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Financial sector confronts deforestation as a key ESG risk: Fitch
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 18 (ANI): The environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors could increasingly influence global banks' financing activities relating to commodity producers in forest-risk regions as deforestation is under growing scrutiny from activists and policymakers, Fitch Rat
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US Justice Dept charges 5 Chinese, 2 Malaysians for hacking over 100 targe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced charges against five Chinese nationals and two Malaysian nationals for hacking more than a hundred targets in the US and elsewhere that include telecommunication companies universities, and pro-democracy
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Activists thank British MPs for raising extrajudicial killings, enforced d
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 15 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has thanked British Member of Parliament Jonathan Gullis for raising the issue of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of the Baloch before the British government.
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China declares 12 arrested Hong Kong activists as 'separatists'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): After the United States condemned the Hong Kong authorities for denying 12 arrested Hong Kong rights activists access to their lawyers, China has labelled the activists as "separatists".
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US 'deeply concerned' 12 Hong Kong activists denied access to lawyers: Pom
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): The United States is concerned that 12 Hong Kong rights activists who were arrested two weeks ago have been denied access to their lawyers, said Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday (local time).
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Kerala opposition leader Chennithala withdraws remark
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 9 (ANI): Kerala opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday withdrew his remark asking "whether only Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activists could harass women," and expressed regret for it.
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UN expresses concerns over violence against journalists, human rights acti
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday expressed its concern over the increasing instances of threats of violence against journalists and human rights activists in Pakistan.
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Ramesh Chennithala remark over woman harassment triggers row in Kerala
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 9 (ANI): Kerala Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday landed in a controversy over a remark, "whether only Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activists could harass women."
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WikiLeaks says about 40 activists prevented from accessing Assange's extra
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The WikiLeaks whistleblowing organization said Monday, citing unconfirmed reports, that about 40 activists lost their remote access to the extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Congress MLA demands more arrests in murder case of two DYFI activists
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 5 (ANI): Congress MLA KS Sabarinadhan on Saturday demanded the arrest of all people involved in the murder of two Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) workers in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Activists join hands against China's aggression and Pakistan's Islamic ter
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], September 4 (ANI): China's aggression, war frenzy and Pakistan's Islamic terrorism pose a serious threat to regional peace and global security, Shafi Burfat, the Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) has said.
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J-K: Terrorists prepare hit lists to threaten civilians, others; FIR regis
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 3 (ANI): Terrorist leaders acting under instruction from across conspired with some of their overground associates and other anti-social elements and prepared hit lists containing names and details of civilians, activists, political workers and
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