Fri 01 November 2024: Khalilah Ali, wife of the late boxing great Mohammad Ali, arrived in Kabul on last week Thursday to build a sports stadium. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan said in a statement that the stadium will be named Pirozi (victory). Khalilah Ali will also establish a sports […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: The open letter urges the Canadian government to extend protection to South Asians and other minority communities. New Delhi: Members of 25 South Asian communities in Canada have written an open letter to the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging the government to list the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliates […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui pledged on Friday that her country would “powerfully support and assist the Russian army” until its victory in Ukraine. Meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Choe, who arrived in Russia on Wednesday to hold “strategic consultations,” said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un voiced […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: North Korea confirmed Thursday that it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, marking Pyongyang’s 12th missile test this year. In a statement, the Ministry of National Defense said the country’s Missile Administration conducted a critical test, as reported by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “The test-fire, conducted under the order […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: The cyber defense agency charged with keeping foreign actors from infiltrating Canada’s computer networks identified India as a cyber threat for the first time, according to a report released Wednesday. “We assess that Indian state-sponsored cyber threat actors likely conduct cyber threat activity against Government of Canada networks for the purpose […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: A Muslim woman was denied free food distributed to patients and their relatives outside Mumbai’s Tata Hospital because she refused to obey the distributor’s demand to chant the Hindutva war cry “Jai Shri Ram.” A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage over the distributor’s Islamophobic toward the […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: Ottawa says the close ally of India’s PM is involved in an intimidation campaign against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. Indian sources call the allegations ‘flimsy’. Canada has accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah of being behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh activists, in a move […]
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Tue 29 October 2024: Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection, his office has said. Mahathir, who turned 99 in July, was hospitalised for a lower respiratory tract infection on October 15. The veteran politician has a history of heart problems and has been hospitalised […]
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Tue 29 October 2024: The convergence of political power and economic dominance in India has often drawn comparisons to the rise of fascist regimes in history. A popular sentiment is that when politicians and businessmen form close alliances, the result can resemble fascism—a claim that finds resonance in the current political scenario of India. The […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Uzbekistan’s ruling party is leading the country’s parliamentary election held on Sunday during which voters are electing members of the lower house of parliament, the head of the Uzbek election authority said on Monday. Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev, the head of the country’s Central Election Commission, told a briefing that a total of […]
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