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Activists protest in Tokyo to silently highlight sufferings of China's Uyg
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Recently, on December 3, a few activists gathered in Tokyo to show support for and silently highlight the suffering of the Uyghur people of Xinjiang in China. The activists also paid homage to more than two dozen Uyghurs, who were killed in an apartment block fire in Xinjiang's capital Urumq
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SC to hear plea seeking debarment of convicted MPs, MLAs for life tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Supreme Court to tomorrow hear plea seeking to debar convicted MPs and MLAs from contesting elections for life.
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Protests erupt all over Turkey against Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uyghur and Turkish NGOs carried out protests in many parts of Turkey on Sunday to protest against the atrocities of Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region under the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Chinese protests peter out, but a point has been made
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dissatisfaction with the government's zero-tolerance COVID strategy was the primary catalyst for protests in provinces and cities as far-flung as Beijing, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Hubei, Chongqing, Gansu, Anhui, Hunan, Henan, Jiangsu, and Shanxi. To keep it in perspe
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Polling held in 2 district development councils in Kashmir
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A re-poll was ordered in these two constituencies by election authorities due to disputed qualification of candidates, officials said.
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Padma Bhushan awardee Dominique Lapierre passes away at 91
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dominique Lapierre, a renowned French author who wrote many books on India like 'Freedom at Midnight' and 'City of Joy', passed away at 91.
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SC refuses to entertain plea seeking to remove facts related to constructi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking to issue direction to the authorities concerned to remove wrong historical facts related to the construction of the Taj Mahal by Shahjahan from the books of history and textbooks referred to in the Schools, Colleges, Universities and other institutio
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Iran abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said that the morality police "was abolished by the same authorities who installed it."
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Demise of Jiang Zemin enhances Xi Jinping's powers within CCP
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Jiang Zemin's death has resulted in decreasing number of voices within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that can express opinions contrary to those of its leader Xi Jinping, leading to Xi's authoritarian rule within the CCP.
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DRDO hands over Authority Holding Sealed Particulars of Akash weapon syste
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the Ministry of Defence, the handing over was held at Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) which, as a nodal agency, has designed and developed the Akash weapon system.
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Govt to organise millet conclave tomorrow to help boost exports of nutri-c
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Organised by the ministry of commerce and industry through its apex agricultural export promotion body -- Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) -- the conclave will have the objective of promoting the export of millets, according to a statement from th
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NITI Aayog CEO urges food processing sector to leverage focus on millet-ba
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While speaking at the National Food Processing Conclave 2022, the chief executive officer said that food processing is not only an important sector for the health of the economy and people, it can also prove to help increase the income of farmers.
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