Sat 31 August 2019: Economic growth rate slowed to 6-year low of 5% in April-June 2019, according to government data India’s economic growth rate slowed to a six-year low of 5% in the April-June 2019, a drop of 0.8% compared to the last quarter that ended in March, according to government data released on Friday. […]
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Fri 30 August 2019: Urmila Matondkar’s husband has not been able to speak to his parents, who live in Kashmir, for the last 22 days, she said. Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Thursday hit out at the Centre over the security clamp-down in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. Her husband has not […]
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Thu 29 August 2019: A prominent Christian leader faced a lawsuit for his comment on the military persecution against ethnic Christians in the country at a White House meeting last month. Hkalam Samson, chair of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), was among 27 victims of religious persecution from 17 countries invited to a meeting with […]
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FILE PHOTO: Iranian Ambassador to India, Ali Chegeni (Right) after presenting his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, on Dec 7, 2018. Wed 28 August 2019: “Iran and India have very good relations based on centuries-old ties. These small pressures sanctions on the two sides will not affect ties. […]
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Tue 27 August 2019: “If I owned a newspaper, my headline tomorrow would just be the word ’20’ because it is the twentieth day that the people of Kashmir have been subjected to these restrictions on their freedoms,” says Kannan Gopinathan. New Delhi: An officer of the Indian Administrative Service from Kerala, Kannan Gopinathan, has resigned […]
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Tue 27 August 2019: Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, who became army commander last week, faces allegations of grave rights abuses during the war, which ended in 2009 after government forces defeated ethnic Tamil rebels who fought to create a separate state. “I, of course, totally deny those allegations,” Silva told reporters at his first media […]
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Mon 26 August 2019: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that two regencies in East Kalimantan are to be the site of the country’s new capital city. “The government has conducted in-depth studies in the past three years and as a result of those studies the new capital will be built in part of North Penajam […]
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Sun 25 August 2019: Dubai launches commemorative stamps to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Emirates Post is issuing 6,000 commemorative stamps, which are available at Emirates Post Central Happiness Centres in Dubai. On Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and His Highness Shikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi […]
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Sat 24 August 2019: The march aims to show solidarity with Kashmiri people and journalists Pakistani and Azad Kashmiri journalists on Saturday began a protest march toward the Line of Control (LoC), a de facto border dividing Kashmir valley, to show solidarity with Kashmiri journalists and civilians. Hundreds of journalists from across the country reached […]
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Sat 24 August 2019: Arun Jaitley, India’s former finance minister and a key member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first-term Cabinet, died on Saturday. He was 66. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences announced Jaitley’s death on Saturday. He was admitted to hospital two weeks ago after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. Jaitley […]
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