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Mamata Banerjee remembers Mahasweta Devi on her death anniversary
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday remembered the eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi on her death anniversary.
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Sanctions on Iran in violation of international regulations, must be lifte
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 28 (ANI): Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, addressing a meeting of steel activists and petrochemical industries late on Monday, said that sanctions have been imposed on Iran in contravention of international law and regulations, and they must be lifted at once.
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Culturist and social activist Sundeep Bhutoria is releasing a new book tit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): The book, which grew out of his regular blogs and columns consist of more than 100 selected articles which touched upon a variety of topics - from travel and food to customer services and lifestyle, from art and heritage to environment a
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Muslim cleric in Lahore threatens Sikh community, aims to occupy gurudwara
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): An activist of Dawat-e-Islami (Beraillwi), who is also a caretaker of Mazar of Muslim prophet Hazrat Shah Kaku Chesti in Lahore has threatened the minority Sikh community saying that Pakistan is an Islamic nation that belongs to Muslims.
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Greta Thunberg to donate a portion of $1.14mn prize money to fight coronav
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 25 (ANI): Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will donate a portion of USD1.14 million prize to fight coronavirus disease outbreak among the indigenous tribes of the Brazilian Amazon, CNN reported.
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Xinjiang is likely another Bangladesh waiting to happen: Activist
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI) Xinjiang is likely another Bangladesh waiting to happen with a population that dreads Chinese Communist Party control and yearns for a stable democratic republic, according to activist Lily Harding.
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K'taka: ASHA workers' protest demanding PPE kits, salary hike enters 14th
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], July 24 (ANI): The protest by Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers under the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) entered its 14th day on Friday demanding personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and a salary of at least Rs 12,000 per month.
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Bhumi Pednekar wants to raise awareness about climate change at every leve
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Actor Bhumi Pednekar has been trying to advocate positive social messages through her movies as well as her nature protection initiative 'Climate Warrior.'
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Child Rights activist P Achyuta Rao succumbs to COVID-19 in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 22 (ANI): President of Balala Hakkula Sangam and Former Member of State Child Rights Commission P Achyuta Rao succumbed to COVID-19 at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad today.
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Pak sympathiser Tony Ashai lives in comfort, wants Kashmiri youth to ruin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 22 (ANI): Even as people in Jammu and Kashmir are rejoicing the normalcy returning to the Valley and are working to preserve it, some masked activists and paid sympathisers of Pakistan, who sip martinis in their plush homes in cities like Los Angles and London, see
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Protest continues in Sindh against enforced disappearances of political ac
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Family members of victims held a massive protest rally outside Hyderabad Press Club in Pakistan's Sindh province to stop enforced disappearances of political activists by the security agencies.
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Baloch activists in Germany protest against human rights violations in Bal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 19 (ANI): Baloch activists living in Germany held a protest against the ever-increasing human rights violations in Balochistan and against the Harnai incident where Pakistan army killed the family of Qaisar Chalgarri including, his 9 years old daughter Naz Bibi.
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