Wed 22 March 2023: The US Department of State has slammed India once again in its latest report on human rights issues across the world, flagging “extrajudicial killings”, “lack of accountability for official misconduct”, and an “overburdened and under-resourced” judicial system. Released Tuesday, the 57-page document titled ‘2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ — also known as the […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: About six months after catastrophic floods in Pakistan, more than 10 million people still lack access to safe drinking water in areas affected by the record-breaking rains, according to a United Nations report. Families living in flood-hit areas have “no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water”, the UN […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: New Delhi: Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has said that a special bench will be constituted by the Supreme Court to hear the pleas challenging the premature release of 11 convicts by the Gujarat government in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. “I will have a bench constituted. Will look at it this […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would be “forced to react” if the United Kingdom provides Ukraine with armour-piercing tank ammunition that contains depleted uranium. Putin was reacting on Tuesday to news the UK’s minister of state for defence, Annabel Goldie, had confirmed that ammunition containing depleted uranium was part of […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: As it continues on its gradual path to catch up with the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, Google has invited users in the UK and the US to test out its AI chatbot, Bard. Bard, ChatGPT, and other similar artificial intelligence apps churn out essays, poems, or computer code on command and have taken […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked with his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog on the phone on Monday evening, media outlets reported Tuesday. The two leaders exchanged greetings on the occasion of the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan and April’s Passover. Erdoğan stressed the importance of prevention of “provocation and threats towards […]
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Tue 21 March 2023: A strong earthquake has struck Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. According to the US Geological Survey, the centre of the magnitude 6.5 quake, was located 40km Southeast of Jurm, in Afghanistan’s Hindukush region. Accroding to the Pakistan’s meteorological office, the earthquake was a magnitude 7.7 and was felt in the capital Islamabad […]
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Tue 21 March 2023: Israel has announced various restrictions on Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan with regard to entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Women of all ages, male children up to 12 years old, and men over 55 years old will be allowed to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan without a permit,” […]
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Tue 21 March 2023: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, for formal talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday, the second day of his three-day trip. It’s Xi’s first visit, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and Beijing has billed the trip as a peace mission, but has not yet indicated, […]
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Tue 21 March 2023: Economists caution against comparisons to 2007-08 bank failures despite persistent market turmoil. Following a series of shocking bank failures in Europe and the US over the past two weeks, there has been turmoil in the global banking industry. After Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed on March 10, concerns about the stability […]
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