the nation, destroys Malays,” announced Mahathir, the country’s former […]
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