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Rohit Sharma lauds Greta Thunberg, calls her 'inspiration'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist who has taken social media by storm through her rousing speech at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York was lauded by India opening batsman Rohit Sharma who labelled her as 'an inspiration'.
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How dare you? : Greta Thunberg to world leaders at UN Climate Summit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," were the emotional words of Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, who stormed at the world leaders gathered at the UN Climate Change summit in New York, adding, "We are
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UP: FIR filed against activist Vijay Singh for drying underwear outside co
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): An FIR was registered against activist Vijay Singh, who has been on a sit-in strike against corruption and land mafia in the district for the last 24 years, for allegedly hanging underwear to dry in open outside the collectorate office he
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Help Sindh attain independence from Pakistan: Activist urges PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Houston [US], Sept 22 (ANI): Members of the Sindhi community have gathered in Houston ahead of the 'Howdy, Modi!' event to draw attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards their cause of gaining freedom from Pakistan.
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Taylor Swift cancels Melbourn Cup performance after facing criticism from
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sept 22 (ANI): America pop-star Taylor Swift has cancelled her performance at the 2019 Melbourne Cup after receiving backlash from animal rights activists.
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Royal Bengal tiger Rama dies in Delhi zoo, animal rights activist accused
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Hours after an eight-and-a-half-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Rama died on Friday at the Delhi Zoo, Sangeeta Dogra, who claimed to be an animal rights activist accused the authorities of the "murder" of the animal.
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Geneva: Activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang raise concerns over human right
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Activists from Hong Kong and Xinjiang shared a platform to raise their voice against human rights violations by China on the sidelines of the 42nd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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Geneva: Tibetan, Uighur flags unveiled at UNHRC, protestors call for 'just
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 20 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists on Friday unveiled the flags of Tibet and East Turkestan, also known as Uyghuristan, outside the headquarters of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here and called for the return of the Buddhist spiritual lea
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Pak rights activist who highlighted military's atrocities says she escaped
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): Gulalai Ismail, the Pakistani rights activist who has been accused of treason by Islamabad, has revealed that she has escaped to the US via Sri Lanka.
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Women’s rights activist who highlighted atrocities by Pak military escapes
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): In yet another example exposing Human Rights violation by Pakistan, Gulalai Ismail, a women’s rights activist who was accused of treason by Islamabad has escaped to America.
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Pakistan misusing Durand Line to facilitate terrorists, says Pashtun activ
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] Sept 19 (ANI): Pashtuns from Pakistan and Afghanistan have asked the international community to manage the Durand Line, which divides the two countries, as it is being used by Pak-sponsored terrorists to unleash global terror.
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Greta Thunberg urges US Congress to treat climate crisis as an existential
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 19 (ANI): Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg who is on a trip across the Atlantic on a zero-emissions boat on Wednesday requested US lawmakers to start treating the climate crisis as an existential emergency.
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